The Criminal Practice Professional Track is designed to provide students with a broad exposure to concepts, topics, and skills vital to criminal practitioners. Choosing this professional track provides students with a firm foundation for beginning a career in criminal law. This track carries students well beyond the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure courses which are required of all students. The Criminal Practice Professional Track provides a working familiarity with many practical aspects of criminal law and procedure which are fundamental to criminal practice but often neglected by law schools including plea bargaining, sentencing procedure, appeal, and habeas corpus. Students in Criminal Practice also have the opportunity to complete a practice experience in a district attorney's office or federal prosecutor's office under the direct supervision of a prosecutor. This professional track qualifies as a foundation track for the Special Distinction in Litigation.