Auditing a Law School Course

A person will be allowed to audit a class if the class is not filled during the pre-registration process and if the professor gives that person permission to audit the class by signing the Audit Application. No student of a United States law school, including Lewis & Clark Law School, may audit a class without pre-enrollment permission from the Associate Dean of Student Affairs Libby Davis.

In order to audit a class, a person must have a bachelor’s degree, except in the case of legal assistants. Legal assistants who do not have a bachelor’s degree will be allowed to audit classes if they provide a letter from their employer confirming that they work as legal assistants.

No basic first-year course may be audited.

Auditors are not eligible to receive Federal financial aid.

Auditors do not receive a transcript and cannot apply or transfer these credits to Lewis & Clark Law School.

A Certificate of Completion is given only to those auditors who (1) register to audit for certification (2) attend the course regularly or within the professor’s attendance requirement, (3) complete all course work with a passing grade.

Tuition (2025-2026)

• General Auditors: Tuition $2,268.00 per credit hour with certificate; Tuition $1,134.00 per credit hour without certificate.
• LC Law Alumni, Government and nonprofit employees: $1,134.00 per credit hour with certificate; $567.00 per credit hour without certificate
  • Government and nonprofit employment must be verified by employer. Volunteers are not eligible for this rate.
• Tuition is due no later than the first day of class.

Contact

• General Registration Information: Brooke Mill, bmill@lclark.edu, or 503-768-6614
• Animal Law Courses: Center for Animal Law Studies, cals@lclark.edu
• Environmental Law Courses: Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Program, elaw@lclark.edu
• Indian Law Courses: Carma Corcoran, corcoran@lclark.edu