Students may graduate with distinction in the Civil Litigation Concentration by writing a Thesis of publishable quality, supervised and approved by a resident faculty member. The Thesis must be completed by the penultimate semester of the student's residency, but arrangements for faculty supervision and topic approval (as well as significant work on the project) should be initiated at least three semesters before anticipated graduation. Thesis topics must relate to civil litigation and must be approved by the Civil Litigation Concentration Faculty Director and the supervising resident faculty member. Two (2) course credits will be awarded for the successful completion of the Thesis.

Alternatively, students may choose to satisfy to satisfy the Concentration's legal writing requirement by meeting the Law School's Legal Writing Requirement in connection with an approved Civil Litigation Concentration course.