Required Curriculum - Fall 2011 +

The entire first year and part of the second year of the J.D. program, for both Day and Evening Division students, consists of a required curriculum of the courses listed below.

Writing Requirement: Because the ability to write clearly, accurately and persuasively is essential to the successful practice of law, the faculty has established a writing requirement beyond that of the first-year required course. The Writing Requirement must be satisfied before a student's final semester at the Law School and may be satisfied in a variety of ways: by a substantial paper in a course; by taking an upperclass writing elective and earning a grade of B- or better; by an independent research project; by a piece prepared for one of the student-run law journals or by a brief written in connection with intermural Moot Court competitions. The Writing Requirement is more fully described in the Student Handbook.

• Civil Procedure (4)
  
• Contracts (4)
  
• Criminal Law (3)
• Evidence (3)
  
• Introduction to Constitutional Law
• Legislation and Regulation (3)
  
• Professional Responsibility (3)
  
• Legal Practice I (4) 
• Legal Practice II (4)
• Principles of Legal Analysis (3)*
  
• Property (4)
  
• Torts (4)
  

*Required only of students in the Comprehensive Curriculum Program.