Curriculum Outline

Sequence of Courses Effective Fall 2011

The table that follows outlines the sequence of required and elective courses for the full-time Day Division and the part-time Evening Division for students entering in Fall 2011. The basic JD program includes a required curriculum of the following courses: Civil Procedure; Contracts; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Evidence; Legal Practice I and II; Professional Responsibility; Legislation and Regulation; Property; and Torts. Additionally, students must satisfy the Writing Requirement before the final semester at the law school.

Day and evening students are free to schedule Evidence (3) and Professional Responsibility (3) within their division, at any time after their first year. 

  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 here.

*Principles of Legal Analysis is required of students in the Comprehensive Curriculum Program (CCP). Day students who take Principles of Legal Analysis will take Lagislation and Regulation in the spring semester of their second year.  Evening Students who take Principles of Legal Analysis will take Constitutional law their third year.