Part-Time Juris Doctor Program of Study
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| LAWS 101 | Civil Procedure I | 2 |
| LAWS 103 | Contracts I | 2 |
| LAWS 107 | Torts | 4 |
| LAWS 111 | Legal Research & Writing I | 2 |
| LAWS 690 | Foundations of Practice | 0 |
| Credits | 10 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| LAWS 102 | Civil Procedure II | 2 |
| LAWS 104 | Contracts II | 4 |
| LAWS 112 | Legal Research & Writing II | 2 |
| LAWS 790 | Foundations of Practice II | 1 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| LAWS 105 | Property | 4 |
| LAWS 113 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| Core Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| LAWS 110 | Constitutional Law | 4 |
| Core Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Experiential Course 2 | 3 | |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| Core Elective / General Elective 3 | 3 | |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Core Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Experiential Course 2 | 2 | |
| General Electives | 4 | |
| Credits | 10 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Core Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Experiential Course 2 | 2 | |
| General Electives | 4 | |
| Credits | 10 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Core Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Experiential Course 2 | 2 | |
| General Electives | 6 | |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Core Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Generals Electives | 7 | |
| Credits | 11 | |
| Total Credits | 86 | |
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Part-time students must take two core electives by the end of the second year. Fewer core elective credits in the second year can be taken if one or more core electives in the summer between the first and second years have been completed.
Core electives are:
LAWS 114 - Administrative Law - 3 credits.
LAWS 205 - Business Organizations - 4 credits.
LAWS 305 - Federal Income Tax - 4 credits.
LAWS 307 - Trusts & Estates - 3 credits.
LAWS 311 - Evidence - 3 credits.
LAWS 323 - Commercial Law - 4 credits.
Students must take a total of four core electives. One of the four must be Federal Income Tax or Commercial Law.
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Experiential Learning Requirement (applicable to students matriculating Fall 2016 or later): Each student also must satisfactorily complete “one or more experiential course(s) totaling at least 6 credits,” as provided by current ABA Standard 303(a)(3) and related provisions. Certain courses are always designated as “experiential courses” that will satisfy the requirement. They are: all law clinics except Advanced Clinic; all externships including Field Placement II; Interviewing & Counseling Clients; Negotiation; Trial Practice and Advanced Trial Practice. Other courses that may satisfy this requirement, depending on the design choices that the particular professor makes, include: Advanced Family Law II: Courtroom Advocacy, Advanced Juvenile Law: Delinquency Proceedings, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy Lab, Commercial Transactions Workshop, Estate Planning and Drafting, Financial Planning: Principles and Taxation, Judicial Clerkship Seminar, Land Use Practicum, Representation in Mediation, and Visual Persuasion in the Law. (This list is subject to revision; each semester the registrar will designate which courses taught the following semester will satisfy the requirement.) Any paper(s) written in connection with a course or courses used to satisfy the Experiential Learning Requirement may be used to satisfy no more than three of the four papers required to satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement.
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Taking at least one summer course over the course of study will be necessary to reach the required 86 credits needed for graduation by the end of your fourth year.