Course Descriptions
The following overview of our curriculum applies to students who begin their legal studies in August 2010 or before:
Externship, Capstone and Clinic Courses
Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Concentration Required Courses
Personal and Transactional Law Concentration Required Courses
Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw and Creativity Concentration Required Courses
The following overview of our curriculum applies to students who begin their legal studies in May 2011 or after:
First Semester
Civil Practice and Procedure (4 credits)
Contracts I (2 credits)
Legal Profession I (3 credits)
Real Property I (4 credits)
Torts I (3 credits)
Second Semester
Constitutional Law (4 credits)
Contracts II (3 credits)
Criminal Law (3 credits)
Legal Profession II (3 credits)
Torts II (2 credits)
Third Semester
Legislation (3 credits)
Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Student must take one of the following courses:
- Appellate Advocacy (2 credits)
- Transactional Drafting (2 credits)
Additional -Level Writing Requirements
Externship or Law Clinic Intern
Evidence (3 credits)
Professional Responsibility (2 credits)
Synthesis Requirement: Capstone (3 or 4 credits)
ADR Requirement (one of the following):
- ADR for the Litigator (3 credits)
- Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiations (3 credits)
- Conflict Management and ADR (3 credits)
- Advanced Dispute Resolution (4 credits)
Each course is assigned a course credit type or grading option:
Credit Type A: Substantive, graded course (A, B, C, etc.)
Credit Type B: Exceptional, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory (no credit awarded)
Credit Type C: Credit, No Credit
