Curriculum
Juris Doctor students must complete 86 credit hours to graduate from the College of Law. Full-time students are expected to complete the requirements for the JD degree in three years, part-time students in four years. Courses required for graduation are: Constitutional Process; Contacts; Torts; Civil Procedure; Criminal Law; Property; Legal Analysis, Research and Communication I – III; Legal Profession, an approved professional skills course and an approved writing course (legal drafting course, senior research seminar or independent study course). Typical schedules for the first-year programs are illustrated below.
Upon completion of the first-year, students may transfer between part-time and full-time status. Part-time evening students who transfer to the full-time program will be required to take some required courses in the evening of their second year. Registration for both day and evening elective courses is open to all full-time and part-time students.
Full-Time Day Division
First-year, full-time students take 14 credit hours per semester (the semester in which first-year courses are offered and completed may vary by section).
Fall Semester of First Year
- Constitutional Process (4)
- Contracts (4)
- Torts (4)
- LARC I (2)
Spring Semester of First Year
- Civil Procedure (4)
- Criminal Law (3)
- Property (4)
- LARC II (3)
Part-Time Day Division
First-year, part-time day students take 10 credit hours per semester (the semester in which required courses are offered and completed may vary).
Fall Semester of First Year
- Torts (4)
- Contracts (4)
- LARC I (2)
Spring Semester of First Year
- Civil Procedure (4)
- Criminal Law (3)
- LARC II (3)
Part-Time Evening Division
First-year, part-time evening students take 10 credit hours per semester (the semester in which required courses are offered and completed may vary).
Fall Semester of First Year
- Torts (4)
- Contracts (4)
- LARC I (2)
Spring Semester of First Year
- Civil Procedure (4)
- Criminal Law (3)
- LARC II (3)