Academic Programs

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) 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; Contracts; Torts; Civil Procedure; Criminal Law; Property; Legal Analysis, Research & Communication (LARC) I, II and III; Legal Profession; an approved professional skills course; and an approved advanced legal writing course (legal drafting, senior research seminar or independent study). 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 need to complete some required courses in the evening of their second year. After completion of the first year, registration for both day and evening elective courses is open to all full-time and part-time students.