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Curriculum

Required First-Year Courses

  • Law 421 or 521, Contracts
  • Law 423 or 523, Criminal Law I
  • Law 427 or 527, Torts
  • Law 431 or 531, Property
  • Law 232, Legal Research and Legal Writing, taken once in the fall and once in the spring
  • Law 433 or 533, Civil Procedure
  • Law 434 or 534, Constitutional Law I
  • Such other courses as the dean and faculty of the School of Law may specify

Required Advanced Courses

  • One of the following:

Law 251K or 351K, Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Law 270M or 370M, Criminal Procedure: Prosecution
Law 181C, 281C, 381C, or 481C, Constitutional Law II

  • Law 285 or 385, Professional Responsibility
  • Law 397S, Law Seminar: Writing
  • One course from a list of professional skills courses approved each semester by the dean
  • Such other courses as the dean and faculty of the School of Law may specify

To avoid scholastic difficulty, the student should complete all required work except the seminar before the final semester.

Seminars

To graduate from the School of Law, a student must take and pass during the second or third year at least one three-semester-hour writing seminar (Law 397S). Writing seminars are small classes that emphasize writing and group discussion. Each writing seminar involves written work by the student that embodies the results of research. Students may take additional writing seminars if space is available.