All students must satisfactorily complete the following: all courses in the basic full-time cur-riculum consisting of Basic Legal Skills, Civil Procedure I and II, Contracts I and II, Criminal Law, Legal Research, Property I and II, and Torts I and II; Professional Responsibility; Lawyering Skills and Introduction to Lawyering; Constitutional Law I and II; at least one perspective course (Comparative Constitutional Law, European Union Law, International Law, Jurisprudence, Law and Economic Analysis, Law and Literature, Law and the Oppressed, Women and the Law, Race and the Law, or Legal History); the Upper Division Writing Requirement (see below); at least 24 hours of “core” courses (Administrative Law, Basic Income Taxation, Business Organizations, Conflict of Laws, Criminal Procedure I and II, Decedents’ Estates and Trusts, Domestic Relations, Estate and Gift Taxation, Evidence, Negotiable Instruments, and Secured Transactions); and such other courses as the faculty may place on the required list. Please refer to the Graduation Requirement Checklist provided by the Student Records Office. The first-year curriculum for students in the full-time program consists of the following courses:
| Fall Semester Basic Legal Skills Legal Research Civil Procedure I Contracts I Property I Torts I |
Spring Semester Basic Legal Skills Criminal Law Civil Procedure II Contracts II Property II Torts II Introduction to Lawyering |
Part-time students must complete Property I and II and Criminal Law in the evening section. Part-time students must take Property I and II during the second year. Part-time students will take Criminal Law in the second or third year, in accordance with the rolling two-year evening class schedule. All first year requirements must be completed in the section in which the student initially enrolled. If Criminal Law is not offered after 5:00 p.m. in the year a part-time student takes Property I and II, a student who has transferred to the full-time program may request permission to take Criminal Law in a day section. Permission will be granted based on availability.
