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Required Courses

For Students Entering in Fall 2011

FIRST-YEAR CURRICULUM
FALL SPRING
COURSES CREDITS COURSES CREDITS
Civil Procedure 4 Contracts 4
Torts 4 Property 4
Criminal Law 31
 Perspectives on the Law 31
Legal Research & Writing I
 2 Legal Research & Writing II
 2
Litigation Skills & Professional Lab 2 Transactional Skills & Professionalism Lab 2

SECOND-YEAR REQUIRED COURSES
Constitutional Law (Governmental Structure) 3
Constitutional Law (Civil Liberties) 3
Legal Research and Writing III (Litigation) 2
Legal Research & Writing IV (Transactional) 2
Professional Responsibility 3
Evidence 3

SECOND- OR THIRD-YEAR REQUIRED COURSES2
Experiential Learning Requirement
Note: To complete the Experiential Learning Requirement in your second year, you must have completed, or concurrently be enrolled in, Professional Responsibility.
 3

1For classes entering in 2009 and 2010, Criminal Law was taught in the Spring semester and Perspectives on the Law in the Fall.

2For the class that entered in 2009, the Experiential Learning Experience can be satisfied only during the third year.

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For Students Entering in Fall 2008 or earlier

FIRST YEAR COURSES CREDITS
Civil Procedure I & II (Year long) 5 total
Constitutional Law I 3
Contracts I & II (Year long) 5 total
Criminal Law 3
Legal Research & Writing I & II (Year long) 4 total
Property I & II (Year long) 5 total
Torts I & II (Year long) 5 total
TOTAL 1L REQUIRED CREDITS
30

SECOND & THIRD YEAR COURSES CREDITS
Constitutional Law II 3
Criminal Procedure 3
Evidence 3
Legal Research and Writing III & IV (Year long) 2
Professional Responsibility 3
TOTAL 2L + 3L REQUIRED CREDITS
14

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