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Curriculum

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.