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Graduation Requirements
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1. Credit Hours and GPA
2. Required Courses
3. Introduction to Law
4. Academic Support Programs
5. Seminar Requirement
6. Minimum period of study for J. D. degree
7. Maximum Period for Completion of J.D. Requirements
8. Maximum Allowed Credit Hours
a. Clinical Credit
b. Directed Research Credit
c. Credit for Teaching Ungraded Assistantships, Moot Court
d. Non-Law School Credit
A total of 88 semester hours of credit with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 (2.5 beginning with the class of 2011) is required for graduation. No more than 18 semester hours of ungraded credit in residence may be counted toward the required 88 semester hours for graduation. For this purpose, "semester hours of ungraded credit in residence" means all work recorded in the student records on a pass/fail or credit/no-credit basis, but does not include transferred credit allowed for graded non-law school courses or graded courses taken at another law school.
2. Required Courses
The following courses are currently required for graduation:
*(Required second year)
**(Courses that satisfy the Skills requirement: Environmental Practice, Estate Planning, Conflict Management, Business Planning, Lawyering Skills, Trial Advocacy, Appellate Practice, Intellectual Property Licensing, Pretrial Practice, Drafting: Contracts, Drafting: Patents, Drafting: Real Estate, and other courses as may be designated by the academic dean.)
The law school registers students for all first year courses. First year students may not register for upper division classes.
3. Introduction to Law
First year law students begin fall classes one week prior to the beginning of the regular fall semester with an Orientation and Introduction to Law Week. Orientation provides in-coming students with basic information of how the law school functions and includes mandatory sessions on setting up computer accounts, exam policies, academic discipline policies, and financial aid. Introduction to Law, taught by the law school faculty, is a pass/fail course which is required for graduation. Introduction to Law acquaints first year students with methods of legal study and provides them with a preview of the coming year. The week is rounded out with social events sponsored by the law school and student organizations.
4. Academic Support Program
First year students may choose to take part in the law school's Academic Support Program ("ASP"). ASP is a program designed to give additional support to students as they make the transition from undergraduate studies, work and/or family responsibilities to the demanding life of a first year law student. ASP does this primarily through a structured series of small study groups.
5. Seminar Requirement
Each student must successfully complete a seminar meeting the following criteria:
6. Minimum period of study for J.D. degree
Completion of the J.D. degree program requires enrollment in law school as a full-time student for not fewer than five (5) semesters (fall and spring) of the regular academic year.
A student must be enrolled for no less than nine (9) credit hours during each academic semester to be considered a full-time student. (Full-time status for financial aid purposes may require additional credit hours.) Enrollment for less than nine (9) credit hours requires the approval of the dean of students. A student may not be enrolled for more than 18 credit hours during any semester.
Students wishing to graduate in five (5) semesters must fill out a Petition to Graduate Early no later than during pre-registration in spring of the student’s second year. Earlier consultation with the dean of students is strongly encouraged.
7. Maximum Period for Completion of J.D. Requirements
The College of Law offers only a full-time legal education program, and students are generally expected to complete the requirements for a J.D. degree within three (3) years.
Failure to complete the requirements for the J.D. degree within four (4) years shall require submitting a Petition for Readmission to the College of Law Readmission Committee.
In no event shall the J.D. degree be completed later than 84 months (seven (7) years) after a student has commenced law study at the law school or a law school from which the school has accepted transfer credit.
8. Maximum Allowed Credit Hours
a. Clinical Credit
A student may earn a maximum of 14 clinical credit hours for work done away from the law school, including the credit given for the placement portion of any clinic but excluding any credit given for the classroom component of any clinic.
b. Directed Research Credit
A student may earn a maximum of six (6) semester credit hours for directed research and no more than three (3) credit hours in any semester.
c. Credit for Teaching Ungraded Assistantships, Moot Court and Student Publications
No more than twelve (12) semester hours of credit may be counted towards satisfaction of the J.D. degree requirements from any combination of ungraded teaching assistantships, moot court activities and student publications.
d. Non-Law School Credit
No more than six (6) semester hours of credit for non-law school work may be counted towards satisfaction of the J.D. degree requirements.
1. Credit Hours and GPA
2. Required Courses
3. Introduction to Law
4. Academic Support Programs
5. Seminar Requirement
6. Minimum period of study for J. D. degree
7. Maximum Period for Completion of J.D. Requirements
8. Maximum Allowed Credit Hours
a. Clinical Credit
b. Directed Research Credit
c. Credit for Teaching Ungraded Assistantships, Moot Court
d. Non-Law School Credit
A total of 88 semester hours of credit with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 (2.5 beginning with the class of 2011) is required for graduation. No more than 18 semester hours of ungraded credit in residence may be counted toward the required 88 semester hours for graduation. For this purpose, "semester hours of ungraded credit in residence" means all work recorded in the student records on a pass/fail or credit/no-credit basis, but does not include transferred credit allowed for graded non-law school courses or graded courses taken at another law school.
College Council - September 29, 1993
2. Required Courses
The following courses are currently required for graduation:
| Introduction to Law |
Contracts | |||
| Civil Procedure |
Torts |
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| Property |
Legal Methods |
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| Constitutional Law I |
Criminal Law |
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| Constitutional Law II * |
Legal Profession |
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| Seminar |
Skills Course** |
*(Required second year)
**(Courses that satisfy the Skills requirement: Environmental Practice, Estate Planning, Conflict Management, Business Planning, Lawyering Skills, Trial Advocacy, Appellate Practice, Intellectual Property Licensing, Pretrial Practice, Drafting: Contracts, Drafting: Patents, Drafting: Real Estate, and other courses as may be designated by the academic dean.)
The law school registers students for all first year courses. First year students may not register for upper division classes.
3. Introduction to Law
First year law students begin fall classes one week prior to the beginning of the regular fall semester with an Orientation and Introduction to Law Week. Orientation provides in-coming students with basic information of how the law school functions and includes mandatory sessions on setting up computer accounts, exam policies, academic discipline policies, and financial aid. Introduction to Law, taught by the law school faculty, is a pass/fail course which is required for graduation. Introduction to Law acquaints first year students with methods of legal study and provides them with a preview of the coming year. The week is rounded out with social events sponsored by the law school and student organizations.
4. Academic Support Program
First year students may choose to take part in the law school's Academic Support Program ("ASP"). ASP is a program designed to give additional support to students as they make the transition from undergraduate studies, work and/or family responsibilities to the demanding life of a first year law student. ASP does this primarily through a structured series of small study groups.
5. Seminar Requirement
Each student must successfully complete a seminar meeting the following criteria:
- A major research and writing project is required.
- That project is heavily edited and critiqued by faculty, either alone or in conjunction with student involvement in the editing process.
- Work is rewritten under faculty supervision until it is of high quality.
- Each project is reviewed or critiqued by all students.
- Enrollment is limited to 12 students, unless faculty approve otherwise.
College Council - April 23, 1986
6. Minimum period of study for J.D. degree
Completion of the J.D. degree program requires enrollment in law school as a full-time student for not fewer than five (5) semesters (fall and spring) of the regular academic year.
A student must be enrolled for no less than nine (9) credit hours during each academic semester to be considered a full-time student. (Full-time status for financial aid purposes may require additional credit hours.) Enrollment for less than nine (9) credit hours requires the approval of the dean of students. A student may not be enrolled for more than 18 credit hours during any semester.
Students wishing to graduate in five (5) semesters must fill out a Petition to Graduate Early no later than during pre-registration in spring of the student’s second year. Earlier consultation with the dean of students is strongly encouraged.
ABA Standards 304(c) & (e); College Council - March 3, 2005
7. Maximum Period for Completion of J.D. Requirements
The College of Law offers only a full-time legal education program, and students are generally expected to complete the requirements for a J.D. degree within three (3) years.
Failure to complete the requirements for the J.D. degree within four (4) years shall require submitting a Petition for Readmission to the College of Law Readmission Committee.
In no event shall the J.D. degree be completed later than 84 months (seven (7) years) after a student has commenced law study at the law school or a law school from which the school has accepted transfer credit.
ABA Standards 304(c) & (e); College Council - March 3, 2005
8. Maximum Allowed Credit Hours
a. Clinical Credit
A student may earn a maximum of 14 clinical credit hours for work done away from the law school, including the credit given for the placement portion of any clinic but excluding any credit given for the classroom component of any clinic.
College Council - April 19, 1995
AALS Executive Committee Regulation 7.6 (March 1995)
AALS Executive Committee Regulation 7.6 (March 1995)
b. Directed Research Credit
A student may earn a maximum of six (6) semester credit hours for directed research and no more than three (3) credit hours in any semester.
c. Credit for Teaching Ungraded Assistantships, Moot Court and Student Publications
No more than twelve (12) semester hours of credit may be counted towards satisfaction of the J.D. degree requirements from any combination of ungraded teaching assistantships, moot court activities and student publications.
College Council - May 7, 1997
d. Non-Law School Credit
No more than six (6) semester hours of credit for non-law school work may be counted towards satisfaction of the J.D. degree requirements.
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