Curriculum plans
During your time at the School of Law, you will have the opportunity to take a rich range of classes in both the day and evening divisions.
You will earn 87 credits before graduating taking an array of both required and elective courses. As a day student, your first year is structured; as an evening student your first two years are structured. Take a look at the curriculum plans to see what you can expect as a full-time day, part-time day, or evening student.
First Year Full Time Day
| Fall Course | Spring Course |
|---|---|
|
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Torts or Torts |
Introduction to Advocacy |
|
Contracts I |
Contracts II |
|
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Civil Procedure I |
Law in Context Course |
|
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Criminal Law |
Property |
|
|
Constitutional Law I |
|
Total - 16 credits |
Total - 16 credits |
The Introduction to Lawyering Skills course will combine instruction on legal writing with a substantive course such as Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law or Civil Procedure I. The purpose of the ILS course is to teach legal writing skills within the context of a required first-year course. All students, regardless of the ILS course in which they are enrolled, will receive a similar legal writing experience.
First Year Part Time Day
| Fall Course | Spring Course |
|---|---|
|
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Civil Procedure I |
Introduction to Advocacy |
|
Contracts I |
Contracts II |
|
Criminal Law (optional) |
Law in Context Course |
|
Constitutional Law I |
|
|
Total - 9 or 12 credits |
Total - 12 credits |
As a part-time day student, you may take Criminal Law in the summer after the first year if it is offered and if there is space available. If these are not taken over the summer, you may take those courses in the fall. You must take Property in the spring of your second year.
First Year Evening (for students entering Fall 2103)
| Fall Course | Spring Course |
|---|---|
|
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Civil Procedure I |
Introduction to Advocacy |
|
Contracts I |
Contracts II |
|
Torts |
|
|
Total - 9 credits |
Total - 9 credits |
Second Year Evening
| Fall Course | Spring Course |
|---|---|
|
Constitutional Law I |
Constitutional Law II |
|
Criminal Law |
Civil Procedure II |
|
Law & Context course |
Property |
|
Elective |
|
|
Total - 10 credits |
Total - 12 credits |