Major Requirements – Overall
Completion requirements
- Earn a minimum GPA of 2.5
- Earn at least 86 credits
- Successful participation in a clinic
- Passing grades in all required courses
Major Requirements – First Year
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
- LAW 701 – Contracts:Law and a Market Economy I
- LAW 705 – Legal Research
- LAW 709 – Civil Procedure
- LAW 712 – Adv. Criminal Law
- LAW 7004 – Lawyering Seminar I
- LAW 7005 – Lawyering Seminar II
- LAW 7043 – Liberty, Equality, and Due Process
- LAW 7141 – Torts-Rsp Inj Conduc
Additional Comments:
Including first summer
Major Requirements – Upper Level
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
- LAW 738 – Professional Responsibility
- LAW 787 – Intellectual Property
- LAW 825 – Lawyering Seminar III
- LAW 7161 – Law and Family Relations
- LAW 7192 – Constitutional Structures
- LAW 7251 – Public Institutions/Administrative Law
- LAW 7292 – Evidence: Lawyering and the Public Interest
Major Requirements – Third or Fourth Years
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
- Clinic
Earn at least 10 credits from the following:
- LAW 735 – Health Law Practice Clinic
- LAW 810PT – Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic
- LAW 813 – Family Law Practice Clinic
- LAW 814 – Community & Economic Development Clinic
- LAW 7401 – Equality and Justice Practice Clinic
- LAW 7751 – Mediation Clinic
- LAW 8054 – Defenders Clinic
- LAW 8162 – Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic
Elective Courses
Earn at least 8 credits
All students must take at least four courses that the Academic Dean deems “Bar Elective” courses.
Additional Comments:
Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher at the end of their third semester (fourth semester for part-time students) may opt out of this requirement. Currently, the following courses are considered bar electives: Advanced Evidence, Applied Legal Analysis (if taken in conjunction with Core Doctrine), Business Associations, Criminal Procedure I, Criminal Procedure II, Domestic Relations Law, Federal Courts, First Amendment, New York Practice, Professional Responsibility (for students matriculating before Fall 2015), Real Estate Transactions, UCC Survey, and Wills and Trusts.
Major Requirements – Fourth Year
Complete ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 13 credits
All students must take at least four courses that the Academic Dean deems “Bar Elective” courses.
Elective Courses
Additional Comments:
Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher at the end of their third semester (fourth semester for part-time students) may opt out of this requirement. Currently, the following courses are considered bar electives: Advanced Evidence, Applied Legal Analysis (if taken in conjunction with Core Doctrine), Business Associations, Criminal Procedure I, Criminal Procedure II, Domestic Relations Law, Federal Courts, First Amendment, New York Practice, Professional Responsibility (for students matriculating before Fall 2015), Real Estate Transactions, UCC Survey, and Wills and Trusts.