Structure of the Required Curriculum
Evening Division
The four year evening program is designed for those who wish to obtain their legal education while working full time. Students in the evening program take required courses in the first three semesters for approximately 10 credits per semester. In 2009-2010 required first year evening courses are scheduled Monday through Thursday beginning at 6:30 pm. In the summer prior to their first year, students are assigned to one of two or three sections of, typically, 25 students. Third- and fourth-year evening students must take Advanced Legal Research and one of several offerings which will satisfy the Legal Profession Requirement, and generally register for eight to twelve credits in each semester which may result in students attending two, three or four nights per week. This flexibility of scheduling from a wide array of electives provides students with the opportunity to develop a program which meets their academic interests and prepares them to achieve their career goals. After the first year, evening students may enroll in day division electives as long as the majority of credits in each semester are in evening courses.
The schedule for required courses for 2009-2010 evening students is as follows:
First Year |
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Fall Semester |
Legal Analysis and Writing (LA&W) (three credits) |
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Criminal Law (three credits) |
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Torts (four credits) |
Spring Semester: |
Written and Oral Advocacy (W&OA) (two credits) |
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Introduction to Legal Research (one credit) |
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Civil Procedure: Litigation Process (three credits) |
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Contracts (four credits) |
Second Year |
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Fall Semester |
Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction and Judgments (two credits) |
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Constitutional Law I: Governance (three credits) |
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Property (four credits) |
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Elective (optional) |
Spring Semester |
Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights (three credits)* |
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Electives |
*Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights may be offered in the summer session. Evening students may take Constitutional Law II in the summer prior to taking Constitutional Law I as required in the fall. |
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