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Juris Doctor Degree Requirements ...........................................................................................................2 List of Requirements ............................................................................................................................2 Required First-Year Program ..............................................................................................................2 Professional Responsibility Requirement ..........................................................................................6 Experiential Course Requirement .......................................................................................................6
Credit and Program Length Requirements .......................................................................................6 Transfer Between Full-Time and Part-Time Programs ....................................................................... 10 Specific Visa Reporting Requirements for International Students .................................................... 11 Attendance, Examinations, and Written Work..................................................................................... 17 Degree Conferral, Commencement, and Academic Honors ............................................................. 21 Special Credit Policies ............................................................................................................................... 23 Distance Education Courses ............................................................................................................ 23 Graduate Work Completed Prior to Matriculation....................................................................... 24 Credit for Courses in the Law Center’s Graduate Programs....................................................... 24
General Administrative Policies
Academic Evaluation and Attrition Standards ..................................................................................... 12
Graduate Programs
Thinking Critically About the Law’s Claim to Neutrality and the Law’s Differential Effects on Subordinated Groups, Including Those Identified by Race, Gender, Indigeneity, and Class Course Requirement ...................................................................................................................6
Juris Doctor Program
Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement .............................................................................................4
Introduction
JURIS DOCTOR PROGRAM
Credit for Courses in the Undergraduate or Graduate Schools of the University ................... 25 Credit for Summer Study .................................................................................................................. 32
Conduct Policies
Credit for Study Outside the Law Center (Including Study Abroad) ........................................ 26 Auditing Courses ................................................................................................................................ 33 Student-Initiated Seminar ................................................................................................................. 33 Withdrawals and Leaves of Absence ...................................................................................................... 34 Certificate Programs ................................................................................................................................. 37
Tuition & Fees
One Paper for Two Seminars........................................................................................................... 34
Dual Degree Programs ............................................................................................................................. 38
2025–2026 Georgetown Law Student Handbook of Academic Policies
Index
Professional Licensure and Bar Examination Disclosure ................................................................... 39