Course Civil Procedure: Dispute Resolution (meets Civil Procedure Requirement) Constitutional Law Liberties Constitutional Law Powers Transactional Law: Contracts (meets Contracts requirement) Professional Responsibility Jurisprudential and Comparative Analysis: Property (meets Property I & II requirement) Torts: The Common Law Process (meets Torts I & II requirement) Writing & Representation: Advice and Persuasion Writing & Representation: Advocacy Criminal Law: Statutory Interpretation Total Required Credits
Credits
First Year
4
3 2
4
PostFirst Year
3 4
4
6 3 3 36
Summary for Students who matriculated for the first time in Fall 2011 and were in section 3 Required Courses 36 Skills Courses 2 – minimum (in addition to 3 credit Advocacy) Statutory Courses 5 – minimum Elective Courses 43 (fewer than 43 if Statutory/Skills credits exceed 10) Total Needed to Graduate 86 8.2 Perspectives on the Legal Profession Requirement Students must complete the requirements of the Perspectives on the Legal Profession program. This is a graduation requirement and successful completion of the program is indicated on a student’s transcript. See Academic Rules and Procedures for further details. 8.3 Skills Course Requirement Students are required to take a three-credit Advocacy course that focuses on client representation, negotiation, and advocacy skills. In addition to Advocacy, students must take at least one course from the following list of courses (minimum of 5 skills credits total). Advocacy is a prerequisite or co-requisite for some of the skills courses listed below. 8.3.1 Advanced classes in specific practice areas meld doctrine and skills • IP – Appellate Practice • IP – Intellectual Property Transactions • IP-Licensing • IP-Patent Litigation • IP-Patent Prosecution