Courses of Study
The information provided here is intended to assist students with planning when to take the core required courses in law school. Complete degree requirements are listed in the Degree Requirements section of this catalog.
First Year Students
First year students must register for the courses and sections designated by the Law School, except upon special approval of the Associate Dean. See the list of first year required courses under the First Year Required Courses page of this Catalog. All students must complete the first-year curriculum prior to enrolling in upper-class courses.
Second and Third Year Students
Listed below is information about the sequencing of required courses to be taken in the second and third year of law school.
All students take the following required courses together, as a package, in their fourth or fifth quarters:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| LAW 9521 | Business Organizations 1 | 5 |
| LAW 9504 | Trusts and Estates | 5 |
| LAW 9207 | Taxation & Accounting Principles for Lawyers | 2 |
Students may choose to enroll in elective(s) and/or LARC 4 or 5 at the same time as the above listed courses.
Students must take Constitutional Law: Individual Liberties and Remedies during the second year of study, typically in a winter or spring quarter, prior to enrolling in Practice Court. Students may take these courses together or separately, depending on course availability. Students taking these courses may take elective(s) and/or LARC 4 or 5 with these courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| LAW 9301 | Constitutional Law: Individual Liberties | 3 |
| LAW 9326 | Remedies | 3 |
Students must take LARC 4: Transactional Drafting and LARC 5: Litigation Drafting during the second year and prior to enrolling in Practice Court. Students can elect to take LARC 4 or LARC 5 with any of the 2L course packages or while not taking other 2L required courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| LAW 9104 | Legal Analysis, Research & Communication 4: Transactional Drafting | 1 |
| LAW 9105 | Legal Analysis, Research & Communication 5: Litigation Drafting | 1 |
All students must take the following courses together as a package in their seventh, eighth or ninth quarter if such quarter is a fall quarter and if the student expects to graduate on or before the upcoming spring commencement, or in their sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth quarter if such quarter is a spring quarter:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| LAW 9527 | Practice Court 1: Pretrial Practice & Procedure | 5 |
| LAW 9520 | Practice Court 2: Trial Evidence, Procedure & Practice | 5 |
| LAW 9229 | Professional Responsibility | 2 |
Students are required to take Practice Court 3: Trial & Post-Trial Practice, Procedure & Evidence in the quarter immediately following Practice Court 1. Students in Practice Court 1, 2 and Professional Responsibility cannot enroll in any other course unless approved by the Associate Dean. Students in Practice Court 3 may enroll in additional classes, but cannot schedule other courses beginning at 1:20 p.m. or later unless approved by the Associate Dean.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| LAW 9528 | Practice Court 3: Trial & Post-Trial Practice, Procedure & Evidence (Students may take electives with Practice Court 3.) | 5 |