Juris Doctor Degree Program Checklist

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE PROGRAM CHECKLIST

Required for students graduating fall 2012 or later

Required and elective courses must total a minimum of 90 credit hours to receive a Juris Doctor degree.

Name ______Graduation: May December July 20__ (circle one)

ID # ______Honor Student: Yes No (circle one)

A. First-Year Required Courses

Fall Semester (16 hours required)

____ LAW 511Christian Foundations of Law3

____ LAW 521Contracts I3

____ LAW 541Torts I2

____ LAW 551Civil Procedure I2

____ LAW 552Legal Analysis, Research & Writing I3

____ LAW 561Property I3

Spring Semester (15 hours required)

____LAW 522Contracts II3

____LAW 542Torts II3

____LAW 553Legal Analysis, Research & Writing II3

____LAW 554Civil Procedure II3

____LAW 562Property II3

(Note: Part-time students complete the first-year required courses over the first two years of law school)

B. Upper-Level Required Courses

(1) Common Core (25 hours required)

____LAW 602Business Associations 4

____LAW 631Constitutional Criminal Procedure3

____LAW 683Constitutional Law I 3

____LAW 684Constitutional Law II 3

____LAW 531Criminal Law3

____LAW 652Evidence4

____LAW 691Professional Responsibility3

____LAW 780PSProfessional Skills Practicum*2

(2) First set of limited electives (8 hours required)**Choose at least three of the following five courses:

____LAW 621Sales (UCC I)2

____LAW 622Secured Transactions (UCC II)3

____LAW 627Negot. Inst./Pymnt. Sys. (UCC III)3

____LAW 661Family Law3

____LAW 662 Wills, Trusts & Estates3

(3) Second set of limited electives (3 hours required)**Choose at least one of the following sevencourses

____LAW 746Virginia Procedure***3

____LAW 671Individual Federal Income Tax3

____LAW 722Remedies3

____LAW 783Conflict of Laws3

____LAW 781Administrative Law3

____ LAW 758State Civil Pretrial Practice & Procedure3

____LAW ___(unselected course from B(2) above)3

*Students with a 2.8 GPA at the end of their first year, for full-time students, or at the end of their second year, for part-time students, are not required to take the Professional Skills Practicum requirement (but may still do so).

** Honors Students and students in the top 25% of their class at the end of their first year, for full-time students, or at the end of their second year, for part-time students, are exempted from the (B)(2) and (B)(3) requirements, except for Virginia Procedure (see below).

*** Virginia Procedure is required for any student, except Honors Students, to be certified by the Law School to take the Virginia Bar Examination. Students who are required to take a (B)(3) course and who declare they do not plan to take the Virginia Bar Examination may substituteany of the other B(3) courses for Virginia Procedure.

(4) Skills Core (at least 3hours required, depending upon student selection)

*Choose at least one course from each of the Oral Skills menu and the Rigorous Written Skills menu.

Oral Skills Menu:

____ LAW 667Family Mediation 4

____LAW 656 General Mediation 3

____LAW 658Litigation Clinic3

____ LAW 655Negotiations3

____ LAW 654Trial Practice4

____ LAW 660Client Interviewing & Counseling3

Rigorous Written Skills Menu:

____ LAW 590Independent Study 1-2

____ LAW 748Academic Legal Scholarship2

____LAW 755Advanced Legal Research & Writing3

____LAW 757Drafting Contracts 3

____LAW 763Estate Planning3

____GOV 699Thesis (Joint Degree LAWGOV Only) 3-6

____ LAW ___Seminar/Other Course Designated to Satisfy 1-3

Rigorous Written Skills or Oral Skills (can satisfy either menu):

____ LAW 650Appellate Advocacy 3

C. Upper-Level Electives

Choose electivesfor a total of 90 hours:See the attached list of concentrations for guidance.

Required (No Exemptions):First Year 3131

Upper Level (39 minimum)39(___)

Total Required (71 minimum)70(___)

Required (Honors):First Year 3131

Upper Level (25 minimum)25(___)

Total Required (57 minimum)56(___)

Electives

____ LAW ______

Please list below how you fulfilled your rigorous written requirement:

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I declare that I [do] / [do not] (circle one) plan to take the Virginia State Bar Examination (sign below):

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