Academics
The law school offers clinical experience in the Constitutional Law Clinic. The school offers seminars in First Amendment Law, Juvenile Law, and School Law. Non-paid, non-credit internships in government and nonprofit organizations are available to students. Fieldwork includes a Criminal Law Externship and a Judicial Clerk Externship. The law school hosts a Speakers Forum bringing in members of the bench and bar as well as hosting a broad range of special lectures. Tutorial and remedial programs include the Academic Support Program. Special interest groups include the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Board and the Moot Court Board. The most widely taken electives are Real Estate Transactions, Family Law, and State and Local Government.
To earn the J.D., candidates must complete 90 total credits, of which 69 are for required courses. They must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the required courses. The following first-year courses are required of all students: Civil Procedure I and II, Contracts I and II, Foundations of Law I and II, Lawyering Skills I and II, Property I and II, and Torts I and II. Required upper-level courses consist of Business Associations, Constitutional Law I and II, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Jurisprudence or Legal History, Lawyering Skills III and IV, Lawyering Skills V and VI, Professional Responsibility, Taxation of Individuals, and Wills, Trusts, and Estates. The required orientation program for first-year students is 3 <1/2> days of case briefing, other academic preparation, and student activities.
In order to graduate, candidates must have a GPA of 2.0 and have completed the upper-division writing requirement.