Academics
Clinics include the Children and Families Clinic. Various internships are available. Externships include Mediation, Public Defender’s Office, Judicial, State Attorney’s Office, and Business.
To earn the J.D., candidates must complete 90 total credits, of which 53 to 55 are for required courses. They must maintain a minimum GPA of 1.8 in the required courses. The following first-year courses are required of all students: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Legal Methods, Legal Research and Writing I and II, Property, and Torts. Required upper-level courses consist of Business Organizations, Commercial Course, Evidence, Federal Taxation, Legal Research and Writing III, Perspectives Course, and Professional Responsibility. The required orientation program for first-year students is 5 days including instruction on legal briefing, mock class, practitioner’s panel, and time/stress management.
In order to graduate, candidates must have a GPA of 2.0 and have completed the upper-division writing requirement.