Curricular Offerings
Transfer Students and Transfer Credits
A total of 90 credit hours is required for conferral of the juris doctor degree.
REQUIRED COURSES
First Year
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Fall Foundations of Law I Contracts I Torts I Property I Civil Procedure I Lawyering Skills I |
Spring Foundations of Law II Contracts II Torts II Property II Civil Procedure II Lawyering Skills II |
Second Year
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Fall Constitutional Law I Criminal Law Evidence Business Associations Lawyering Skills III Taxation of Individuals+ |
Spring Constitutional Law II Criminal Procedure Evidence Professional Responsibility* Lawyering Skills IV Taxation of Individuals+ |
Third Year
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Fall Wills, Trusts, and Estates Lawyering Skills V |
Spring Lawyering Skills VI |
* Must be taken in the second year (or during intensive session)
+ Must be taken fall or spring semester of second year or
fall semester of third year
ELECTIVE COURSES
Subject to availability
Scheduling of elective courses is at the discretion of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
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542 Advanced Criminal Procedure (3) |
581 Jurisprudence (3) (odd years) |
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644 Securities Regulation (3) 648 Law of Nonprofits (2) 655 Bankruptcy (3) |
585 Legal History (3) (even years) 601 Family Law (3) 608 Adoption Law (2) |
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665 Entertainment Law (2) |
610 Child Abuse and the Law (2) |
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741 International Law (3) 747 Immigration Law and Policy (2) 755 Bioethics and the Law (3) |
641 Taxation of Businesses (3) 643 Mergers and Acquisitions (2) 645 Business Planning (3) |
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765 Sexual Behavior and the Law (2) 781 Employment Law (3) 785 Land Use and Zoning (2) |
651 Real Estate Trans.and Dev.(3) 661 Intellectual Property (3) 711 Federal Jurisdiction (3) |
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805 Insurance Law (3) 831 Appellate Advocacy(2) |
715 Conflict of Laws (2) 725 School Law Seminar (2) |
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832 Advanced Appellate Advocacy (1) 833 Trial Team (1) |
740 Israel and Middle Eastern Int'l Law and Policy (3)+++ |
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851 Constitutional Litigation Clinic (2) 855 Prosecution Clinic (2) 861 Externship (2) |
743 International Human Rights (2) 745 International Business Trans. (2) 760 Public Policy Lawyering Skills (2)** |
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862 Criminal Law Externship (2) 863 Judicial Clerks Externship (2) 868 Dir. Research in Law and Policy (2) |
761 Public Policy Survey (2) |
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871 Independent Study (1-3) 881 Law Review Candidacy (1) 883 Law Review Senior Staff (1) |
801 Remedies (3) 802 Virginia Practice (1) 803 Virginia Civil Procedure (2) |
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885 Law Review Editorial Board I (2) |
804 Virginia Criminal Procedure (1)++ 815 Law Office Management (2) 821 Mediation (2) |
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*Must be taken in second year (or during intensive session) |
825 Advanced Trial Advocacy (3) |
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+Must be taken fall or spring of second year or fall semester of third year **August summer intensive |
833 Trial Team (1) 851 Constitutional Litigation Clinic (2) 861 Externship (2) 862 Criminal Law Externship (2) |
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***Intensive ++Winter intensive +++Summer intensive |
863 Judicial Clerks Externship (2) 868 Dir. Res. in Law and Policy (2) 871 Independent Study (1-3) 882 Law Review Junior Staff (1) 884 Law Review Senior Staff II (1) 886 Law Review Editorial Board II (2) 901 Advanced Bar Studies (3) |
ELECTIVE COURSES by Categories
Subject to availability
Jurisprudence and Legal History
Jurisprudence (odd years)
Law and Economics
Legal History (even years)
Family Law
Family Law
Adoption Law
Children and the Law Seminar
Child Abuse and the Law
Taxation of Estates and Gifts
Estate Planning
Business Law
Accounting for Lawyers
Basic Uniform Commercial Code
Taxation of Businesses
Mergers and Acquisitions
Securities Regulation
Business Planning
Law of Nonprofits
Real Estate Transactions and Development
Bankruptcy
Intellectual Property
Entertainment Law
Constitutional Law and Jurisdiction
First Amendment Law Seminar
Federal Jurisdiction
Conflict of Laws
State and Local Government
School Law Seminar
Israel and Middle Eastern International Law and Policy
International Law
International Human Rights
International Business Transactions
Immigration Law
Bioethics and the Law
Public Policy Survey
Public Policy Lawyering Skills**
Sexual Behavior and the Law
Administrative Law
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Employment Law
Land Use and Zoning
Trial Practice
Remedies
Virginia Practice
Virginia Civil Procedure
Virginia Criminal Procedure
Insurance Law
Law Office Management
Mediation
Advanced Trial Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy
Advanced Appellate Advocacy
Trial Team
Study Outside the Classroom
Constitutional Litigation Clinic
Prosecution Clinic
Externship
Criminal Law Externship
Judicial Clerks Externship
Directed Research in Law and Policy
Independent Study
Other
Law Review Candidacy
Law Review Junior Staff
Law Review Senior Staff I
Law Review Senior Staff II
Law Review Editorial Board I
Law Review Editorial Board II
Advanced Bar Studies
