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Juris Doctor Degree

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Whether you want to become a trial lawyer, advise business executives, consult with nonprofits, or utilize your law degree in the media, government relations, or any of hundreds of other ways it can advance a career, we offer multiple ways to get there.

  • The full-time program typically meets five days a week and you can complete your degree in three years.
  • The part-time day program meets three days and you can complete your degree in four years
  • The Chase evening program meets two nights per week (and some Saturdays) and you can complete your degree in four years.

 

Degree Checklist

Notice: Once you click on the appropriate link, please locate the checklist that applies to the year and division you began law school.

 

♦  Indicates prerequisite.

First Year Courses

Required courses for all first-year students are designed to provide a grounding in legal research, analysis, and fundamental doctrines of law.

Full-time

Evening

Students who began classes in May take Contracts (combined Contracts I and II) as a first-year summer course and students who began in August take Contracts as a second-year summer course.

Part-time Day

The part-time day schedule changes often, but it typically includes some of the following courses:

Second Year Courses

Full-time

Beginning in 2018, there are no longer any Core courses; there are only Required courses and Electives.  The Required courses are identified in the student handbook.

Evening

Students who began first-year classes in May take Property (combined Property I and II) as a second-year summer course, and students who began in August take Contracts (combined Contracts I and II) as a second-year summer course.

Part-time Day

  • Flexible scheduling

Third Year Courses

Students who began first-year classes in August take Property (combined Property I and II) as a third-year summer course.

Full-time

Beginning in 2018, there are no longer any Core courses; there are only Required courses and Electives.  The Required courses are identified in the student handbook.

Evening

Beginning in 2018, there are no longer any Core courses; there are only Required courses and Electives.  The Required courses are identified in the student handbook.

Part-time Day

  • Flexible scheduling that includes required courses and core courses that are commonly tested on bar examinations

Fourth Year Part-time Day/Evening Courses

Fourth-year evening courses

Beginning in 2018, there are no longer any Core courses; there are only Required courses and Electives.  The Required courses are identified in the student handbook.

Fourth-year part-time day courses

  • Flexible scheduling that includes required and core courses

Part-time Day Option

The Part-Time Day Program is designed for those who work evenings, are stay-at-home parents, or have other commitments which prevent study in the evening. Students in the day program will take classes with the full-time division students.

  • Classes typically meet three days per week, although students are occasionally required to attend events on other days.
  • Classes will typically be scheduled between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
  • Students take four to five years to complete their degree, depending on whether they enroll in summer courses.
  • Summer courses are optional.

All students have the same opportunities to participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, including involvement in the school’s centers & institutes, law review, competition teams, and externship and clinical programs.

All students must also complete upper-level writing requirements, a pro-bono service requirement, and an experiential requirement.

Electives

All electives are available to full-time, evening, and part-time day students. An elective course is typically offered at least twice during the period in which students in an entering class may enroll in elective courses, alternating as day or evening classes. Some electives with historically small class sizes may be offered at only one time, but are open to students in either the day or evening divisions. 

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