JD Full-Time Required Curriculum
For the JD degree, students must earn at least 84 units of course credit, including 39 units in required core courses. In the full-time program, required courses are concentrated in the first and second years, and students may take one elective in their first year.
For students who entered prior to fall 2011, a total of 86 units, including 41 units in required courses, are required for graduation.
| First–Year Courses |
Fall |
Spring |
| Civil Procedure |
4 Units |
– |
| Torts |
4 Units |
– |
| Criminal Law |
3 Units |
– |
| Criminal Procedure |
– |
3 Units |
| Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis |
3 Units |
3 Units |
| Contracts |
– |
4 Units |
| Property |
– |
4 Units |
| Second-Year Courses |
Fall |
Spring |
| Constitutional Law |
4 Units |
– |
| Additional Requirements |
Must be completed after first year |
| Upper Level Writing Requirement |
– |
| Legal Ethics or Professional Responsibility |
3 Units |
| Professional Skills Requirement |
Variable |
| Evidence |
4 Units |
| First–Year Courses |
Fall |
Spring |
| Civil Procedure |
3 Units |
2 Units |
| Contracts |
2 Units |
3 Units |
| Criminal Law |
3 Units |
– |
| Criminal Procedure |
– |
3 Units |
| Legal Research, Writing, And Analysis |
3 Units |
2 Units |
| Moot Court |
– |
1 Unit |
| Property |
– |
4 Units |
| Torts |
4 Units |
– |
| Second-Year Courses |
Fall |
Spring |
| Constitutional Law |
4 Units |
– |
| Additional Requirements |
Must be completed after first year |
| Upper Level Writing Requirement |
– |
| Legal Ethics or Professional Responsibility |
3 Units |
| Professional Skills Requirement* |
Variable |
| Evidence |
4 Units |
*Applies to law entrants as of Fall 2009.