If you're not sure what area of law interests you or if you want to leave your options open, select courses that give you a well-rounded education. Make sure that you have the courses and skills that employers expect as part of a basic legal education. Having a strong, well balanced transcript can enhance your career flexibility and your ability to find a job in a tight market.
Core/Foundation Courses
The following are some of the basic courses of a well-rounded legal education:
First-Year Required Courses
- Contracts I
- Civil Procedure I
- Criminal ProcedureSubstantive Criminal Law
- Legal Research and Writing I
- Legal Research and Writing II
- Property
- Torts
Second Semester Elective (Civil Procedure II, Contracts I, Constitutional Law I, Legal Process)
Second- and Third-Years: Some Suggested Courses*
- Administrative Law
- An Advanced Legal Writing Course
- Bankruptcy
- Business Organizations I
- Business Organizations II
- Civil Procedure II (may be taken as a first-year elective)
- Constitutional Law I (may be taken as a first-year elective)
- Constitutional Law II
- Contracts II (may be taken as a first-year elective)
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law
- Evidence
- Family Law I
- Insurance Law
- International Law
- Introduction to Intellectual Property
- Lawyering Skills
- Professional ResponsibilitiesTax I (A or B)
- Real Estate Transactions
- Secured Transactions
- Trial Advocacy
- Trusts and Estates