J.D. Program Requirements and Classes Available for Undergraduates

Minimum Total Earned Credits: 96 sh

Minimum Cumulative GPA: 3.50

Courses Available:

LAW 671Commercial Law: Secured Transactions

2 or 3

LAW 702Labor Law

3

LAW 711Accounting For Lawyers

2

LAW 712Income Taxation

3

LAW 716Intellectual Property

3

LAW 745Health Law

2

LAW 757First Amendment: Speech

2-3

LAW 770Wills and Trusts

3

LAW 775Family Law

3

LAW 792Issues in Sports Law

2

LAW 793State and Local Government

2

LAW 810Banking Law

2-3

LAW 841Environmental Law

3

Program Requirements

First-Year Required Courses

LAW 610Civil Procedure I

5 total hours

LAW 611Civil Procedure II

5 total hours

LAW 720Constitutional Law

5

LAW 620Contracts I

5 total hours

LAW 621Contracts II

5 total hours

LAW 630Criminal Law

3

LAW 635Criminal Law Lab

1

LAW 659Introduction to Legal Research

1

LAW 605Introduction to Legal Studies

3

LAW 684Lawyering, Leadership & Professionalism

2

LAW 640Property

5

LAW 650Torts

5

Legal Method and Communication (LMC) I, II, and III

These courses are designed to teach students the essential skills of legal method, analysis, and communication. The LMC course sequence draws together various components of the first-year curriculum in a series of simulated cases. As students move through the sequence they will receive individualized feedback on increasingly complex written and oral assignments. The course sequence includes:

LAW 668Legal Method & Communication I

2

LAW 669Legal Method & Communication II

2

LAW 673Legal Method & Communication III

2

Upper Level Required Courses for Classes of 2016 and May 2017

LAW 710Business Associations

4

LAW 72XConstitutional Law I

2

LAW 721Constitutional Law II

3

LAW 730Evidence

4

LAW 682Professional Responsibility

2

LAW 751Public Law and Leadership

2

Class of December 2017 and Subsequent Classes

LAW 710Business Associations

4

LAW 730Evidence

4

LAW 682Professional Responsibility

2

LAW 751Public Law and Leadership

2

Members of the Class of December 2017 and subsequent classes must also fulfill a “communications” requirement each term after the first year. This may be satisfied through designated “communications courses” or by participating in a designated “communications activity,” such as moot court. In addition, there is a bar foundations course requirement in the August term prior to students’ third year

Elective Courses

LAW 711Accounting For Lawyers

2

LAW 715Administrative Law

3

LAW 784ADR Representation

3

LAW 785Advanced Civil Procedure

3

LAW 735Advanced Criminal Procedure

3

LAW 843Advanced Evidence Workshop

2

LAW 774Advanced Family Law Practice

3

LAW 860Advanced Legal Method and Communication

2

LAW 661Advanced Legal Research

2 or 3

LAW 662Advanced Legal Research: Electronic Research

1

LAW 664Advanced Legal Research: North Carolina Legal Materials

1

LAW 663Advanced Legal Research: Research for Lawyers in Public Interest and Small Practices

1

LAW 782Advanced Trial Practice and Procedure

2

LAW 831Agriculture & Food: Law & Policy

2-3

LAW 818Antitrust Law

3

LAW 772Appellate Practice

2

LAW 810Banking Law

2-3

LAW 811Bankruptcy

3

LAW 822Bar Exam Foundations

4

LAW 83XBar Exam Foundations: Selected Topics Intensive Study

2

LAW 833Bar Exam Foundations: MBE

2

LAW 835Bar Exam Foundations: NC Distinctions

2

LAW 812Business Drafting

2

LAW 692Business Fellows Externship Course

3

LAW 755Capstone Leadership Project

1

LAW 776Children and the Law

2

LAW 778Child Protection and the Law

2

LAW 826Closely Held Business Enterprises

2-3

LAW 672Commercial Law: Negotiable Instruments

2

LAW 670Commercial Law: Sales

2

LAW 671Commercial Law: Secured Transactions

2 or 3

LAW 703Communication Skills for Lawyers

1

LAW 806Construction Law

3

LAW 819Consumer Protection

3

LAW 763Copyright Law

2-3

LAW 817Corporate Governance

2-3

LAW 803Criminal Pretrial Practice

3

LAW 732Criminal Procedure

2-3

LAW 752Critical Race Theory

2

LAW 794Death Penalty Jurisprudence

2

LAW 783Deposition Workshop

2-3

LAW 789E-Discovery

1-2

LAW 779Elder Law

3

LAW 764Elder Law Clinic

3-6

LAW 791Election Law

2

LAW 823Employment Discrimination

3

LAW 714Employment Law

2-3

LAW 840Entertainment Law

2

LAW 815Entity Taxation

3

LAW 841Environmental Law

3

LAW 771Estate and Gift Taxation

2

LAW 77XEstate Planning

2-3

LAW 787Introduction to European Union Law

2-3

LAW 775Family Law

3

LAW 788Federal Courts

3

LAW 739Federal Indian Law

2

LAW 729Federal Tax Practice and Procedure

2

LAW 722First Amendment

3

LAW 754First Amendment: Religion

2

LAW 757First Amendment: Speech

2-3

LAW 75XGender and the Law

2

LAW 690General Externship

3

LAW 758Guardian Ad Litem Clinic

4

LAW 745Health Law

2

LAW 768Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic

4

LAW 740Immigration Law

3

LAW 699In-House Corporate Practice

2

LAW 691In-House Counsel Externship

3

LAW 712Income Taxation

3

LAW 999Independent Study

1-3

LAW 704Influence and Responsibility of the Lawyer As A Public Citizen

3

LAW 746Insurance Law

2-3

LAW 716Intellectual Property

3

LAW 709Intellectual Property (International Arena)

3

LAW 744International Commercial Arbitration

2

LAW 741International Business Law

3

LAW 828International Criminal Tribunals and Military Commissions

2

LAW 827International Humanitarian Law

3

LAW 756International Law: Human Rights

3

LAW 748International Law: Private, Conflicts of Law

2-3

LAW 742International Law: Public

2-3

LAW 743International Law: Refugee And Asylum

2

LAW 747Internet Law

3

LAW 790Judicial Process

2

LAW 702Labor Law

3

LAW 807Land Use Planning

3

LAW 701Law and Humanities

2

LAW 830Law Firm Management

1

LAW 996Law Review

1

LAW 689Leadership Fellows: General Externship

3

LAW 842Legal Malpractice and Prevention

2

LAW 816Legal Process and Public Policy

2-3

LAW 799Legislation

2

LAW 683Mastering Legal Analysis

1-3

LAW 777Media and Communications Law & Policy

3

LAW 814Mergers and Acquisitions

3

LAW 804Mediation

3

LAW 706Military Justice

3

LAW 786Mock Trial Competition

1-2

LAW 900Moot Court/Appellate Advocacy Competition

1-2

LAW 759Negotiations

3

LAW 769Non-Profit Organizations

2-3

LAW 798Patent Litigation

3

LAW 802Pretrial Litigation

3-4

LAW 829Prisoners' Rights

2

LAW 728Real Estate Transactions

3

LAW 795Remedies

3

LAW 713Securities Regulation

3

LAW 86XThe Semester in Practice Legal Externship Program

7-11; 2

LAW 767Small Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic

3-6

LAW 792Issues in Sports Law

2

LAW 793State and Local Government

2

LAW 737Street Law

2

LAW 707Tax Policy Perspectives

2

LAW 805Trade Secrets

2

LAW 781Trial Practice and Procedure

3

LAW 834Understanding Business Operations

2

LAW 870Vis Moot

2

LAW 82XWar Crimes, Genocide and International Law

3

LAW 770Wills and Trusts

3

LAW 773Wills Drafting Clinic (In-House)

3-6

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