2nd and 3rd Year Curriculum
The program in the second and third years is largely elective, and the Law School’s course offerings are designed to allow students to gain both a breadth of legal knowledge and depth within particular subject areas. Although students are primarily free to choose their own curriculum during these years, all second year students must take Evidence and Legal Ethics and Professionalism. In addition, each student must elect and complete at least one seminar and fulfill a Legal Practice course requirement. See Requirements for Graduation.
Elective courses are intended to achieve a number of different objectives. One, of course, is to provide more detailed understanding of the substance of the law in a particular area. Another is to allow for the development of specific intellectual or practical skills, such as effective written or oral communication, close reading of complex statutory materials, clinical proficiency, and so on. A third is to provide a more sophisticated understanding of law by studying theoretical fields like jurisprudence, history, or policy studies. Elective courses usually aim at more than one of these purposes, but the balance among objectives will vary from course to course.
The choice among elective courses will depend in part on the student's professional objectives. Those aiming at a general law practice, for example, might emphasize courses that provide wide substantive coverage and the development of a full array of basic skills. Students who want a specialized practice, such as tax or natural resources law, might choose a sequence of courses relevant to that area. In any event, all students should choose elective courses to assure that they are exposed to all of the major objectives during their legal education. Students will find advice on structuring their choices at our Advising Center.
The following list of course offerings is divided into general topical areas. Students should bear in mind that certain basic courses may be recommended or required prerequisites for advanced courses. Where a course does have a required prerequisite, that requirement is indicated in the list below by a footnote. For some courses, there is a recommended, but not required, sequence. For more information on recommended sequencing and on required prerequisites, students should consult individual course descriptions.
Please note that the list provided here includes all of the courses offered by the Law School over several academic years. Therefore, it might be that a course listed here will not in fact be offered in a given year. More specific information on the availability of courses can be obtained from individual course descriptions and from the Planned Course Offering Schedule, available from our Academic Schedules page.
Required Courses
- Evidence
- Legal Ethics and Professionalism
- One Legal Practice Course (of your choice)
Legal Aid Clinic
American Indian Law Clinic
Appellate Advocacy Clinic
Immigration Clinic
Natural Resource Litigation Clinic
Advanced Trial Advocacy
Law Practice Management
Motions Advocacy
Trial Advocacy
Trial Practice
Business Planning
Real Estate Planning
Litigation Drafting
- One seminar (see curricula list below)
Curricula
Legal Aid Clinic
American Indian Law Clinic
Appellate Advocacy Clinic
Immigration Clinic
Natural Resource Litigation Clinic
Advanced Trial Advocacy
Law Practice Management
Motions Advocacy
Trial Advocacy
Trial Practice
Business Planning
Real Estate Planning
Litigation Drafting
Courses for each curriculum are listed below. Diamonds indicate sections offered for terms. Click the course title to view all available terms for which the course is offered. Click the diamond to jump to offered sections for that term.
- American Indian Law
- Business and Commercial Law
- Criminal Law
- Employment and Labor Law
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Externship Program
- Family and Juvenile Law
- Government and Public Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property, Technology and Telecommunication
- International and Comparative Law
- Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Social Policy
- Litigation, Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Moot Court Competitions
- Property and Land Use
- Research and Writing
- Seminars
- Taxation
