COURSES REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION
1L Courses
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Legal Analysis, Writing & Research 1 and 2
- Property
- Torts
Upper Level Requirements
- Evidence
- The Law Governing Lawyers
- Trusts & Estates
- A Perspectives Elective *
- A Process Elective **
- A Public Law Elective ***
- An Advanced Legal Research Course
- A Seminar
- A Workshop
- A minimum of six credits in experiential courses. Students may satisfy this requirement by completing six or more credits in the following types of courses:
- Advanced Legal Research Courses
- Workshops
- Clinics
- Supervised Field Placements
- Judicial Internships – Appellate
- Judicial Internships – Trial – Federal Trial Courts Only
* Perspectives courses include American Legal History, Crime & Punishment in American History, Federal Indian Law, Judging and the Judicial Process, Jurisprudence, Law and Popular Culture, Law and Poverty, Law and Religion, and Parent, Child & State, Sentencing: Theory, History and Policy. Not all courses are offered every year.
** Process elective courses include Administrative Law, Advanced Civil Procedure, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Process, Family Law and ADR, Federal Criminal Procedure, and Legislation. Not all courses are offered every year.
*** Public Law electives include Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law 2: Speech & Equality, Civil Rights, Education Law, Election Law, Federal Courts, The First Amendment, Privacy, Local Government Law, and State Constitutional Law. Not all courses are offered every year.
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See Article 200 of the Marquette University Law School Academic Regulations for additional degree requirements.