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; Comparative Law; Crime & Punishment in America; Federal Indian Law; Jurisprudence; Law and Popular Culture; the Law of Sexual Orientation; Law & Religion; Parent, Child & State; and Military Law. Not all courses are offered every year.

** Process elective courses include Administrative Law; Advanced Civil Procedure; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Criminal Process; Federal Criminal Procedure; and Legislation. Not all courses are offered every year.

*** Public Law electives include Constitutional Criminal Procedure; Constitutional Law 2: Speech & Equality; Education Law; Federal Courts; The First Amendment; Local Government Law; Privacy; and Media Law. Not all courses are offered every year.

Click here for a link to course descriptions.

See Article 200 of the Marquette University Law School Academic Regulations for additional degree requirements.