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.

Click here for a link to course descriptions.

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