Second and Third Years

In addition to first-year courses, students must successfully complete the courses listed below prior to graduation:

• One or more courses totaling at least 3 hours that provide substantial instruction in legal ethics
• Jurisprudence (3 hours)
• An upper-level skills course
• Upper-Level Writing Requirement: Students must complete this requirement before enrolling in their final semester.

Before the start of registration for any semester, the appropriate associate dean shall publish a list that identifies all of the courses that will be offered during that semester that will satisfy the legal ethics requirement and the upper-level skills course requirement.

Students who enter prior to the fall of 2010 must also successfully complete the following courses prior to graduation:

• Business Associations (4 hours)
• Federal Taxation (4 hours)
• One of the following ethics courses (in lieu of the 3-hour legal ethics requirement listed above):
• Ethics II;
• Legal Aid I and Ethics;
• Legal Externship Ethics
• Professional Responsibility