All law students must fulfill the curriculum that follows. All students must complete a total of ninety credit hours for graduation.
Core J.D. requirements
First-Year Courses – Building a solid foundation (thirty credit hours by the end of 1L year)
| Fall Semester (14 or 16 hours) | Spring Semester (14 or 16 hours) |
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Required upper-level courses
- Advanced Legal Writing*
- Business Organizations
- Constitutional Law II
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Experiential Course Requirement
- Professional Responsibility and Ethics
- Rigorous Writing Experience Requirement* (requirement met through Advanced Legal Writing)
- Sales and Leases
- Secured Transactions
- Trial Advocacy
- Wills and Trusts
Note: Students may enroll in upper-level required courses any time after the First Year, subject to prerequisites.
* Students meet the RWE Requirement through Advanced Legal Writing.
Experiential Learning Requirement (nine credit hours)
In addition to the required four-credit Trial Advocacy course, students must complete an additional five credit hours of experiential learning, consisting of:
- A Simulation Course (two or three credit hours—see list below)
- Any one or more of the following experiential courses:
- Simulation Course (two or three credit hours–see list below, no cap);
- Externship (three credit hours, cap of two externships); or
- Clinic (three or four credit hours, cap of two clinics).
Simulation Courses (two to three credit hours):
- Advanced Legal Research
- Advanced Trial Advocacy I and II
- Business Planning
- Client Counseling
- Contract Planning
- Corporate Finance
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Family Law Planning
- Federal Criminal Law Planning
- Homeowners Association Law and Planning
- Immigration Enforcement and Defense
- Judicial Writing
- Land Use Regulation
- Mediation Advocacy
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Negotiation Workshop
- NC Prosecution Advocacy I and II
- NC Criminal Defense Advocacy I and II
- Patent Preparation and Prosecution
- Pretrial Litigation
- Real Property Planning
- Workers Compensation Law and Practice
- Workplace Law