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First-Year “Lockstep” Required Courses

Note: Some of these will occur in the fall semester of the second year for evening-division students.

  • Civil Procedure (2 semesters, 5 hours total)

  • ​Contracts (4 hours)

  • ​Criminal Law (3 hours)

  • ​Legal Methods (1 hour)

  • Legal Research (2 hours)

  • Legal Writing (2 semesters, 6 hours total)

  • Client Interviewing and Counseling (3 hours)

  • Torts (4 hours)

 

Second-Year “Lockstep” Required Courses

  • Constitutional Law (4 hours)

  • Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3 hours)

  • Property (4 hours)

  • Legal Writing III (3 hours)

 

Other Required Courses

  • Federal Criminal Procedure (3 hours)

  • Evidence (3 hours) or Evidence Practicum (4 hours)

  • ​Professional Responsibility (3 hours)

  • Bar Skills and Strategies I (3 hours)

  • Bar Skills and Strategies II (3 hours)

 

UBE Required Menu- 3.00 GPA or greater after the 2 semesters Day and 3 semesters Evening

  • UBE Family Law (3 hours) or UBE Wills, Trusts, and Estates (3 hours)

  • Business Associations I (3 hours) or UBE Sale and Secure Transactions “Commercial Law” (3 hours)

  • Conflicts of Law (2 hours) or Remedies (2 hours)

 

UBE Modified Menu- Less than 3.00 GPA after the 2 semesters Day and 3 semesters Evening

  • UBE Family Law (3 hours)

  • UBE Wills, Trusts, and Estates (3 hours)

  • Business Associations I (3 hours)

  • UBE Sale and Secure Transactions “Commercial Law” (3 hours)

  • Conflicts of Law (2 hours) or Remedies (2 hours)

 

Changing Applicable UBE Menu if Student Performance Improves Second or Third Year

Any student who-during their 2L, 2LE, or 3LE year-takes either UBE Family Law or UBE Wills, Trusts, and Estates and either UBE Sale and Secure Transactions or Business Associations and achieves an average of 3.000 or higher in those two courses combined may petition to be released from the UBE Modified Menu requirements.