LMU Law offers a traditional three-year, full-time J.D. program that averages 15 credit hours per semester.
FIRST (1L) YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
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Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Civil Procedure I |
3 |
Civil Procedure II |
3 |
Criminal Law |
3 |
Legal Communication II |
3 |
Contracts & Sales I |
3 |
Legal Research II |
1 |
Legal Communication I |
2 |
Professional Foundations | 2 |
Legal Foundations |
1 | Property I | 3 |
Legal Research I |
1 |
The Successful Lawyer |
2 |
Torts I |
3 |
Advanced Legal Reasoning* |
No Credit |
Total Hours |
16 |
Total Hours | 15 |
* Mandatory for students with a cumulative GPA of 2.320 or below and elective for all other students. |
SECOND (2L) & THIRD (3L) YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
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Course Name |
Year |
Hours |
Course Name |
Year |
Hours |
Contracts & Sales II |
2L |
3 |
Business Organizations |
2L or 3L |
4 |
Constitutional Law I |
2L |
2 |
Constitutional Criminal Procedure |
2L or 3L |
3 |
Evidence |
2L or 3L |
4 |
Constitutional Law II |
2L or 3L |
3 |
Electives (over the course of two years in the fall semester) |
2L or 3L |
14 |
Electives (over the course of two years in the spring semester) |
2L or 3L |
14 |
Legal Practice Skills* |
2L or 3L |
No Credit |
Professional Responsibility |
2L or 3L |
3 |
Bar Exam Course I |
3L |
3 |
Solving Legal Problems** |
2L or 3L |
No Credit |
Bar Exam Course II |
3L |
3 |
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Total Hours |
29 |
Total Hours |
30 |
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