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Program Requirements



The Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) degree requires:
  • successful completion of eighty-eight semester credit hours;
  • satisfaction of residency requirements;
  • successful completion of all first-year courses;
  • successful completion of all required upper-level courses;
  • successful completion of the professional responsibility course requirement;
  • successful completion of an upper-level writing requirement;
  • a cumulative GPA of at least 2.000; and
  • successful completion of thirty (30) total hours of pro bono service prior to graduation.
  • successful completion of a minimum of eight designated “Professionalism Series” presentations prior to graduation.