Academics
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.