Admissions

Program Requirements



The Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) 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 2.00; and
  • successful completion of thirty (30) total hours of pro bono service prior to graduation.