Second Year Day Courses

First Year Courses / Second Year Courses / Third Year Courses

The following courses are Mandatory:

(Elements of Legal Analysis is mandatory if student meets GPA requirements)

Fall Semester

• Business Entities LAW 0516 (4 Credits)
  Course introducing the law of business organizations, including agency, partnership, limited liability companies, and business corporations. Topics include choice of entity, formation and structure of the entity, power and fiduciary responsibility of management, rights and liabilities of shareholders, corporate capital structure and finance, and shareholders' derivative litigation. Federal securities law is introduced.

• Constitutional Law II LAW 0629 (2 Credits)
  Course involving in-depth consideration of the federal constitutional protection of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, with emphasis on freedom of speech in the political context.

• Evidence LAW 0614 (4 Credits)
  Course considering rules relating to methods of proof of disputed facts, including competency, privileges, examination of witnesses, relevance, hearsay, and principal rules of exclusion.

Additional Graduation Requirements:

• ALSV Courses - (Program Information)
• Writing Requirement (satisfied through any seminar, Law Review/Journal paper. Must earn a C+ or better on the Seminar paper - 2nd or 3rd year)

Recommended Course:

• Income Tax is a 2L preference course and is recommended for 2L day students.

Winter Semester

You must select at least 2 from the following courses: Criminal Procedure, Family Law, and Wills and Trusts

Although all 3 of the courses listed below are not required, this is the only semester in which you will have a guaranteed seat in each of these courses. If you wait to take one of these courses in a later semester, you will have to wait until the All Student registration period or Drop/Add to see if a seat is available. There is no guarantee that you will be able to take one of these courses if you do not take it during this semester.

(Elements of Legal Analysis is mandatory if student meets GPA requirements

• Criminal Procedure LAW 0645 (3 Credits)
  Course introducing the basic Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment constitutional doctrines that govern the investigative and pre-trial stages of the criminal justice system.

• Family Law LAW 0635 (3 Credits)
  Course covering the law regarding the family relationship - including the rights and responsibilities of parents, spouses, grandparents, and children - and the creation and dissolution of the family. Topics include adoption, spouse and child abuse, alimony, property distribution, child support, and child custody.

• Wills and Trusts LAW 0655 (4 Credits)
  Course examining the law of property transmission through intestate and testate distribution and express and implied trusts. Topics include: execution, alteration, and revocation of wills; rights of immediate family members; contest of wills; creation and elements of express trusts, both private and charitable; rights of beneficiaries; termination of trusts and the duties and liabilities of the trustee; and implied trusts, both resulting and constructive.

Additional Graduation Requirements:

• ALSV Courses - (Program Information)
• Professional Responsibility - cannot be taken earlier than Winter semester of the second year
• Writing Requirement (satisfied through any seminar, Law Review/Journal paper. Must earn a C+ or better on the Seminar paper - 2nd or 3rd year)