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Full-time Curriculum: Required Courses | |
| 1st Year Fall Semester | |
| Course | Credits |
| Contracts I | 3 |
| Torts I | 3 |
| Property I | 3 |
| Civil Procedure I | 3 |
| Legal Research & Writing I | 3 |
| 1st Year Spring Semester | |
| Course | Credits |
| Contracts II | 3 |
| Torts II | 2 |
| Property II | 3 |
| Civil Procedure II | 2 |
| Legal Research & Writing II | 3 |
| Criminal Law | 3 |
| 2nd Year Fall Semester | |
| Course | Credits |
| Constitutional Law I | 3 |
| Evidence | 4 |
| 2nd Year Spring Semester | |
| Course | Credits |
| Business Associations | 4 |
| Constitutional Law II | 3 |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 |
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Note: Rigorous Writing Requirement and Professional Skills Requirement must be taken during the second or third year. | |
| 3rd Year Fall Semester | |
| Course | Credits |
| Remedies | 3 |
A student must complete 90 hours to receive the Juris Doctor degree, 51 of which are required courses.
Elective Courses
Note: Some elective courses are not offered every year.
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Course |
Credits |
| Administrative Law |
3 |
| Admiralty Law |
2 |
| Advanced Legal Research | 2 |
| Advanced Torts (Seminar) |
2 |
| Alabama Civil Procedure |
2 or 3 |
| Antitrust | 3 |
| Appellate Advocacy |
3 |
| Arbitration |
3 |
| Bankruptcy |
3 |
| Children's Rights (Seminar) |
2 or 3 |
| Civil Rights (Seminar) |
2 or 3 |
| Comparative Constitutional Law (Seminar) | 2 or 3 |
| Conflict of Laws | 3 |
| Corporate Governance (Seminar) | 2 or 3 |
| Criminal Practice |
3 |
| Criminal Procedure | 3 |
| Current Issues in Criminal Law (Seminar) |
2 |
| Dispute Resolution Processes | 3 |
| Elder Law | 2 |
| Employment Law |
3 |
| Environmental Law |
3 |
| Externship |
1, 2, 3 or 4 |
| Family Law | 3 |
| Family Violence Clinic |
2 or 3 |
| Federal Courts |
3 |
| Federal Crimes |
3 |
| Federal Income Tax | 3 |
| Freedom of Expression (Seminar) | 2 |
| Gaming Law (Seminar) |
2 |
| Health Law (Seminar) |
2 or 3 |
| Independent Study |
1, 2 or 3 |
| Insurance Law |
3 |
| Intellectual Property |
2 or 3 |
| International Law |
2 or 3 |
| Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation | 3 |
| Jurisprudence (Seminar) |
2 or 3 |
| Land Use Planning |
2 or 3 |
| Law & Christian Theology (Seminar) | 2 or 3 |
| Legal Drafting |
3 |
| Legislation |
3 |
| Litigation Technology |
2 |
| Mediation Clinic |
3 |
| Moot Court Competition Team | 1 or 2 |
| Negotiable Instruments | 3 |
| Pre-Trial Practice |
3 |
| Products Liability |
3 |
| Professional Malpractice (Seminar) | 2 or 3 |
| Public Interest Law |
3 |
| Real Estate Practice Workshop |
2 or 3 |
| Religion and the Constitution (Seminar) | 2 |
| Sales | 2 or 3 |
| Secured Transactions | 3 |
| Securities Regulation |
3 |
| Smart Growth (Seminar) |
2 |
| Sports Law |
2 or 3 |
| Trial Advocacy |
3 |
| Trial Advocacy for Competition | 3 |
| Trial Competition |
1 |
| Trial Competition Team | 1, 2 or 3 |
| Wills & Trusts | 4 |
| Worker's Compensation |
2 or 3 |
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