Program Of Study: Day Students
The Day Division course of study consists of three academic years of full-time study.
Under the regulations of the Law School, Standards of the American Bar Association,
and the Rules of the Board of Bar Examiners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
only those students who can devote substantially all of their working time to the study
of law are eligible to enroll in the full-time Day Division and to complete their law
study in three years.
Required Courses
1
st Semester
Hours
2
nd Semester
Hours
First Year
Contracts 1
3
3
Torts 1
2
2
Property 1
2
3
Civil Procedure 1
2
2
Criminal Law
3
0
Constitutional Law
0
4
Legal Practice Skills
2
2
Total
14
16
Second Year
Professional Responsibility 3
-
-
Base Menu 4
-
-
Electives 5,6,7
-
-
Total
12-15
12-15
Third Year
Base Menu 4
-
-
Electives 5,6,7
-
-
Total
12-15
12-15
1.
These are full-year courses with a mid-year exam. See Rules and Regulations, Section III, Grades
and Examinations.
2.
Second- and third-year students may not enroll in fewer than 12 credits nor more than 15 credits in
a semester, and may not enroll in fewer than 27 credits nor more than 30 credits in the academic
year.
NOTE: No more than 12 credits from clinical programs may be counted toward the
degree.
3.
Professional Responsibility is a required course. It must be taken by Day Division and Evening
Division students any time after the first year.
4.
Students are required to take at least three out of five Base Menu Courses.
5.
Including required courses and the Base Menu requirement, students must complete a minimum of
84
credits in order to receive the Juris Doctor degree.
6.
Students must complete the Legal Writing Requirement. (See Rules and Regulations Section II H)
7.
Students must satisfy the Skills Menu Requirement; recommended to take courses from the
Perspectives Menu.
