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a.
Evidence;
b.
Trusts and Estates;
c.
Business Entity Fundamentals;
d.
Commercial Law Survey, Commercial Paper, Commercial Sales, or Secured
Transactions;
e.
Constitutional Law/Criminal Procedure;
f.
Family Law (the Family Law requirement does not apply to students graduating in or
before September 2017 and students graduating in January 2018 may request a waiver
of this requirement)
g.
Massachusetts Practice (if the student intends to take the Massachusetts bar
examination in July 2017 or February 2018); and
h.
Advanced Survey of Core Legal Principles (must be taken in the student’s final year).
[Revisions to Rule I. A. 5. approved by law faculty on 5/19/16 and 3/2/17]
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.
Prior to graduation, every student must satisfactorily complete:
a.
six credits of upper-level experiential learning courses (as defined by ABA Standards
303 and 304),
b.
two continuing legal education seminars, and
c.
a minimum of 50 hours of practice-based learning completed in any of the following
ways: (i) First Year Summer Internship Program placement; (ii) 50 hours of legal
work completed through the Pro Bono Program; or (iii) 50 hours of legal work
completed under the supervision of an attorney.
Students completing Sections b and c of this requirement must submit certification of
completion to the Academic Services Office.
Part-time students in the Evening Division are exempt from section c. of the requirement,
but are encouraged to complete it.
[Rule I.A.6.approved by law faculty on 2/13/14 and amended 5/19/16. Rule I.A.6.
applies to students entering the law school in the Fall 2015 semester and later.]
7.
All students are required to take a Diagnostic Exam covering selected bar-related subjects
taught during the first year of study in the day division and the first two years of study in
the evening division. Results of the diagnostic exam will be reported to students but will
not appear on their transcripts and will not affect their grade point averages. However,
students are required to complete the Diagnostic Exam in order to be eligible to graduate,
and this requirement will be included in each student’s degree audit. The Diagnostic
Exam may be offered in an online format. Students scheduled to graduate before 2020
will be required to take the exam during designated periods in their final year of study.
Students scheduled to graduate in 2020 or later will be required to take the exam during