Suffolk Law - 2020 New Student Information Guide

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Requirements for the Juris Doctor Degree

1. All students must complete 84 credits. 2. All students must complete the following courses: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Property, Legal Practice Skills, Constitutional Law, and Torts. 3. All students must complete the course in Professional Responsibility. 4. All students graduating before January 1, 2021 must complete the Base Menu Requirement (see Curriculum Requirements), unless they are placed on Academic Warning or are subject to the requirements of Rule II. C. 1. e. 5. Guided Curriculum : Any student who completes their first year with a cumulative GPA of 2.670 or higher but less than 3.000 must complete all of the following courses in order to be eligible to graduate: a. Evidence; b. Trusts and Estates; c. Business Entity Fundamentals; d. Commercial Law Survey, Commercial Sales, or Secured Transactions; e. Criminal Procedure; f. Family Law g. Advanced Survey of Core Legal Principles (must be taken in the student’s final year) [Revision to Rule I. A. 5. approved by law faculty on 5/19/16 and 3/2/17] 6. Students placed on Academic Warning must satisfactorily complete, and earn a grade of C or better in, the following courses: a. Legal Analysis & Methods (must be taken no later than the fall semester of the student’s second year) b. Evidence c. Trusts and Estates d. Business Entity Fundamentals e. Commercial Law Survey, Commercial Paper, Commercial Sales, or Secured Transactions f. Criminal Procedure

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