Degree Requirements
A. Successful Completion of Orientation and All First Year Courses
B. Second Year Required Courses
- Legal Ethics*
- Client Counseling **
C. Structured Curriculum for Students Below 2.8
A student who completes the first semester of study with a cumulative average below 2.8 honor points shall:
- Participate in the first year, second-semester Academic Success Program, and
- Complete the Evidence course and four of the following bar-tested courses: Business Associations; Criminal Procedure 1 or 2; Family Law, Sales, Secured Transactions or Wills and Estates, and
- Complete the 3-credit skills section of Legal Ethics, and
- Complete the course Legal Analysis and Drafting for the Bar Exam.
A student who completes the first year of study with a cumulative average below 2.8 honor points shall:
- Complete the Evidence course and four of the following bar-tested courses: Business Associations; Criminal Procedure 1 or 2; Family Law, Sales, Secured Transactions or Wills and Estates, and
- Complete the 3-credit skills section of Legal Ethics, and
- Complete the course Legal Analysis and Drafting for the Bar Exam.
D. Seminar Requirement
- Every student must successfully complete one seminar.
E. Writing Requirement
Every student must successfully complete one of the following options:
- a casenote, comment, or a series of shorter works of the same quality and aggregate quantity expected of longer papers for a law review or journal,
- the writing requirements for the Intramural Moot Court Competition,
- a Drafting course,
- an Individual Research Project, or
- a second seminar.
F. Professional Development Requirement
Every student must:
- attend three annual professional planning meetings with the Center for Professional Development; and
- implement a professional development plan in conjunction with the Center for Professional Development.
G. Lawyering Requirement
In their second or any subsequent year of law school, students will complete one of the following lawyering learning opportunities involving actual legal work under appropriate supervision:
- Ohio Innocence Project,
- Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic,
- Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic,
- Indigent Defense Clinic,
- Patent and Trademark Clinic,
- Sixth Circuit Clinic,
- Legal Access Clinic,
- Legal Externship,
- Judicial Externship,
- Brandery or other summer entrepreneurship experience,
- Summer Internship through the Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program or the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights,
- Other lawyering opportunities, as approved by the Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee, or
- Paid law or law-related work meeting law school requirements.
H. Experiential Learning Requirement
Every student must successfully complete at least 6 credits earned in experiential courses.
I. Equality and Inequality Course Requirement
It is a requirement for graduation that a student must complete at least two credit hours in an upper-level course that has been designed to help students acquire an understanding of the nature of equality and the development and perpetuation of inequality through interlocking systems of oppression, privilege, and power. Coursework in this area may address race, ethnicity, class, sex, religion, ideology, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or other forms of identity, difference, and exclusion. Courses meeting the criteria adopted by the faculty will be approved by the Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee and a list of such courses made available to students.
Adopted by the College of Law Faculty April 15, 2022. Applies to students matriculating in fall 2022 and thereafter.
J. Classroom Credit Requirement
It is a requirement for graduation that a student complete, in an aggregate of 90 semester hours, at least 77 classroom credit hours. All required and most elective courses and seminars are classified as classroom credit offerings. Non-classroom credit offerings include, but are not limited to, Individual Research Projects, law review, moot court, journals, externship and clinical field placements.
Of the 90 credits, at least six of them must be classified as experiential credits. These credits can be a mixture of classroom and non-classroom credits.
K. Grade Point Average
You must have at least a 2.325 cumulative GPA to graduate.
L. Residence Period
You must have completed a residence period of three academic years or its equivalent.
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* A student who completes the first semester study or the first year of study with a cumulative average below 2.8 honor points shall take the 3-credit skills section of Legal Ethics.
** Students may satisfy this requirement by completing the Ohio Innocence Project course sequence in the second year. Students may also satisfy this requirement by enrolling in the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic, the Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic, the Legal Access Clinic, or the Patent and Trademark Clinic during their 2L year.
A. Successful Completion of Orientation and All First Year Courses
B. Second Year Required Courses
- Legal Ethics*
- Client Counseling **
C. Structured Curriculum for Students Below 2.8
A student who completes the first semester of study with a cumulative average below 2.8 honor points shall:
- Participate in the first year, second-semester Academic Success Program, and
- Complete the following five bar-tested courses: Business Associations; Criminal Procedure 1 or 2; Evidence, Sales; Wills and Trusts, and
- Complete the 3-credit skills section of Legal Ethics, and
- Complete the course Legal Analysis and Drafting for the Bar Exam.
A student who completes the first year of study with a cumulative average below 2.8 honor points shall:
- Complete the following five bar-test courses: Business Associations; Criminal Procedure 1 or 2; Evidence; Sales; Wills and Trusts, and
- Complete the 3-credit skills section of Legal Ethics, and
- Complete the course Legal Analysis and Drafting for the Bar Exam.
D. Seminar Requirement
- Every student must successfully complete one seminar.
E. Writing Requirement
Every student must successfully complete one of the following options:
- a casenote, comment, or a series of shorter works of the same quality and aggregate quantity expected of longer papers for a law review or journal,
- the writing requirements for the Intramural Moot Court Competition,
- a Drafting course,
- an Individual Research Project, or
- a second seminar.
F. Professional Development Requirement
Every student must:
- attend three annual professional planning meetings with the Center for Professional Development; and
- implement a professional development plan in conjunction with the Center for Professional Development.
G. Lawyering Requirement
In their second or any subsequent year of law school, students will complete one of the following lawyering learning opportunities involving actual legal work under appropriate supervision:
- Ohio Innocence Project,
- Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic,
- Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic,
- Indigent Defense Clinic,
- Patent and Trademark Clinic
- Sixth Circuit Clinic,
- Legal Externship,
- Judicial Externship,
- Brandery or other summer entrepreneurship experience,
- Summer Internship through the Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program or the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, or
- Paid law or law-related work meeting law school requirements.
H. Experiential Learning Requirement
Every student must successfully complete at least 6 credits earned in experiential courses.
I. Classroom Credit Requirement
It is a requirement for graduation that a student complete, in an aggregate of 90 semester hours, at least 77 classroom credit hours. All required and most elective courses and seminars are classified as classroom credit offerings. Non-classroom credit offerings include, but are not limited to, Individual Research Projects, law review, moot court, journals, externship and clinical field placements.
Of the 90 credits, at least six of them must be classified as experiential credits. These credits can be a mixture of classroom and non-classroom credits.
J. Grade Point Average
You must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA to graduate.
K. Residence Period
You must have completed a residence period of three academic years or its equivalent.
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* A student who completes the first semester study or the first year of study with a cumulative average below 2.8 honor points shall take the 3-credit skills section of Legal Ethics.
** Students may satisfy this requirement by completing the Ohio Innocence Project course sequence in the second year. Students may also satisfy this requirement by enrolling in the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic or the Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic during their 2L year.
A. Completion of All First Year Courses
B. Second Year Required Courses
Legal Ethics
Client Counseling **
C. Seminar Requirement
Every student must successfully complete one seminar.
D. Writing Requirement
Every student must successfully complete one of the following options:
- a casenote, comment, or a series of shorter works of the same quality and aggregate quantity expected of longer papers for a law review or journal,
- the writing requirements for the Intramural Moot Court Competition,
- a Drafting course,
- an Individual Research Project, or
- a second seminar.
E. Professional Development Requirement
Every student must:
- attend an annual professional planning meeting with the Center for Professional Development; and
- implement a professional development plan in conjunction with the Center for Professional Development.
F. Lawyering Requirement
In their second or any subsequent year of law school, students will complete one of the following lawyering learning opportunities involving actual legal work under appropriate supervision:
- Ohio Innocence Project,
- Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic,
- Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic,
- Indigent Defense Clinic,
- Patent and Trademark Clinic
- Sixth Circuit Clinic,
- Legal Externship,
- Judicial Externship,
- Brandery or other summer entrepreneurship experience,
- Summer Internship through the Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program or the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, or
- Paid law or law-related work meeting law school requirements.
G. Experiential Learning Requirement
Every student must successfully complete at least 6 credits earned in experiential courses.
H. Classroom Credit Requirement
It is a requirement for graduation that a student complete, in an aggregate of 90 semester hours, at least 77 classroom credit hours. All required and most elective courses and seminars are classified as classroom credit offerings. Non-classroom credit offerings include: Individual Research Project, law reviews and journals, Extern Program field placements, Moot Court, field placements for clinics, and a few other classes.
Of the 90 credits, at least 6 of them must be classified as experiential credits. These credits can be a mixture of classroom and non-classroom credits.
I. Grade Point Average
You must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA to graduate.
J. Residence Period
You must have completed a residence period of three academic years or its equivalent.
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** Students may satisfy this requirement by completing the Ohio Innocence Project course sequence in the second year. Students may also satisfy this requirement by enrolling in the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic or the Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic during their 2L year.
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
* For first-year and transfer J.D. students entering the College of Law during the 2015/2016 academic year, and transfer J.D. students entering the College of Law during the 2016/2017 academic year.
A. Completion of All First Year Courses
B. Second Year Required Courses
- Legal Ethics
- Client Counseling **
C. Seminar Requirement
Every student must successfully complete one seminar.
D. Writing Requirement
Every student must successfully complete one of the following options:
- a casenote, comment, or a series of shorter works of the same quality and aggregate quantity expected of longer papers for a law review or journal,
- the writing requirements for the Intramural Moot Court Competition,
- a Drafting course,
- an Individual Research Project, or
- a second seminar.
E. Professional Development Requirement
Every student must: • attend an annual professional planning meeting with the Center for Professional Development; and • implement a professional development plan in conjunction with the Center for Professional Development.
F. Lawyering Requirement
In their second or any subsequent year of law school, students will complete one of the following lawyering learning opportunities involving actual legal work under appropriate supervision:
- Ohio Innocence Project,
- Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic,
- Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic,
- Indigent Defense Clinic, • Sixth Circuit Clinic,
- Legal Externship,
- Judicial Externship,
- Brandery or other summer entrepreneurship experience,
- Summer Internship through the Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program or the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, or
- Paid law or law-related work meeting law school requirements.
G. Classroom Credit Requirement
It is a requirement for graduation that a student complete, in an aggregate of 90 semester hours, at least 77 classroom credit hours. All required and most elective courses and seminars are classified as classroom credit offerings. Non-classroom credit offerings include: Individual Research Project, law reviews and journals, Extern Program field placements, Moot Court, field placements for clinics, and a few other classes.
H. Grade Point Average
You must have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA to graduate.
I. Residence Period
You must have completed a residence period of three academic years or its equivalent.
** Students may satisfy this requirement by completing the Ohio Innocence Project course sequence in the second year. Students may also satisfy this requirement by enrolling in the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic or the Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic during their 2L year.