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First-Year J.D. Courses

The following first-year J.D. courses are open to LL.M. students.

Constitutional Law

Considers selected issues concerning judicial review, federalism, separation of powers and individual rights. This is a spring semester class.

Contracts

Examines legal and equitable remedies for enforcing contracts, determining what promises are enforceable, elements of assent, standards of fairness and restrictions on bargaining processes and tests for performance and breach. This class is offered as a single semester class (in the fall) and as a full-year class. Most LL.M. students take the class in the fall semester.

Criminal Law

Examines the basic principles of substantive criminal law, including the justifications for punishment, the essential elements of offenses, mitigating and exculpating defenses and different forms of criminal liability.

Civil Procedure

Examines the structure and function of civil procedure and the requirements of due process of law. All Civil Procedure classes are full-year (two semester) offerings. If you enroll in Civil Procedure, you must complete both semesters of the class and you cannot drop the class after the first term.

Property

Conceptual analysis and underlying policy considerations in basic property law. This class is offered as both a single semester class (in the spring) and as a full-year class. Most LL.M. students take the class in the spring semester.

Torts

Principles of civil recovery for injury, including strict liability, negligence, and the intentional torts, with emphasis on the social, economic and moral underpinnings of the doctrines.