{"page_header":"JD Academics","top_image":"","page_intro":"<h3>For students matriculating summer 2017 and later:<\/h3>\r\n<h1>Our curriculum is focused, innovative, and constructed to help our students obtain the skills, knowledge, and professionalism they&rsquo;ll need as beginning lawyers. For students matriculating in summer 2017 and later, the requirements are as follows*:<\/h1>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","page_content":"<ul>\r\n<li>Applied Learning Lab (1 credit)<\/li>\r\n<li>Applied Practice Lab (1 credit)<\/li>\r\n<li>Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills (3 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Civil Procedure I (4 credits) and Civil Procedure II (2 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Constitutional Law I (2 credits) and Constitutional law II (4 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Contracts I (4 credits) and Contracts II (4 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Criminal Law (3 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Criminal Procedure (3 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Evidence (4 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Legal Methods I (3 credits), Legal Methods II (2 credits), and Legal Methods III (2 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Legal Problem Solving (2 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Professional Responsibility (3 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Property I (4 credits) and Property II (2 credits)<\/li>\r\n<li>Torts I (4 credits) and Torts II (2 credits)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><em>In addition to the above 61 credits, students have a remaining 29 credits for electives<\/em> (for a total of 90 credits).<\/p>\r\n<p>Students <strong>must take at least 12 credits that are experiential in nature<\/strong>, at least six of which are clinics, externships or other designated live representation experiences.<\/p>\r\n<h6>* Delaware Law School reserves the right to modify curriculum requirements and course offerings.<\/h6>\r\n<h3>For students who matriculated prior to the Summer of 2017:<\/h3>\r\n<p>Students who complete the first two semesters of law school with a cumulative grade point average of 2.7 or above must complete the following courses in the second column. Students who complete the first two semesters of law school with a cumulative grade point average below 2.7 must complete the following following courses from the third column<\/p>\r\n<table width=\"90%\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Required Courses vary depending on student GPA after the first two semesters.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Above 2.7 GPA<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Below 2.7 GPA<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Course<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Credits<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Credits<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Administrative Law<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Advanced Analytical Applications (students who have not taken Intensive Legal Analysis)<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Bar Preparation and Strategies<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Business Organizations<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Civil Procedure<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Constitutional Law I<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Constitutional Law II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Contracts<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Criminal Law<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Evidence<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Federal Income Tax<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Legal Methods I &amp; II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">6<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;6<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Legal Methods III<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Professional Responsibility<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Property I &amp; II<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">6<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;6<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Sales &amp; Leases<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Torts<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">4<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Electives<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">46<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;29<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>88<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>88<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h3><br \/>Writing &amp; Other Requirements<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Advanced Skills<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h6>Delaware Law reserves the right to modify curriculum requirements and course offerings.<\/h6>","callouts":[],"callouts_visual":[],"page_fact_display":""}