After completion of the first year of legal studies, students are only required to take the Professional Responsibility and Ethics course, Constitutional Law, and Appellate Advocacy and to satisfy the school's writing requirement.

WRITING REQUIREMENT

After finishing the first year of the law school program but prior to graduation, each student must complete a substantial and intensive research project under the supervision of a faculty member, culminating in a paper of high quality which is at least 20 pages in length excluding footnotes. The paper must be original and analytical and it must warrant a grade not lower than a C. Superficial or predominantly descriptive writing will not suffice. The writing requirement may be satisfied in one of four ways:

1. In connection with a seminar or other course in which such a paper is required in lieu of an examination;

2. In connection with an in-depth individual study and research of a selected topic under the supervision of a full-time faculty member pursuant to Law 795.

3. By completion of a significant and highly meritorious law review piece, with approval of and supervision by a faculty member.

4. By other substantial writing projects approved by the faculty.

Courses fulfilling the writing requirement will be so designated in the registration materials each semester; there is no fixed list of such courses.