School
of Law (revised as of Oct. 3, 2005)*
Frequently
Asked Questions
The law school's plan for the Spring 2006 semester has been designed to
address the needs of our students who have visited at other law schools
during the Fall 2005 semester, as well as those who did not.
The law school plans to offer upper level [JD and graduate] students
a conventional spring semester of 15 weeks (including one break week),
followed by a 2-week examination period. The curriculum will include all
courses that the law faculty regards as essential for legal education
beyond the first year of study and necessary to complete certificate and
other program requirements. Upper level students will be charged the previously
announced spring semester tuition and fees, adjusted to reflect previously
awarded financial aid.
In addition, the law school will offer a summer session for upper-level
students. Shortly after spring semester begins, the law school will canvass
the upper-level students to gauge their interest in particular summer
courses. Every effort will be made to provide courses that will satisfy
student demand.
For first-year law students who visited at another law school
during the fall semester, the law school will offer one semester-long
section of the spring, first-year courses, including:
- Contracts II (or
Obligations I, for Civil Law students),
- Property (Common
Law as well as Civil Law),
- Constitutional
Law I, and
- Legal Research
and Writing.
In addition, students
should choose an additional course from a list of courses designated as
“1L electives.” These first year students will be charged
the previously announced spring tuition and fees, adjusted for financial
aid as applicable. We recognize that because different schools structure
their fall, first-year curriculum a little differently than ours, a handful
of students may need to pick up a required first-year course in their
second year.
For first-year students who did not visit at another law school
during the fall semester, the law school will offer two 10-week
semesters, followed by examination periods. There will be a one-week break
between the conclusion of Spring 1 examinations and the start of Spring
2 classes. The Spring 1 semester will include offerings in the fall first-year
courses. These courses include:
- Contracts I,
- Civil Procedure,
- Criminal Law,
- Torts, and
- Legal Research
and Writing.
The Spring 2 semester
will include all of the spring first-year courses, which are listed in
the preceding paragraph, plus an elective. These students will be charged
the previously announced fall tuition and fees for Spring 1 and the previously
announced spring tuition and fees for Spring 2, adjusted to reflect previously
awarded financial aid.
The proposed date for the start of all classes is January 9, 2006.
Please note that this is one week earlier than the start of undergraduate
classes, consistent with the original academic calendar for 2005-06.
Final examinations for the Spring 2 semester will conclude by the end
of June. These dates, of course, are subject to change as and if circumstances
warrant.
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* The revisions relate
to: (1) inclusion of an elective in Spring 2 for 1Ls that did not visit,
and (2) clarification that 1L students who did visit in fall will be unable
to enroll in Spring 1 courses, although exceptions will be allowed for
those who visited only on part-time basis to the extent the schedule allows.
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