One of the few part-time law programs available during the day, our Day Part-Time JD program is ideal for students who want more of the “traditional” JD experience but on an extended timeline. Easy access to daytime events, many clinical opportunities, and more make this an ideal program for students looking for extra flexibility in their law school schedule.
Course Schedule
Day Part-Time Program: First Year Required Courses
| Fall Term
|
Credits
|
Spring Term
|
Credits
|
| Civil Procedure |
4 |
Constitutional Law |
4 |
| Contracts I
|
2 |
Contracts II
|
3 |
| Legal Research and Writing I
|
2
|
Legal Research and Writing II
|
2
|
| Torts
|
4
|
Criminal Law
|
3
|
| Total Credits
|
12
|
Total Credits
|
12 |
Day Part-Time Program: Second Year Required Courses and Electives
| Fall Term
|
Credits
|
Spring Term
|
Credits
|
| Property I
|
3
|
Property II
|
2
|
| Legal Research and Writing III |
2 |
Criminal Procedure I
|
3
|
| Evidence |
3 |
Law & Ethics of Lawyering
|
3
|
| Elective(s) |
1-4 |
Elective(s)
|
1–4 |
| Total Credits
|
9-12
|
Total Credits
|
9–12 |
Day Part-Time Program: Third Year Electives
| Fall Term
|
Credits
|
Spring Term
|
Credits
|
| Electives
|
9–12
|
Electives
|
9–12
|
Day Part-Time Program: Fourth Year Required Courses and Electives
| Fall Term
|
Credits
|
Spring Term
|
Credits
|
| Electives
|
9–12
|
Electives
|
6–9 |
| |
|
Advanced Legal Analysis** |
3 |
| Total Credits |
9–12 |
Total Credits |
9–12
|
** This course is only required for students graduating in May 2020 or later.
In order to graduate, students must also satisfy an Experiential Education Requirement. To do this, a student must take one or more experiential course(s) totaling at least six credit hours from the combined approved list of clinical, simulation, and practice courses. The faculty strongly recommends that at least one of these courses be a clinical course, and the requirement may be satisfied by taking all six credit hours in clinical courses. To be approved as an Experiential Education Requirement course, the course must require a student to give substantial attention to developing legal practice skills though active participation in real or simulated law practice experiences.
Flexible Scheduling Options
We understand that going to law school part time requires flexibility. If our Day Part-Time JD Program is not the right fit for you, New England Law also offers several other law school part-time programs, in addition to our full-time law program.
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