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    Juris Doctor Degree Requirements

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    This document outlines the requirements to earn a Juris Doctor degree, including first year course requirements totaling 30 credits, upper level requirements of 10 credits, and additional requirements. Students must complete a minimum of 90 credits, maintain a 2.3 GPA, and satisfy professional skills, experiential learning, public service, career development, and writing requirements. Various credit limits and guidelines are provided for clinics, externships, journals, and other out-of-class credits. Contact information is included for departments that can provide further advising.

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    This document outlines the requirements to earn a Juris Doctor degree, including first year course requirements totaling 30 credits, upper level requirements of 10 credits, and additional requirements. Students must complete a minimum of 90 credits, maintain a 2.3 GPA, and satisfy professional skills, experiential learning, public service, career development, and writing requirements. Various credit limits and guidelines are provided for clinics, externships, journals, and other out-of-class credits. Contact information is included for departments that can provide further advising.

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    This document outlines the requirements to earn a Juris Doctor degree, including first year course requirements totaling 30 credits, upper level requirements of 10 credits, and additional requirements. Students must complete a minimum of 90 credits, maintain a 2.3 GPA, and satisfy professional skills, experiential learning, public service, career development, and writing requirements. Various credit limits and guidelines are provided for clinics, externships, journals, and other out-of-class credits. Contact information is included for departments that can provide further advising.

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    Juris Doctor Degree Requirements

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    This document outlines the requirements to earn a Juris Doctor degree, including first year course requirements totaling 30 credits, upper level requirements of 10 credits, and additional requirements. Students must complete a minimum of 90 credits, maintain a 2.3 GPA, and satisfy professional skills, experiential learning, public service, career development, and writing requirements. Various credit limits and guidelines are provided for clinics, externships, journals, and other out-of-class credits. Contact information is included for departments that can provide further advising.

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    Student ID: ______________________________


    Juris Doctor Degree Requirements

    Requirements
    Juris Doctor First Year Requirements Credits Required Completed
    Civil Procedure 4 credits
    Constitutional Law 4 credits
    Contracts 4 credits
    Criminal Law 4 credits
    Lawyering Process I 3 credits
    Lawyering Process II 3 credits
    Property 4 credits
    Torts 4 credits
    Juris Doctor Upper Level Requirements Credits Required Completed
    Administrative Law 3 credits
    Evidence 4 credits
    Legal Profession 3 credits
    Additional Requirements Credits/Hours Required Completed
    Career & Professional Development Requirement
    (Students entering summer 2016 and later) See reverse side for details
    Experiential Coursework Requirement
    (Students entering summer 2015 and later) See reverse side for details
    Professional Skills Requirement
    (Students entering fall 2013 – spring 2015) See reverse side for details
    Public Service Requirement See reverse side for details
    Upper Level Writing Requirement See reverse side for details
    Out‐of‐Class Credit Guidelines Maximum Credits Allowed Credits
    Clinics 25 credits or less
    Directed Experiential Project 5 credits or less
    Directed Research 5 credits or less
    Externships 15 credits or less (19 for Semester‐in‐Practice)

    Journals 6 credits or less

    No more than 12 quarter hours (8 semester credits). If dual


    Non‐JD Hours degree student, at least 15 quarter hours (10 semester credits).
    No more than 25 credits from clinics, directed researches,
    Total Out‐of‐Class Credits externships, journals and non‐JD hours
    Total Credits (90 credits needed to graduate) Credits

    Credits Completed
    Credits in Progress
    Total Completed + In Progress Credits
    Credits Needed to Graduate
    Students must have a GPA of 2.3 or higher to graduate.
    This document is an advising tool only; for an official degree evaluation, please contact the Law Registrar’s Office.
    The final responsibility for completing graduation requirements rests with the student.
    Program requirements are subject to change without notice.

    Additional Requirement Information

    • Career & Professional Development Requirement


    o The Career & Professional Development Requirement ensures that Denver Law students will graduate with the knowledge and
    skills they need to thrive in the entry‐level job market. Beginning in the summer of 2016, all incoming JD students will need to
    complete a total of seven Career & Professional Development experiences through a combination of qualifying programs and
    individual career advising appointments in order to graduate. The CPD requirement is administered and tracked by the Office of
    Career Development & Opportunities (“CDO”).
    • Experiential Coursework Requirement (designated as “EAC” on schedule through Registrar’s Office website)
    o 6 or more credits in any Experiential Advantage course will satisfy the Experiential Coursework Requirement.
    o Applies to students entering summer 2015 and later.
    • Professional Skills Requirement (designated as “EAC” on schedule through Registrar’s Office website)
    o 2 or more credits in any Experiential Advantage course will satisfy the Professional Skills Requirement.
    o Applies to students entering fall 2013 through spring 2015.
    • Public Service Requirement (designated as “PUBL” on schedule through Registrar’s Office website)
    o A minimum of 50 hours of supervised, uncompensated, legal public service work that is approved through the Director of Public
    Interest. Automatically fulfilled through all clinics via the Student Law Office, qualifying unpaid externships for credit through the Legal
    Externship Program, and registering for and receiving a grade of C or better in an eligible course. Eligible courses currently include:
    Homeless Advocacy Seminar, International Criminal Law Practicum, Live Client Lab, Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Mediation Practicum,
    Poverty and Low Wage Work in America, Public Interest Lawyering Lab, Trial Practice III: Instructor’s Practicum, Trial Practice III:
    Mentor’s Practicum, Wills Lab, the Workplace Rights Project Lab, and the Youth Rights
    • Upper Level Writing Requirement (designated as “ULW” on schedule through Registrar’s Office website)
    o Can be completed through: 1) An advanced legal writing course; 2) Designated seminar classes or clinics; 3) Directed research
    projects; 4) Certification by professor. Final upper level writing approval is made through the Law Registrar’s Office.
    Note: The ULW and the Professional Skills/Experiential Coursework Requirement cannot be met by the same course.

    Additional General Information

    • Dual degree students must have an approved dual degree petition on file in the Office of Graduate Studies.
    • Students taking non‐JD hours must have an approved petition on file in the Law Registrar’s Office.
    • Repeated courses count toward the GPA calculation but not toward overall hours.
    • For further information regarding Juris Doctor degree information, visit http://www.law.du.edu/index.php/student‐handbook.

    Sturm College of Law Departmental Contact Information

    Office of the Law Registrar Office of Financial Management


    (Registration, Graduation, Ricketson Law Building, Suite 115
    Visiting Out, and Study Abroad Information) financialmanagement@law.du.edu / 303.871.6557
    Ricketson Law Building, Suite 235 registrar@law.du.edu / 303.871.6132
    Office of Career Development & Opportunities
    (Career & Professional Development Requirement)
    Ricketson Law Building, Suite 223 careers@law.du.edu / 303.871.6124
    Office for Student Affairs
    (Academic Advising) Legal Externship Program
    Ricketson Law Building, Suite 235 student_affairs@law.du.edu / (Public Service Requirement)
    303‐871‐6184 Ricketson Law Building, Room 359 lsteele@law.du.edu / 303.871.6486

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