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Regularized Rotation of Course Offerings

(Publication date 10-2-25)

(Subject to change in a given semester – see the separate Future Course Offerings listing courses anticipated over the next two academic years.)

Cyclical course schedule

I. Required courses

Fall - Day

  • Academic Skills Lab (1cr)
  • Civil procedure (4cr)
  • Constitutional Law I (3cr)
  • Evidence (3cr)
  • Legal Skills I (3cr)
  • Legal Skills III (3cr)
  • Professional Responsibility (3cr)
  • Property (4cr)
  • Torts (4cr)

Fall - Evening

  • Academic Skills Lab (1cr)
  • Bar Preparations (3cr)
  • Constitutional Law I (3cr)
  • Evidence (3cr)
  • Legal Skills I (3cr)
  • Legal Skills III (3cr)
  • Property (4cr)
  • Torts (4cr)

Spring - Day

  • Bar Preparation (3cr)
  • Constitutional Law II (3cr)
  • Contracts (4cr)
  • Criminal Law (3cr)
  • Evidence (3cr)
  • Legal Skills II (3cr)

Spring - Evening

  • Bar Preparation (3cr)
  • Civil Procedure (3cr)
  • Contracts (4cr)
  • Constitutional Law II (3cr)
  • Criminal Law (3cr)
  • Legal Skills II (3cr)

II. Foundation

Offered every or every other year, rotating through day and evening:

  • Administrative Law (3cr)
  • Business Organizations (3cr)
  • Consumer Bankruptcy (3cr)
  • Criminal Procedure (3cr)
  • Family Law (3cr)
  • Federal Income Tax (4cr)
  • Payment Systems (3cr)
  • Sales Law (3cr)
  • Secured Transactions (3cr)
  • Trusts & Estates (4cr)

IV. Practice courses

  1. Clinics generally offered once or twice a year in the day, including late-afternoon:
    • Criminal Prosecution Clinic (3cr)
    • Housing and Eviction Defense Clinic (3cr)
    • Immigration Law Clinic (4-6cr)
    • Mashpee Wampanoag Clinic (3cr)
    • State Attorney General Clinic (5cr)
  2. Clinics generally offered once or twice a year in the evening:
    • Community Development Clinic (3cr)
  3. Generally offered every fall and spring (late afternoon) and summer (evening):
    • Field Placement (3-4cr) (online synchronous seminar plus on-site placement)
  4. Generally offered once per year or every other year, rotating between day and evening where possible:
    • Advanced Evidence and Advocacy (3cr)
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice (3cr)
    • Appellate Advocacy (3cr)
    • Criminal Motion Practice (3cr)
    • Family Law Practice (3cr)
    • Massachusetts Probate Practice (3cr)
    • Massachusetts Workers Compensation (3cr)
    • Real Estate Transactions (3cr)
    • Residential Landlord-Tenant Practice (3cr)
    • Transactional Drafting (3cr)
    • Trial Practice (3cr)
    • Zealous Advocacy in the Mass. Criminal Courts (3cr)

V. Electives

For electives anticipated over the next two academic years, see Future Course Offerings. For a list of all electives, see the catalog.

VI. Frequently Offered Summer Courses

  • Business Organizations (Foundation) (3cr)
  • Field Placement (Practice) (3cr)
  • Professional Responsibility (Required) (3cr)
  • Trial Practice (Practice) (3cr)

Note: Other courses may be offered each summer as well.