All J.D. students must complete the following requirements to graduate:
- A minimum of six semesters in residence (see link for min/max hours per semester)
- 90 academic hours with at least a 2.0 or C average (see details below)
- Eight skills curriculum credits
- Satisfy all financial obligations to the Law School and the University
As part of the 90 academic hours needed to graduate, J.D. students must complete the following:
- All required courses as listed below
- Writing Requirement (2 hour requirement)
- Law and Poverty Requirement (2 hour requirement)
- Experiential Requirement (9 hours)
For a comprehensive list of courses to graduate, please visit the Academic Affairs website for graduation self-audit forms.
Full Time Students
Students are cautioned to register for required courses in the years and semesters listed in this Bulletin. Failing to do so may create a scheduling conflict in a subsequent semester, which could delay graduation.
First Year (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LCIV L710 — Conventional Obligations I |
3 |
LCIV L711 — Conventional Obligations II |
3 |
|
LAW L705 — Torts I |
3 |
LCIV L706 — Civil Law Property |
4 |
|
LAW L725 — Civil Procedure I |
3 |
LAW L730 — Civil Procedure II |
2 |
|
LAW L715 — Lawyering I |
3 |
LAW L765 — Lawyering II |
3 |
|
LAW L735 — Criminal Law |
3 |
Elective * |
2-3 |
|
Total Hours |
15 |
Total Hours |
14-15 |
* The 1L elective will not be counted toward the 1L class rank. The GPA would be included at the end of the 2L fall semester.
** Those students in the bottom quarter of the class after the first semester, whether they have incompletes or not, enroll in LAW L766 Principles of Legal Analysis instead of an elective. Those students in the bottom 26-33% will have the option of taking Principles of Legal Analysis as their elective.
For those civil law students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom quarter (25%) of their class after the first year, the following additional courses are required:
Civil Law
LCIV L935 Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
LCIV L940 Security Rights
For those common law students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom half (50%) of their class after the first year, the following additional courses are required:
Common Law
LCOM L920 Commercial Transactions
And one of the following courses below:
LAW L823 First Amendment
LAW L836 Real Estate Transactions
LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law – 14th Amendment
Second Year (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LAW L750 — Constitutional Law |
4 |
LAW L740 — Constitutional |
3 |
|
LAW L760 — Evidence |
3 |
LAW L746 — Business Organizations I |
3 |
|
LCIV L725 — Sales and Leases (civil) |
3 |
LAW L770 — Lawyering III * |
3 |
|
Electives or Required Civil/Common "Pool Courses" |
4-6 (civil) |
Electives or Required Civil/Common "Pool Courses" |
5-7 |
|
Total Hours |
14-16 |
Total Hours |
14-16 |
* LAW L770, Lawyering III, offered each year, must be taken by second-year students. Additionally, students are warned that they must have completed this course to participate in clinic.
For those students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom half of their class after the junior year, whether they have incompletes or not, must enroll in LCIV L949 Civil Law Bar Exam Preparation I (civil law students) or LCOM L949 or LCOM L950 Common Law Bar Exam Preparation I or II (common law students) in their senior year.
Third Year (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LCIV L715 – Successions and Donations (civil) |
3 |
LCIV 920 – Probate and Trusts (civil) |
2 |
|
LCIV L940 – Security Rights (civil) |
3 |
LCIV L935 – Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (civil) |
3 |
|
Electives and Bar Prep if Required |
8-10 (civil) 14-16 (com) |
LAW L710 – Torts II |
2 |
|
Electives and Bar Prep if Required |
7-9 (civil) |
||
|
Total Hours |
14-16 |
Total Hours |
14-16 |
Civil law students must also take at least one of the four “pool” courses listed below.
|
Course |
Hours |
|
LCIV L900 – Civil Law of Persons |
3 |
|
LCIV L935 – LA Code of Civil Procedure |
3 |
|
LCIV L930 – Community Property |
3 |
|
LCIV L940 – Security Rights |
3 |
Part Time Students (Day)
Students are cautioned to register for required courses in the years and semesters listed in this Bulletin. Failing to do so may create a scheduling conflict in a subsequent semester, which could delay graduation.
First Year (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LCIV L710 - Conventional Obligations I LCOM L700 - Contracts I |
3 |
LCIV L711 - Conventional Obligations II LCOM L701 - Contracts II |
3 |
|
LAW L705 - Torts I |
3 |
LCIV L706 - Civil Law Property or LCOM L705 - Common Law Property |
4 |
|
LAW L735 - Criminal Law |
3 |
LAW L710 - Torts II |
2 |
|
LAW L715 - Lawyering I |
3 |
LAW L765 - Lawyering II * or LAW L766 — Principles of Legal Analysis ** |
3 |
|
Total Hours: |
12 |
Total Hours: |
12 |
* Those students in the bottom quarter of the class after the first semester, whether they have incompletes or not, enroll in LAW L766 Principles of Legal Analysis instead of LAW L765 Lawyering II. Those students enroll in Lawyering II in the second semester of their sophomore year.
For those civil law students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom quarter (25%) of their class after the first year, the following additional courses are required:
Civil Law
LCIV L935 Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
LCIV L940 Security Rights
For those common law students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom fifty percent (50%) percent of their class after the first year, the following additional courses are required:
Common Law
LCOM L920 Commercial Transactions
And one of the following courses below:
LAW L823 First Amendment
LAW L836 Real Estate Transactions
LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law - 14th Amendment
The following are suggested schedules for your second and third years of law school.
Second and Third Years (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LAW L750 - Constitutional Law |
4 |
LAW L740 - Constitutional Criminal Procedure |
3 |
|
LCIV L715 - Successions and Donations (civil) |
3 |
LCIV L920 - Probate and Trusts (civil) |
2 |
|
LAW L725 - Civil Procedure I
|
3 |
LAW L730 - Civil Procedure II |
2 |
|
|
2 or 3 |
Electives for Common and Civil Law Students |
4 or 5 |
|
Total Hours: |
12 or 13 |
Total Hours: |
11 or 12 |
Students are warned that they must have completed LAW L770, Lawyering III, to participate in clinic.
Second and Third Years (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LAW L760 — Evidence |
3 |
LAW L746 — Business Organizations I |
3 |
|
LCIV L725 — Sales and Leases (civil) |
3 |
LAW L770 — Lawyering III * (Second Year) or Elective (Third Year) |
3 |
|
Civil Law "Pool" Course or Elective |
2 or 3 |
Civil Law "Pool" Course or Elective |
2 or 3 |
|
Civil Law "Pool" Course or Elective |
2 or 3 |
Civil Law "Pool" Course or Elective |
2 or 3 |
|
Total Hours |
10-12 |
Total Hours |
10-12 |
* LAW L770, Lawyering III, offered each year, must be taken by second-year students. The other second-year courses alternate from one year to the next. Additionally, students are warned that they must have completed this course to participate in clinic.
For those students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom half of their class after the junior year, whether they have incompletes or not, must enroll in LCIV L949 Civil Law Bar Exam Preparation I (civil law students) or LCOM L949 or LCOM L950 Common Law Bar Exam Preparation I or II (common law students) in their senior year.
Fourth Year
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
Electives or Civil Law “Pool” Courses |
9-12 |
Electives or Civil Law “Pool” Courses |
9 or 12 |
|
Total Hours |
9-12 |
Total Hours |
9-12 |
Civil law students must take at least one of the four “pool” courses listed below.
|
Course |
Hours |
|
LCIV L900 – Civil Law of Persons |
3 |
|
LCIV L935 – LA Code of Civil Procedure |
3 |
|
LCIV L930 – Community Property |
3 |
|
LCIV L940 – Security Rights |
3 |
Part Time Students (Evening)
Students are cautioned to register for required courses in the years and semesters listed in this Bulletin. Failing to do so may create a scheduling conflict in a subsequent semester, which could delay graduation.
First Year (Required Classes in Bold)
|
Fall Semester |
Hours |
Spring Semester |
Hours |
|
LCIV L710 - Conventional Obligations I |
3 |
LCIV L711 - Conventional Obligations II |
3 |
|
LAW L705 - Torts I |
3 |
LCIV L706 - Civil Law Property |
4 |
|
LAW L715 - Lawyering I |
3 |
LAW L765 - Lawyering II |
3 |
|
Total Hours: |
9 |
Total Hours: |
10 |
For those civil law students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom quarter (25%) of their class after the first year, the following additional courses are required:
Civil Law
LCIV L935 Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
LCIV L940 Security Rights
For those common law students entering Loyola from the fall of 2021 onward and who are in the bottom fifty percent (50%) percent of their class after the first year, the following additional courses are required:
Common Law
LCOM L920 Commercial Transactions
And one of the following courses below:
LAW L823 First Amendment
LAW L836 Real Estate Transactions
LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law - 14th Amendment
Requirements for following years (49 hours), in addition to electives to reach 90 hours:
LAW L750 Constitutional Law - 4 credit hrs.
LAW L740 Constitutional Criminal Procedure - 3 credit hrs.
LAW L710 Torts II - 2 credit hrs.
LAW L725 Civil Procedure I - 3 credit hrs.
LAW L730 Civil Procedure II - 2 credit hrs.
LAW L735 Criminal Law - 3 credit hrs.
LAW L760 Evidence - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L725 Sales and Leases - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L715 Successions & Donations - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L920 Probate & Trusts - 2 credit hrs.
LAW L767 Business Organizations I - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L935 Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L949 Civil Bar Preparation I - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L950 Civil Bar Preparation II - 3 credit hrs.
LCIV L940 Security Rights - 3 credit hrs.
Law and Poverty Requirement - 0-3 credit hrs.
Experiential Requirement Courses - (9 total credit hrs., including Lawyering II)
Writing Requirement - 2 credit hr. minimum
Skills Requirement - 8 total Skills credits, 4 of which must me in specific competency areas