Curriculum Planning

Part time - 2LsFor Fall 2015

Curriculum Planning Part Time - 2Ls for Fall 2015

ABA StandardsLoyola Required Curriculum---Current as of 3/6/15

Curriculum PlanningPart Time - 2Ls for Fall 2015

ABA Standards:

Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0

Complete the required curriculum; total 86 credits

Maximum number of credits per semester: 12 credits

Minimum number of credits per semester: 8 credits

Minimum number of semesters: 8 semesters; OR 7 semesters and at least 2 summer sessions

Maximum number of credits in any summer term:8 credits

Curriculum PlanningPart Time - 2Ls for Fall 2015

Loyola Required Curriculum

PT - 1-Ls: FALL SEMESTER:

Civil Procedure - 4 credits Torts – 4 credits Legal Writing (& research) – 2 credits

SPRING SEMESTER: Contracts – 4 credits Criminal Law – 3 credits Legal Writing – 2 credits

Curriculum Planning Part Time - 2Ls for Fall 2015 Additional Loyola Required Curriculum:

Part Time – 2-Ls FALL SEMESTER: Advocacy – 2 credits Property – 4 credits

Part Time – 2-Ls SPRING SEMESTER: Constitutional Law - 4 credits

Additional Requirements: Before Graduation

Skills Training Course(s)—2 credits Perspective Elective – 2 or 3 credit elective

Experiential Learning – 6 credits* [before graduation] Required for all students entering in Fall 2014 or later

* Students who entered prior to Fall 2014 must complete 2 credits

Professional Responsibility – 3 credits Take Professional Responsibility as soon as practical

Highly Recommended Core Curriculum Administrative Law – 3 credits Business Organizations – 4 credits Evidence – 4 credits Federal Income Tax – 3 credits Rigorous Writing Course

Curriculum PlanningPart Time - 2Ls for Fall 2015

Graduation in 4 (or 3.5) years: Curriculum guide to graduate in 4 (or 3.5) years

with focus on bar passage and employable skills

Loyola General Requirements 86 credits (40 required course credits) Minimum of 74 graded credits 8 PT semesters on campus (minimum of 8

/maximum of 12 credits per semester) Or 7 PT semesters and 2 summer sessions

Exit interview with registrar

Transferring Divisions If approved to do so by the Office of the Dean, a student may transfer

divisions under the following conditions: A student in the part-time division who seeks to transfer to the full-time division

before the third semester and graduate in three years (six semesters) must complete a minimum of eight (8) hours of summer courses.

A student in the part-time division who seeks to transfer to the full-time division before the fourth semester and graduate in three years (six semesters) must complete a minimum of eleven (11) hours of summer courses.

A student in the part-time division who seeks to transfer to the full-time division before the fifth semester and graduate in three years (six semesters) must complete a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of summer courses over two summers.

Students who do not complete the required number of summer hours as set forth above must either take course work in an additional semester (and graduation will be postponed) or be charged a substantial tuition adjustment fee that is determined by the number of required summer hours that are not completed.

Students may not transfer divisions for their final semester.

Goals and Objectives Master fundamental bar courses Learn how to work with a Code Solidify your research & writing and

other employable legal skills Allow enough time to develop career

opportunities and networking Focus: legal concentration or certificate Build the resume: co-curricular options

Available Options

Hold at 8-10 credits Electives which are highly

recommended core curriculum Electives which are bar courses Electives which are pre-requisites in

track courses Co-curricular Options which enhance

resume

Bar Courses—Electives Business Organizations!!! [Fall, Spring] Conflict of Laws [Spring] Criminal Procedure—Adjudication [S] & Investigation [F] Estates [Spring, sometimes Fall] Evidence!!! [Fall, Spring, Summer] Family Law [Fall, Spring] Negotiable Instruments [Fall] Sales [Fall, Spring] Secured Transactions [Fall, Spring] Remedies (Equity) [Fall, Spring] Federal Courts [Spring] Advanced Civil Procedure Classes [Fall, Spring]

See Bar Courses on website http://luc.edu/law/registrar/bar_information.html#courses

Skills Training Courses Clinical Programs Externships Trial Practice Others:

Negotiation; Mediation; Arbitration Research; Drafting Contracts; Journals;

Competitions Pre-trial Litigation; Accounting for

Lawyers; Street Law

Develop a Legal Concentration Advocacy* Consumer and Anti-trust Law Child and Family Law* Business Law Education Law Public Interest Law* Health Law* Intellectual Property Law International Law and Practice* Tax Law** Designates a Certificate Program is available

Sequencing Sequencing of Courses required for

area of concentration or Certificate Programs

Examples: Child and Family Law Tax Law Advocacy – Criminal Law Litigation Health Law

Sequencing—Child and Family LawF-15 Sp-16 F-16 Sp-17Family Law Admin Law Admin Law Family Law

Child, Parent & State

Education Law & Policy

Domestic Violence Seminar

Juvenile Justice

ChildLaw Clinic

ChildLaw Clinic

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Business Organizations, Evidence, Federal Income TaxRequired Courses: Professional Responsibility; Minimum of 12 Child & Family Law credits, including 2 Electives in Child and Family Law; Practical Experience (i.e., Clinic); Participate in 6 Extracurricular Programs (i.e., Coffee Talk, ChildLaw Society)

Sequencing—Tax LawF-15 Sp-16 F-16 Sp-17

Tax Clinic

Bus Org Corporate & Partner Tax

Advanced Corporate Tax

Tax Audits, Procedures, Ethics

Fed Tax Estates Est &Gift Tax

Int’l Tax

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Administrative Law, EvidenceRequired Course: Professional Responsibility

Sequencing—Advocacy (Criminal)Sm-15 F-15 Sp-16 Sm-16 F-16 Sp-17

Crim ProInvest.

Crim ProAdjud.

TP I Int

Crim ProInvest.

Crim ProAdjud.

Evid Evid Evid Evid TP I/II TP I Int

TP I TP I/II TP II

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Federal Income TaxRequired Courses: Professional Responsibility; 2 Electives in Trial and Appellate Advocacy; 1 Elective in ADR; 1 Co-Curricular Experience (Clinic, Competition Team, etc.)

Sequencing—Health Law

F-15 Sp-16 F-16 Sp-17HC Bus. & Finance

Admin. Law & HC Reg.

Life Sciences & the FDA

Corp Trans in HC

Fed. Tax Bus. Org. HC Payment & Policy

HJP or HL Externship

HJP or HL Externship

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: EvidenceRequired Courses: Professional Responsibility; Minimum of 12 Health Law credits; Practical Experience (i.e., Health Justice Project, Health Law Externship); Participate in 6 Extracurricular Activities (i.e., Health Law Society, Annals of Health Law, etc.)

Co-curricular Options Publications & Journals

Loyola Law Journal International Law Review Annals of Health Law Children’s Legal Rights Journal Consumer Law Review Public Interest Law Reporter

Competitions Moot Court Teams [over 18 competitions] Mock Trial Teams [Corboy Fellows; Thurgood Marshall;

Civil Law Mock Trial Team; Criminal Law Mock Trial Team]

Skills: Client Counseling; Negotiation; Mediation; International Commercial Arbitration

Tutors

Recommendation: Balance

Bar Courses Skills Training Courses Legal Concentration

Logistics: Flexible Credit Courses Enrichment Courses Exam Schedule

Flexible Credit Courses Student Initiated Capstone Project

1-3 Credits: Requires proposal and consent of faculty advisor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Directed Study 1-2 credits; research project for a faculty member, who choses

scope and subject and who exercises control over the project. For each hour of academic credit the student will engage in substantial legal work for at least sixty (60) hours during the semester.

Independent Research 1-2 credits; requires consent of a faculty member supervising

your research; the scope and subject being researched is arranged between the student and the faculty member. For each hour of academic credit the student will produce a scholarly work of publishable quality of approximately 30 pages in length.

Enrichment Courses

Explore your interests Expose yourself to legal areas in

demand Enjoy more studies with professors

you find interesting/effective

Exam Schedule

Exam schedules will not be changed to accommodate a student with one or more exams on the same day or consecutive days

Choose your courses accordingly!

Advisors You are welcome to schedule a curriculum counseling

session with any of the following advisors: Dean Faught Dean Gaspardo Dean Kaufman Giselle Santibanez-Bania

If you wish to be assigned an advisor for curriculum planning other than the above, send Dean Gaspardo an e-mail request, indicating the area of interest if you have one, or the name of a specific professor you would prefer if you have a particular request

Feel free to simply ask a professor to be your advisor if you wish

Important Dates

Fall 2015 Registration Dates: Current PT 2L/3Ls: Thursday, March 19th

Current FT 2Ls: Friday, March 20th

Current PT 1Ls: Monday, March 23rd

Current FT 1Ls: Tuesday, March 24th

Things to keep in mind: 711 Certification – must complete 43 credit

hours before applying for a 711 license.

MPRE – offered 3 times a year – March, August, November Does not have to be taken in conjunction

with Professional Responsibility (although recommended)

Key Registration Issues

Typical Blocks Password Block Wrong Date for Registration Financial Block Immunization Block Firewall Block No Transcript on File System Down

Typical Blocks

Password Block Pre-emptive Procedure:

Verify your password for LOCUS works before your registration date

If you haven’t changed your password since the last registration period your password will have expired

See User Memo#8 in computer lab or call 4-4444

Typical Blocks

Financial Block SBO [Bursar] Blocks:

Pre-emptive Procedure: Make sure your tuition and other fees are paid Any unpaid balance of $150 or more will BLOCK

your registration [verify both tuition and other fees are paid]

Go to Loyola homepage, click on LOCUS

Typical Blocks System Down

Keep trying! Contact the Registration help line:

(312) 915-7167 –Law Registrar Office (312) 915-7221 –University Registrar Office

Hopefully this will not happen while you are registering, but if it does, keep trying until the system allows you access to register

No concessions can be made for anyone disadvantaged by a system failure, sorry.

Pre-Approved Courses Some courses require prior approval

Externships Instructor Approval Courses

Procedure for registration Complete the Instructor Approval Registration

Form from the Registration website and submit the signed approval to the Registrar

The Registrar will register you for the course

Closed Courses

Once a course is closed the only way of getting in is to keep trying! There is almost always a fluctuation in

the course enrollments during the registration period, the persistent student has the best chance of getting in when an opening occurs [especially happens on the first day of the class.]

Thanks!!!!

Good Luck with Registration Communicate any Problems Register Early