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NAME___________________________________________________
Students must complete the course of study for the J.D. degree no earlier than 24 months and no later than 84 months after commencing law study at Washburn or a law school from which Washburn has accepted transfer credit.
First Year Required Courses
_____ LW 700 Contracts I 3
_____ LW 725 Torts 4
_____ LW 729 Criminal Law 3
_____ LW 732 Property 3
_____ LW 875 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing I 3
_____ LW 701 Contracts II 3
_____ LW 750 Criminal Procedure 3
_____ LW 861 Constitutional Law I 3
_____ LW 863 Civil Procedure I 3
_____ LW 876 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing II 3
TOTAL 31
Upper Level Required Courses (Must Complete All Four)
_____ LW 757 Evidence 4
_____ LW 770 Professional Responsibility 3
_____ LW 862 Constitutional Law II 3
_____ LW 870 Secured Transactions 3
TOTAL 12
Perspectives on Law (Must Complete One)
_____ LW 924 Art Law 2
_____ LW 860 Bioethics and the Law 3
_____ LW 916 Comparative Constitutional Law 2-3
_____ LW 852 Comparative Family Law 2
_____ LW 929 Comparative Law: Understanding 2
Method and Theory
_____ LW 784 Comparative Mass Media Law 2
_____ LW 840 Constitutional History 2
_____ LW 908 European Union Law & Policy 2-3
_____ LW 754 Family Law Seminar 2
_____ LW 841 Federal Indian Law 3
_____ LW 787 Feminist Legal Theory 2-3
_____ LW 828 Forensic Science Evidence 2
_____ LW 927 International Criminal Law and 3
the Law of War
_____ LW 948 International Intellectual Property Law 3
_____ LW 796 International Law 3
_____ LW 919 International Law of Indigenous 2
Peoples
_____ LW 799 Jurisprudence 2
_____ LW 853 Law and Economics 2-3
_____ LW 812 Law and Human Rights 2-3
_____ LW 806 Law and Religion Seminar 2-3
_____ LW 761 Law Colloquium 1
_____ LW 866 Law in Literature 2
_____ LW 926 Professional Responsibility Seminar 2-3
_____ LW 928 Public International Law 3
_____ LW 902 Race and the Law 2-3
_____ LW 723 Selected Topics in Torts 2-3
_____ LW 934 Sexuality and the Law 2-3
_____ LW 990 Study Abroad in Maastricht 6-15
_____ LW 842-852 Summer Abroad in Barbados 6
_____ LW 823 Tax Policy Seminar 2
_____ LW 909 Tribal Court Practice 2
_____ LW 941 Tribal Law and Government 2-3
Must Complete Both
_____ Upper Level Oral Presentation Requirement
_____ Upper Level Writing Presentation Requirement
Skills Courses
Students must complete a minimum of six credit hours
from the courses listed below with a letter grade of "C"
or better, or a "CR" for a credit/no-credit course.
(Note: For law students who started law school between
August 2006 and July 2011, students must complete two credit
hours from the courses listed below.)
_____ LW 855 Advanced Oil and Gas Law 3
_____ LW 724 Advanced Trial Advocacy 2
_____ LW 753 Alternative Dispute Resolution 2-3
_____ LW 889 Appellate Advocacy (Moot Court) 2
_____ LW 767 Appellate Practice 2
_____ LW 913 Child Advocacy Training 1-2
_____ LW 825 Client Counseling 1
_____ LW 756 Clinic Internship (Litigational) 4-5
_____ LW 756D Directed Internship/Litigation 1-3
_____ LW 911 Clinic (Transactional) 4-5
_____ LW 911D Directed Internship/Transactional 1-3
_____ LW 931 Collaborative Law 1-2
_____ LW 751 Creative Thinking for Lawyers 1
_____ LW 903 Criminal Appeal Advocacy 3
_____ LW 906 Cross-Examination Techniques 1
_____ LW 716 Divorce Practice 2-3
_____ LW 946 Drafting Contracts and Conveyances 2
_____ LW 910 Entrepreneurial Law 3
_____ LW 937 Evolution of a Business Transaction 2-3
_____ LW 828 Forensic Science Evidence 2
_____ LW 914 Interviewing & Counseling 2
_____ LW 877 Jury Selection and Voir Dire 1
_____ LW 824 Law Practice Management 2
_____ LW 912 Litigation Strategies 3
_____ LW 817 Mediation 2
_____ LW 762 Moot Court 1-2
_____ LW 857 Negotiation 2
_____ LW 777 Negotiation Competition 1-2
_____ LW 765 Pretrial Advocacy (Civil) 2
_____ LW 768 Pretrial Advocacy (Criminal) 2
_____ LW 907 Taking & Defending Depositions 1
_____ LW 707 Transactional Drafting 3
_____ LW 766 Trial Advocacy / ITAP 2
_____ LW 805 Trial Advocacy Competition 1-2
_____ LW 901 Writing for Law Practice 3
A total of 90 hours is needed for graduation. Students must have completed 74 hours of graded courses.
Updated: October 5, 2011
