JD Required Upper Division Courses

Any portion of the first-year curriculum not taken during the first year must be completed during a student’s second year at the College. In addition to the first-year curriculum, each student must:

1. Complete a course in professional ethics. A student must earn a grade of C or better in the course taken to satisfy this requirement.

2. Write a paper that satisfies the College’s Academic Regulation 703 writing requirement. A student must earn a grade of C or better in the course or independent study taken to satisfy this requirement and, in a seminar, must earn an “M” to indicate the writing requirement standards have been met.

3. Complete six units of experiential courses. A student must earn a grade of C or better in the course(s) taken to satisfy this requirement, unless the course is graded CR/NC (in which case a student must earn a CR).

JD students must take the following upper-division classes:

• course Constitutional Law II (4 units) OR course Constitutional Law II: Law & Process (4 units)

• course Criminal Procedure (3 or 4 units) OR course Criminal Procedure: Law & Process (4 units)

• course Evidence (3 or 4 units)

For students entering the JD program in Fall 2018 or later, the students must earn at least a C in each of these classes. Students who matriculated before Fall 2018 must pass these classes.

• course Constitutional Law II (4 units) - REQUISITES: Constitutional Law I (course) - Must be completed prior to taking this course.

• course Constitutional Law II: Law & Process (4 units) - REQUISITES: Constitutional Law I (course) - Must be completed prior to taking this course. NOTE: Students cannot take both this course and the traditional Constitutional Law II course.

• course Criminal Procedure (3 or 4 units)

• course Criminal Procedure: Law & Process (4 units)

• course Evidence (3 or 4 units)