Curriculum Planning

Part time - 2Ls For Fall 2015

Curriculum Planning

Part Time - 2Ls for Fall 2015 ABA Standards Loyola Required Curriculum ---Current as of 3/6/15

Curriculum Planning

Part 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 Planning

Part 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 Planning

Part 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

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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 Law

F-15 Sp-16 F-16 Sp-17

Family Law Admin Law Admin Law Family Law

Child, Parent & State Education Law & Policy Juvenile Justice ChildLaw Clinic Domestic Violence Seminar ChildLaw Clinic

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Business Organizations, Evidence, Federal Income Tax Required 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 Law

F-15 Sp-16 F-16 Sp-17 Tax Clinic

Bus Org Corporate & Partner Tax Fed Tax Estates Advanced Corporate Tax Est & Gift Tax Tax Audits, Procedures, Ethics Int’l Tax

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Administrative Law, Evidence Required Course: Professional Responsibility

Sequencing—Advocacy (Criminal)

Sm-15 F-15

Crim Pro Invest.

Sp-16

Crim Pro Adjud.

Sm-16

TP I Int

F-16

Crim Pro Invest.

Sp-17

Crim Pro Adjud.

Evid Evid TP I Evid TP I/II Evid TP I/II TP I Int TP II

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax Required 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

HC Bus. & Finance

Sp-16

Admin. Law & HC Reg.

Fed. Tax Bus. Org.

F-16

Life Sciences & the FDA

Sp-17

Corp Trans in HC HC Payment & Policy HJP or HL Externship HJP or HL Externship

Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Evidence Required 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

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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 19 th  Current FT 2Ls: Friday, March 20 th  Current PT 1Ls: Monday, March 23 rd  Current FT 1Ls: Tuesday, March 24 th

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