For students matriculating fall 2020 and later:
Our curriculum is focused, innovative, and constructed to help our students obtain the skills, knowledge, and professionalism they’ll need as beginning lawyers. For students matriculating in fall 2020 and later, the requirements are as follows:
Degree Requirements
| Required Courses | Credits |
| Applied Learning Lab | 1 credit |
| Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills* (fall and spring, 3 credits each semester) | 3 credits |
| Civil Procedure I | 4 credits |
| Civil Procedure II | 2 credits |
| Constitutional Law I | 2 credits |
| Constitutional law II | 4 credits |
| Contracts I | 4 credits |
| Contracts II | 4 credits |
| Criminal Law | 3 credits |
| Criminal Procedure | 3 credits |
| Evidence | 4 credits |
| Legal Methods I | 3 credits |
| Legal Methods II | 2.5 credits |
| Legal Methods III | 2 credits |
| Legal Problem Solving** | 2 credits |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 credits |
| Property I | 4 credits |
| Property II | 2.5 credits |
| Torts I | 4 credits |
| Torts II | 2 credits |
| Electives | 28 credits |
| Total Credits | 90 credits |
Students must take at least 12 credits that are experiential in nature.
* Required for students who complete the first two semester with a cumulative grade point average below 3.0.
** Required for students who complete the first two semesters with a cumulative grade point average below 2.7.
Delaware Law School reserves the right to modify curriculum requirements and course offerings.
For students matriculating summer 2018 and later:
Our curriculum is focused, innovative, and constructed to help our students obtain the skills, knowledge, and professionalism they’ll need as beginning lawyers. For students matriculating in summer 2018 and later, the requirements are as follows:
Degree Requirements
| Required Courses | Credits |
| Applied Learning Lab | 1 credit |
| Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills* | 3 credits |
| Civil Procedure I | 4 credits |
| Civil Procedure II | 2 credits |
| Constitutional Law I | 2 credits |
| Constitutional law II | 4 credits |
| Contracts I | 4 credits |
| Contracts II | 4 credits |
| Criminal Law | 3 credits |
| Criminal Procedure | 3 credits |
| Evidence | 4 credits |
| Legal Methods I | 3 credits |
| Legal Methods II | 2.5 credits |
| Legal Methods III | 2 credits |
| Legal Problem Solving** | 2 credits |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 credits |
| Property I | 4 credits |
| Property II | 2.5 credits |
| Torts I | 4 credits |
| Torts II | 2 credits |
| Electives | 31 credits |
| Total Credits | 90 credits |
Students must take at least 12 credits that are experiential in nature, at least six of which are clinics, externships or other designated live representation experiences.
* Required for students who complete the first two semester with a cumulative grade point average below 3.0.
** Required for students who complete the first two semesters with a cumulative grade point average below 2.7.
For students matriculating summer and fall 2017:
Degree Requirements
| Required Courses | Credits |
| Applied Learning Lab | 1 credit |
| Applied Practice Lab | 1 credit |
| Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills* | 3 credits |
| Civil Procedure I | 4 credits |
| Civil Procedure II | 2 credits |
| Constitutional Law I | 2 credits |
| Constitutional law II | 4 credits |
| Contracts I | 4 credits |
| Contracts II | 4 credits |
| Criminal Law | 3 credits |
| Criminal Procedure | 3 credits |
| Evidence | 4 credits |
| Legal Methods I | 3 credits |
| Legal Methods II | 2 credits |
| Legal Methods III | 2 credits |
| Legal Problem Solving | 2 credits |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 credits |
| Property I | 4 credits |
| Property II | 2 credits |
| Torts I | 4 credits |
| Torts II | 2 credits |
| Electives | 31 credits |
| Total Credits | 90 credits |
Students must take at least 12 credits that are experiential in nature, at least six of which are clinics, externships or other designated live representation experiences.
Delaware Law School reserves the right to modify curriculum requirements and course offerings.
For students who matriculated prior to the Summer of 2017:
Students who complete the first two semesters of law school with a cumulative grade point average of 2.7 or above must complete the following courses in the second column. Students who complete the first two semesters of law school with a cumulative grade point average below 2.7 must complete the following courses from the third column
| Required Courses vary depending on student GPA after the first two semesters. | Above 2.7 GPA | Below 2.7 GPA |
| Course | Credits | Credits |
| Administrative Law | 3 | 3 |
| Advanced Analytical Applications (students who have not taken Intensive Legal Analysis) | 2 | |
| Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills* | 3 | |
| Business Organizations | 4 | |
| Civil Procedure | 4 | 4 |
| Constitutional Law I | 4 | 4 |
| Constitutional Law II | 2 | |
| Contracts | 4 | 4 |
| Criminal Law | 3 | 3 |
| Criminal Procedure | 3 | |
| Evidence | 4 | 4 |
| Federal Income Tax | 3 | |
| Legal Methods I & II | 5 | 5 |
| Legal Methods III | 2 | 2 |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 | 3 |
| Property I & II | 6 | 6 |
| Sales & Leases | 3 | |
| Torts | 4 | 4 |
| Electives | 46 | 27 |
| Total | 88 | 88 |
Required for students who complete the first two semesters with a cumulative grade point average below 3.0.Writing & Other Requirements
Writing & Other Requirements
- Writing Requirement
- Advanced Skills