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JD Degree Requirements

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 CoursesCredits
1L Spring Lab1 credit
Applied Learning Lab1 credit
Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills* (fall and spring, 3 credits each semester) 6 credits
Civil Procedure I4 credits
Civil Procedure II2 credits
Constitutional Law I2 credits
Constitutional law II4 credits
Contracts I4 credits
Contracts II4 credits
Criminal Law3 credits
Criminal Procedure3 credits
Evidence4 credits
Legal Methods I3 credits
Legal Methods II2.5 credits
Legal Methods III2 credits
Legal Problem Solving**2 credits
Professional Responsibility3 credits
Property I4 credits
Property II2.5 credits
Torts I4 credits
Torts II2 credits
Electives27 credits
Total Credits90 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.