Four-Year (Part-Time) Program
Delaware Law’s four-year juris doctor (JD) program is designed for students who wish to earn their degree on a part-time basis in the evening. Our flexible scheduling allows students with the most challenging commitments to pursue a law degree that fits their lifestyle. Students typically have class three nights per week throughout the part-time, evening program, depending on elective course selections.
Part-Time Evening Hybrid Pilot Program
For the 2025-2026 academic year, Delaware Law will pilot a program where first-year, part-time evening students benefit from a hybrid approach to learning that includes both in person and remote classroom instruction. This pilot program offers evening students additional flexibility in their academic, work, and personal lives, while staying connected to our engaged and vibrant campus community.
In this program, part-time evening division students will have class three nights per week during their first year of study, with two nights in person on campus and one night online (live and synchronous with all students in the online classroom at the designated times).
This is an exciting pilot program for the 2025-2026 academic year. Please note that Delaware Law will continue evaluating whether to make a hybrid format permanent for the part-time evening division. No decision about whether to extend this pilot program has been made. Please note that this pilot program is not applicable to the full-time day division students.
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Obtaining a JD degree requires a minimum of 90 credit hours of coursework. 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.
The Delaware Law curriculum helps you develop a fundamental understanding of law and the legal process while gaining the practical skills necessary to be a professional and competent advocate.
Degree Requirements
| Required Courses | Credits |
| 1L Spring Lab | 1 credit |
| Applied Learning Lab | 1 credit |
| Bar Exam Success: Strategies and Skills* (fall and spring, 3 credits each semester) | 6 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 | 27 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.