Curriculum
J.D. Curriculum Information
Foundation Curriculum
Day Division Students
During the first year of law school, all day division, full-time students will complete 31 credit hours of the Foundation Curriculum as follows:
Fall semester: Contracts, Constitutional Law, Torts, and Legal Skills & Values I
Spring semester: Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Introduction to International and Comparative Law, Property, and Legal Skills and Values II
Evening Division Students
Part-time, evening students will complete the 31 credit hours during the fall and spring semester of the first year, and the fall semester of the second year as follows:
Fall semester: Contracts, Torts, and Legal Skills & Values I
Spring semester: Civil Procedure, Property, and Legal Skills and Values II
Fall semester: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Introduction to International and Comparative Law
FIU Law will offer summer courses outside the Foundation Curriculum for students who wish to earn credits in the summer after their first year.
Upper-Level Curriculum
- Professional Responsibility: Students must pass this course with a C or better.
- Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Students must take two courses that satisfy the litigation and alternative dispute resolution requirement.
- International and Comparative Law: Students must take at least one upper-level course that satisfies the international and comparative law requirement.
- Legal Skills and Values III
- Graduate Seminar: Students must take a seminar involving a multi-draft writing project.
- Community Service: Students must also perform thirty (30) hours of community service.
Course Descriptions
Course Catalogs are provided on an academic year basis by FIU.
Contact Us
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