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Office of JD Admission
Enrollment Options
In addition to our full-time JD program, John Marshall offers flexible part-time day and evening degree tracks to meet the needs of non-traditional students. The breadth and depth of our curriculum offers a variety of options for pursuing your degree.
In order to graduate, students must complete 90 hours with a GPA of 2.25 or better in seven years or less.
Proposed Full-time Track
Estimated Completion: 6 Semesters
| First Semester (14 Hours) | |
|---|---|
| Contracts I | 3 |
| Property | 4 |
| Torts | 4 |
| Lawyering Skills I | 4 |
| Second Semester (15 Hours) | |
| Contracts II | 3 |
| Civil Procedure I | 3 |
| Criminal Law | 3 |
| Constitutional Law I | 3 |
| Lawyering Skills II | 3 |
| Third Semester (16 Hours) | |
| Civil Procedure II | 3 |
| Constitutional Law II | 3 |
| * Evidence | 4 |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 |
| Lawyering Skills III | 1 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Fourth Semester (13–15 Hours) | |
| Lawyering Skills IV | 2 |
| Electives | 11–13 |
| Fifth Semester (15 Hours) | |
| * Trial Advocacy | 2 |
| Electives | 12 |
| Sixth Semester (15 Hours) | |
| Electives | 15 |
* These required courses may be taken at any time during a student's second or third year. Evidence is a prerequisite to Trial Advocacy. Trial Lawyer may be taken in lieu of these two courses.
Proposed Part-time Track
(Day or Evening Program)
Estimated Completion: 8 Semesters + 2 Summer Sessions
| First Semester (10 Hours) | |
|---|---|
| Contracts I | 3 |
| Torts | 4 |
| Lawyering Skills I | 3 |
| Second Semester (10 Hours) | |
| Contracts II | 3 |
| Property | 4 |
| Lawyering Skills II | 3 |
| Third Semester (11 Hours) | |
| Civil Procedure I | 3 |
| Constitutional Law I | 3 |
| Criminal Law | 3 |
| Elective | 2 |
| Fourth Semester (10 Hours) | |
| Civil Procedure II | 3 |
| Constitutional Law II | 3 |
| Lawyering Skills III | 1 |
| Professional Responsibility | 3 |
| Fifth Semester (10 Hours) | |
| * Evidence | 4 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Sixth Semester (11 Hours) | |
| Lawyering Skills IV | 2 |
| * Trial Advocacy | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Seventh Semester (11 Hours) | |
| Electives | 11 |
| Eighth Semester (11 Hours) | |
| Electives | 11 |
| Ninth Semester/Summer Sessions | |
| An additional 6 semester hours is required for graduation. | |
* These required courses may be taken at any time during a student's second or third year. Evidence is a prerequisite to Trial Advocacy. Trial Lawyer may be taken in lieu of these two courses.
Curriculum
JD Certificate Programs
While our core courses provide foundational knowledge of the law, JD candidates are encouraged to specialize their elective coursework to earn a certificate in one of the following areas:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Elder Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Human Rights
- Sustainability
- Trial Advocacy
Each JD certificate program has specific requirements and elective courses a student may take in order to earn the certificate.
Academic Areas
In addition to JD certificates, John Marshall offers a number of elective courses in the following substantive areas of law:
- Business Law
- Employee Benefits
- Estate Planning
- Information Technology Law
- International Law
- Public Interest Law
- Real Estate Law
