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Curriculum Planning

Curriculum Planning. Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015. Curriculum Planning Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015. ABA Standards Loyola Required Curriculum ---Current as of 10 /1/14. Curriculum Planning Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015. ABA Standards: Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0

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Curriculum Planning

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  1. Curriculum Planning Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015

  2. Curriculum Planning Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015 ABA Standards Loyola Required Curriculum ---Current as of 10/1/14

  3. Curriculum PlanningFulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015 • ABA Standards: • Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0 • Complete the required curriculum; total 86 credits • Maximum number of credits per semester: 17 credits • Minimum number of credits per semester: 12 credits • Minimum number of semesters:6 semesters • Maximum number of credits in any summer term: 8 credits

  4. Curriculum PlanningFulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015 • Loyola Required Curriculum • FT - 1-Ls: • FALL SEMESTER: • Civil Procedure - 4 credits • Property – 4 credits • Torts – 4 credits • Legal Writing (& research) – 2 credits • SPRING SEMESTER: • Constitutional Law - 4 credits • Contracts – 4 credits • Criminal Law – 3 credits • Legal Writing – 2 credits • Perspective Elective – 2 or 3 credit elective

  5. Curriculum PlanningFulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015 • Additional Loyola Required Curriculum • FT – 2-Ls FALL SEMESTER: • Advocacy – 2 credits • Skills Training Course(s)—2 credits [before graduation] • FT – 2-Ls SPRING SEMESTER: • Experiential Learning – 2 credits [before graduation] • Required for all students graduating May 2013 or later • Professional Responsibility* - 3 credits *take Professional Responsibility as soon as practical • Highly Recommended Core Curriculum • Administrative Law – 3 credits • Business Organizations – 4 credits • Evidence – 4 credits • Federal Income Tax – 3 credits • Rigorous Writing Course

  6. Curriculum PlanningFulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2015 Graduation in 3 years: • Curriculum guide to graduate in 3 years with focus on bar passage and employable skills • Loyola General Requirements • 86 credits (36 required course credits) • Minimum of 74 graded credits • 6 FT semesters on campus (minimum of 12 /maximum of 17 credits per semester) • Exit interview with registrar

  7. Goals and Objectives • Master fundamental bar courses • Learn how to work with a Code • Solidify your research & writing and other employable legal skills • Allow enough time to develop career opportunities and networking • Focus: legal concentration or certificate • Build the resume: co-curricular options

  8. Available Options • Hold at 12-14 credits • Electives which are highly recommended core curriculum • Electives which are bar courses • Electives which are pre-requisites in track courses • Co-curricular Options which enhance resume

  9. Bar Courses—Electives • Business Organizations!!! [Fall, Spring] • Conflict of Laws [Spring] • Criminal Procedure—Adjudication [S] & Investigation [F] • Estates [Spring, sometimes Fall] • Evidence!!! [Fall, Spring, Summer] • Family Law [Fall, Spring] • Negotiable Instruments [Fall] • Sales [Fall, Spring] • Secured Transactions [Fall, Spring] • Remedies (Equity) [Fall, Spring] • Federal Courts [Spring] • Advanced Civil Procedure Classes [Fall, Spring] See Bar Courses on website • http://luc.edu/law/registrar/bar_information.html#courses

  10. Skills Training Courses • Clinical Programs • Externships • Trial Practice • Others: • Negotiation; Mediation; Arbitration • Research; Drafting Contracts; Journals; Competitions • Pre-trial Litigation; Accounting for Lawyers; Street Law

  11. Develop a Legal Concentration • Advocacy* • Consumer and Anti-trust Law • Child and Family Law* • Business Law • Education Law • Public Interest Law* • Health Law* • Intellectual Property Law • International Law and Practice* • Tax Law* * Designates a Certificate Program is available

  12. Sequencing • Sequencing of Courses required for area of concentration or Certificate Programs Examples: • Child and Family Law • Tax Law • Advocacy – Criminal Law Litigation • Health Law

  13. Sequencing—Child and Family Law

  14. Sequencing—Tax Law

  15. Sequencing—Advocacy (Criminal)

  16. Sequencing—Health Law

  17. Co-curricular Options • Publications & Journals • Loyola Law Journal • International Law Review • Annals of Health Law • Children’s Legal Rights Journal • Consumer Law Review • Public Interest Law Reporter • Competitions • Moot Court Teams [over 15 competitions] • Mock Trial Teams [Corboy Fellows; Thurgood Marshall; Civil Law Mock Trial Team; Criminal Law Mock Trial Team] • Skills: Client Counseling; Negotiation; Mediation; International Commercial Arbitration • Tutors

  18. Recommendation: Balance • Bar Courses • Skills Training Courses • Legal Concentration • Logistics: • Flexible Credit Courses • Enrichment Courses • Exam Schedule

  19. Flexible Credit Courses • Student Initiated Capstone Project • 1-3 Credits: Requires proposal and consent of faculty advisor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. • Directed Study • 1-2 credits; research project for a faculty member, who choses scope and subject and who exercises control over the project. For each hour of academic credit the student will engage in substantial legal work for at least sixty (60) hours during the semester. • Independent Research • 1-2 credits; requires consent of a faculty member supervising your research; the scope and subject being researched is arranged between the student and the faculty member. For each hour of academic credit the student will produce a scholarly work of publishable quality of approximately 30 pages in length.

  20. Enrichment Courses • Explore your interests • Expose yourself to legal areas in demand • Enjoy more studies with professors you find interesting/effective

  21. Exam Schedule • Exam schedules will not be changed to accommodate a student with one or more exams on the same day or consecutive days Choose your courses accordingly!

  22. Advisors • You are welcome to schedule a curriculum counseling session with any of the following advisors: • Dean Faught • Dean Gaspardo • Dean Kaufman • Giselle Santibanez-Bania • If you wish to be assigned an advisor for curriculum planning other than the above, send Dean Gaspardo an e-mail request, indicating the area of interest if you have one, or the name of a specific professor you would prefer if you have a particular request • Feel free to simply ask a professor to be your advisor if you wish

  23. Important Dates • Spring Registration Dates: • Current PT 3L/4Ls: Monday, October 27th • Current FT 3Ls: Tuesday, October 28th • Current PT 2Ls: Wednesday, October 29th • Current FT 2Ls: Thursday, October 30th • Current 1Ls: Friday, October 31st

  24. Things to keep in mind: • 711 Certification – must complete 43 credit hours before applying for a 711 license. • MPRE – offered 3 times a year – March, August, November • Does not have to be taken in conjunction with Professional Responsibility (although recommended)

  25. Key Registration Issues • Typical Blocks • Password Block • Wrong Date for Registration • Financial Block • Immunization Block • Firewall Block • No Transcript on File • System Down

  26. Typical Blocks • Password Block • Pre-emptive Procedure: • Verify your password for LOCUS works before your registration date • If you haven’t changed your password since the last registration period your password will have expired • See User Memo#8 in computer lab or call 4-4444

  27. Typical Blocks • Financial Block • SBO [Bursar] Blocks: • Pre-emptive Procedure: • Make sure your tuition and other fees are paid • Any unpaid balance of $150 or more will BLOCK your registration [verify both tuition and other fees are paid] • Go to Loyola homepage, click on LOCUS

  28. Typical Blocks • System Down • Keep trying! • Contact the Registration help line: • (312) 915-7167 –Law Registrar Office • (312) 915-7221 –University Registrar Office • Hopefully this will not happen while you are registering, but if it does, keep trying until the system allows you access to register • No concessions can be made for anyone disadvantaged by a system failure, sorry.

  29. Pre-Approved Courses • Some courses require prior approval • Externships • Instructor Approval Courses • Procedure for registration • Complete the Instructor Approval Registration Form from the Registration website and submit the signed approval to the Registrar • The Registrar will register you for the course

  30. Closed Courses • Once a course is closed the only way of getting in is to keep trying! • There is almost always a fluctuation in the course enrollments during the registration period, the persistent student has the best chance of getting in when an opening occurs [especially happens on the first day of the class.]

  31. Thanks!!!! • Good Luck with Registration • Communicate any Problems • Register Early

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