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  School of Law-Camden 2012-2014 The Juris Doctor Curriculum Basic Requirements for the Degree of Juris Doctor  

Basic Requirements for the Degree of Juris Doctor

Eighty-four academic credits are required for graduation. Academic credits are awarded in compliance with the regulations of the School of Law-Camden. Completion of the program generally requires three years of full-time study or four years of part-time study. The courses required for graduation include the prescribed first-year program; Professional Responsibility; and a one-year course in Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (LAWR) taught by full-time writing faculty.

Students must also earn 3 writing credits, one of which must be intensive writing, and 1 skills credit. The purpose of the writing credit program is to ensure that students have substantial and rigorous legal writing experiences supervised by the faculty after their first year in law school. The work done for writing credit varies from research or seminar papers to shorter forms of analysis and can include writing more typical of legal practice. The skills requirement ensures that students have exposure to lawyering skills. Courses that qualify range from Interviewing and Counseling to Trial Advocacy.

Matriculated students in good standing who successfully complete the course of study are awarded the degree of juris doctor. Exceptional students may be awarded the degree cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude.

 
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