Curriculum Planning
Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls
Spring 2016
Curriculum Planning
Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2016
ABA Standards
Loyola Required Curriculum
---Current as of 10/1/15
Curriculum Planning
Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2016
 New ABA Standards:
 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
Curriculum Planning
Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2016
 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
Curriculum Planning
Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2016
 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 – 6 credits [before graduation]
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Required for all students entering Fall 2014 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
Curriculum Planning
Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls Spring 2016
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
Goals and Objectives
Master fundamental bar courses
Keep the GPA up or improve
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
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Available Options
 Hold at 12 credits & keep GPA high
 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
Bar Courses—Electives
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Business Organizations!!! [Fall, Spring]
Conflicts of Laws [Spring]
Criminal Procedure—Adjudication [S] & Investigation [F]
Estates [Fall, Spring]
Evidence!!! [Fall, Spring, Summer]
Family Law [Fall, Spring]
Negotiable Instruments [Fall]
Sales [Fall, Spring]
Secured Transactions [Fall, Spring]
Remedies (Equity) [Fall, Spring]
See Bar Courses on website
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http://luc.edu/law/registrar/bar_information.html#courses
Subjects Tested on the Bar
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MBE
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Subjects:
Constitutional Law
Contracts/Sales
Criminal Law/Procedure
Evidence
Federal Civil Procedure
Real Property
Torts
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MEE/Illinois Essay Subjects:
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Administrative Law
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Agency
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Commercial Paper
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Conflict of Laws
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Corporations
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Equity
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Family Law
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Federal Jurisdiction & Procedure
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Federal Taxation
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IL Civil Procedure
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Partnerships
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Personal Property
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Sales
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Secured Transactions
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Suretyship
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Trusts & Future Interests
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Wills (Decedents’ Estates)
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plus all MBE subjects
Skills Training Courses
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Clinical Programs
Externships
Trial Practice
Others:
 Negotiation; Mediation; Arbitration
 Research; Drafting Contracts; Journals;
Competitions
 Pre-trial Litigation; Accounting for
Lawyers; Street Law
Develop a Legal Concentration
 Advocacy*
 Anti-trust Law
 Child and Family Law*
 Corporate Law
 Public Interest Law*
 Health Law*
 Intellectual Property Law
 International Law and Practice*
 Tax Law*
* Designates a Certificate Program is available
Tracking
 Sequencing of Courses required for
area of concentration or Certificate
Programs
Examples:
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Child and Family Law
Tax Law
Advocacy – Criminal Law Litigation
Health Law
Tracking—Child and Family Law
F-15
Sp-16
F-16
Sp-17
Family Law Admin Law Admin Law Family Law
Child,
Parent &
State
Education
Law &
Policy
Juvenile
Justice
ChildLaw
Clinic
Domestic
Violence
Seminar
ChildLaw
Clinic
Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Business Organizations,
Evidence, Federal Income Tax
Required Courses: Professional Responsibility; Minimum of 12
Child & Family Law credits, including 2 Electives in Child and
Family Law; Practical Experience (i.e., Clinic); Participate in 6
Extracurricular Programs (i.e., Coffee Talk, ChildLaw Society)
Tracking—Tax Law
F-15
Sp-16
Sm- F-16
16
Sp-17
Tax Clinic
Bus Org Corporate &
Advanced Tax Audits,
Corporate Procedures,
Ethics
Tax
Fed Tax Estates
Est &
Gift Tax
Partner Tax
Int’l Tax
Highly Recommended Elective Courses:
Administrative Law, Evidence
Required Course: Professional Responsibility
Tracking—Advocacy (Criminal)
Sm-15
Evid
F-15
Sp-16
Sm-16
F-16
Sp-17
Crim
Crim
Pro
Pro
Invest. Adjud.
TP I
Int
Crim
Crim Pro
Pro
Adjud.
Invest.
Evid
Evid
Evid
TP I/II TP I Int
TP I
TP I/II
TP II
Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Administrative
Law, Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax
Required Courses: Professional Responsibility; 2 Electives
in Trial and Appellate Advocacy; 1 Elective in ADR;
1 Co-Curricular Experience (Clinic, Competition Team, etc.)
Tracking—Health Law
F-15
Sp-16
F-16
Sp-17
HC Bus. & Admin. Law Life Sciences Corp Trans
Finance
& HC Reg.
& the FDA
in HC
Fed. Tax
Bus. Org.
HC Payment
& Policy
HJP or HL
Externship
HJP or HL
Externship
Highly Recommended Elective Courses: Evidence
Required Courses: Professional Responsibility; Minimum of 12
Health Law credits; Practical Experience (i.e., Health Justice
Project, Health Law Externship); Participate in 6 Extracurricular
Activities (i.e., Health Law Society, Annals of Health Law, etc.)
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
Recommendation
 Bar Courses
 Skills Training Courses
 Legal Concentration
 Logistics:
 Flexible Credit Courses
 Enrichment Courses
 Exam Schedule
Flexible Credit Courses
 Directed Study
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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
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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.
Enrichment Courses
 Explore your interests
 Expose yourself to legal areas in
demand
 Enjoy more studies with professors
you find interesting/effective
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!
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
Important Dates
 Spring 2016 Registration Dates:
 Current PT 3L/4Ls: Monday, Oct. 26th
 Current FT 3Ls: Tuesday, Oct. 27th
 Current PT 2Ls: Wednesday, Oct. 28th
 Current FT 2Ls: Thursday, Oct. 29th
 Current FT & PT 1Ls: Friday, Oct. 30th
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)
Key Registration Issues
 Typical Blocks
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Password Block
Wrong Date for Registration
Financial Block
Immunization Block
Firewall Block
No Transcript on File
System Down
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
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
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.
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
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.]
Thanks!!!!
 Good Luck with Registration
 Communicate any Problems
 Register Early