M.S.L. Government Contracting Courses

M.S.L. Program Management Courses

Year One

(includes one Get REAL intensive)

Semester 1
Legal Profession I (3 Credits)

Torts Doctrine & Skills I (3 Credits)

Mission & Vocation Programming (0 Credits)

Semester 2
Legal Profession II (3 Credits)

Real Property Doctrine & Skills I (4 Credits)

Mission & Vocation Programming (0 Credits)

Elements of Legal Analysis I (1 Credit)*

*Elements of Legal Analysis I is a required course for all Hybrid Students with a GPA of 2.65 or lower after their first semester.

Semester 3
Criminal Law (4 Credits)

Torts Doctrine & Skills II (3 Credits)

Elements of Legal Analysis II (1 Credit)*

*Elements of Legal Analysis II is a required course for all Hybrid Students with a GPA of 2.65 or lower after their first semester.

Year Two

(includes one Get REAL intensive)

Semester 4
Contracts Doctrine & Skills I (3 Credits)

Civil Procedure Doctrine & Skills I (3 Credits)

Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation (3 Credits)

Semester 5
Contracts Doctrine & Skills II (3 Credits)

Civil Procedure Doctrine & Skills II (3 Credits)

Professional Responsibility (2 Credits)

Semester 6
Constitutional Law Doctrine & Skills I (3 Credits)

Legislation (2 Credits)*

Transactional Drafting (2 Credits)

*Students who completed Elements of Legal Analysis I and II are not required to take Legislation.

Year Three

(includes one Get REAL intensive)

Semester 7
Appellate Practice & Procedure (2 Credits)

Constitutional Law Doctrine & Skills II (3 Credits)

Intellectual Property Law (3 Credits)

Remedies (3 Credits)*

*Remedies is for students with a CGPA below 2.6. Students required to take Remedies will not take Intellectual Property Law.

Semester 8
Real Property Doctrine & Skills II (3 Credits)

Evidence (3 Credits)

Trial Practice (3 Credits)

Semester 9

Business Organizations (3 Credits)

Wills & Trusts (3 Credits)

Administrative Law (3 Credits)

Advanced Legal Analysis (3 Credits)*

*Advanced Legal Analysis is for students with a GPA below 2.7. Students required to take ALA will not take Administrative Law.

Year Four

(includes one Get REAL intensive)

Semester 10
Criminal Procedure Investigation Doctrine & Skills (3 Credits)

Family Law (3 Credits)

Capstone (4 Credits)

Semester 11
Corporate Compliance & Ethics (3 Credits)

Bar Exam Preparation: Procedure & Practice (3 Credits)

Externship (4 Credits)* or Clinic (4 Credits)

*Externship can either be a 4 credit course taken in the Summer, Fall or Spring or two 2 credit hour courses taken in the Fall and Spring of your final year.

The following overview of our curriculum applies to students who began their legal studies in August 2019 or after.

First Semester

• Civil Procedure Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Legal Profession I (3 credits)
• Real Property Doctrine & Skills I (4 credits)
• Torts Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Learning Skills Lab (1 credit)
• Mission & Vocation Programming
  Every student must participate as required in the Mission & Vocation Programming, unless the student is a transfer student who did not enroll at the Law School as a first-year student. (March 20, 2013)

Second Semester

• Civil Procedure Doctrine & Skills II (3 credits)
• Contracts Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Criminal Law Doctrine & Skills (4 credits)
• Legal Profession II (3 credits)
• Torts Doctrine & Skills II (2 credits)
• Mission & Vocation Programming
  Every student must participate as required in the Mission & Vocation Programming, unless the student is a transfer student who did not enroll at the Law School as a first-year student. (March 20, 2013)

Third Semester

• Legislation (2 credits)
• Constitutional Law Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Contracts Doctrine & Skills II (3 credits)

Fourth Semester

• Constitutional Law Doctrine & Skills II (3 credits)

Upper-Level Writing Requirement

Students must take one of the following courses:

• Appellate Practice & Procedure (2 credits)
• Transactional Drafting (2 credits)

Additional Upper-Level Requirement

• Fundamentals of Evidence (3 credits)
• Professional Responsibility (2 credits)
• Externship or Law Clinic Intern (4 credits) - required coursework after the second year.
• Capstone (3 or 4 credits) - required coursework after the second year.
• Real Property II (3 credits)
• Criminal Procedure - Investigative (3 credits)
• Bar Practice & Process (LAW 6895) - (3 credits) required coursework in the last semester.

ADR Requirement

Students must take one of the following courses:

• ADR for the Litigator (3 credits) or Conflict Management and ADR (3 credits)
• Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiations (3 credits)

The following overview of our curriculum applies to students who began their legal studies from August 2016 to May 2019.

First Semester

• Civil Procedure Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Legal Profession I (3 credits)
• Real Property Doctrine & Skills I (4 credits)
• Torts Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Torts I Lab (1 credit)
• Learning Community
  Every student must participate as required in the first-semester Learning Communities Program, unless the student is a transfer student who did not enroll at the Law School as a first-year student. (March 20, 2013)

Second Semester

• Civil Procedure Doctrine & Skills II (3 credits)
• Contracts Doctrine & Skills I (3 credits)
• Criminal Law Doctrine & Skills (3 credits)
• Criminal Law Lab (1 credit)
• Legal Profession II (3 credits)
• Torts Doctrine & Skills II (2 credits)

Third Semester

• Legislation (2 credits)
• Constitutional Law Doctrine & Skills I (4 credits)
• Contracts Doctrine & Skills II (3 credits)

Fourth Semester

• Constitutional Law Doctrine & Skills II (2 credits)

Upper-Level Writing Requirement

Students must take one of the following courses:

• Appellate Practice & Procedure (2 credits)
• Transactional Drafting (2 credits)

Additional Upper-Level Requirement

• Fundamentals of Evidence (3 credits)
• Professional Responsibility (2 credits)
• Externship or Law Clinic Intern (4 credits) - required coursework after the second year.
• Capstone (3 or 4 credits) - required coursework after the second year.
• Real Property II (3 credits)
• Criminal Procedure - Investigative (3 credits)
• Bar Practice & Process (LAW 6895) - required coursework in the last semester.

ADR Requirement

Students must take one of the following courses:

• ADR for the Litigator (3 credits) or Conflict Management and ADR (3 credits)
• Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiations (3 credits)