Curriculum Planning

FT - 2-Ls – in Fall 2013

Curriculum PlanningFT - 2-Ls – in Fall 2013

ABA StandardsLoyola Required Curriculum---Current as of 3/1/13

Curriculum PlanningFT - 2-Ls – in Fall 2013 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 PlanningFT - 2-Ls – in Fall 2013 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 Perspectives Elective – 2 or 3 credits Elective

Curriculum PlanningFT - 2-Ls – in Fall 2013 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

Curriculum PlanningFT - 2-Ls – in Fall 2013

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

credits) 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 Build the resume: co-curricular options

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 Business Organizations!!! [F,S] Conflicts of Laws [S] Criminal Procedure—Adjudication [S] & Investigation [F] Estates [S] Evidence!!! [F,S, Sm] Family Law [F,S] Negotiable Instruments [F] Sales [S] Secured Transactions [F] Remedies (Equity) [F, Sm]

See Bar Courses on website http://www.luc.edu/law/media/law/registrar/pdfs/class_classifica

tion_1112.pdf

Skills Training Courses Clinical Programs Externships Trial Practice Others:

Negotiation; Mediation; Arbitration Research; Drafting Contracts; Journals;

Competitions Pre-trial Lit; 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: Estate Planning Tax Law Criminal Law Litigation & Advocacy Corporate Law

Tracking—Estate PlanningF-13 Sp-14 Sm-14 F-14 Sp-15

Admin

Advoc Evid

Prof Resp

Prof Resp

Fed EstTax

Bus Org

Fed Tax Estates

Estates

Estate &Gift Tax

Estate Plan’g

Tracking—Tax LawF-13 Sp-14 Sm-14 F-14 Sp-15

Admin

Advoc Evidence St & LocTax’n

Fed EstTax

Prof Resp

Tax Proc & Lit.

Fed Tax Clinic

Fed Tax Clinic

Bus Org Corp Tax I Corp Tax II

Sr TaxSem.

Fed Tax Estates Estates

Est &Gift Tax

Estate Plan’g

Tracking—Criminal Litig & Advoc

Sm-13 F-13 Sp-14 Sm-14 F-14 Sp-15

BusOrg

St ProsecFunc Sem

Fed Tax

Advoc Admin Crim AppPracticum

Fed Crim Proc.

Prof Resp

Pre-TrLitig.

Crim Pro Invest

Crim ProAdjud.

Evid Evid TP I TP Int TP I/II TP:Int I/II

TP I IL Litig Cr Ext Crim Ext Crim Ext

Tracking—Corporate LawF-13 Sp-14 F-14 Sp-15

Sec Reg Emp Law Corp Finance

Advoc Bus Pln’g B Pln’g Emp Discrm

Bus Org Prof Resp K Neg (F,S) Fin. Pln’g

F. Tax Corp Tax Intl Bus Tr Product Liab

Admin Law

Emp Ben’fts Lw

Intl Comm Arbitrat’n

Sec Litig

Acct-Lwy Evidence Corp Extern Bankruptcy

Client Cl& Neg

Bus LawClinic Sem

Clinics I, II & Sem

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 teams] Mock Trial Teams [Corboy Fellows; Thurgood Marshall;

Buffalo Niagara; ABA Employment Law] 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 Independent Research

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, those particularly assigned to you are: Section 1: Giselle Santibanez-Bania Section 2: Dean Faught Section 3: Dean Kaufman Evening Section: Dean Gaspardo

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

Key Registration Issues

Typical Blocks 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