Law School Registrar

Registrar Policies & Procedures

Course Registration Sequence

(The following was adapted from the Academic Bulletin)

The schedule of course offerings is designed to assure that every student will have an opportunity to register for all Bar Examination courses without experiencing any Bar Examination course or examination conflicts. A failure to follow the below-described scheduling sequence could result in delaying a student’s graduation date. In addition, a failure to follow the below-described course scheduling sequence may result in examination conflicts and/or a lost opportunity to enroll in some Bar Examination courses. This caution applies particularly to Full-Time Day Division students. For students admitted to the Law School beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, required courses must be taken in the sequence designated below.

Second-Year Day

*Evidence (required), *Basic Federal Income Taxation (required), *Constitutional Law (required), *Corporations (required), and Estates and Trusts.

Third-Year Day

Professional Responsibility (required for all students), *Sales and Leased Goods (required), Federal Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Law or State Constitutional Law, and Conflict of Laws.

Second-Year Evening and Second-Year Part-Time Day

Criminal Law and Procedure (required for all students), Property (required for all students), *Basic Federal Income Taxation (required), and *Constitutional Law (required).

Third-Year Evening and Third-Year Part-Time Day

*Evidence (required), *Corporations (required), and Estates and Trusts.

Fourth-Year Evening and Fourth-Year Part-Time Day

Professional Responsibility (required for all students), *Sales and Leased Goods (required), Federal Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania Civil Procedure, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Law or State Constitutional Law, and Conflict of Laws.

*These courses are required for all students who completed their first year of study during the 2002-2003 academic year and for all students enrolled beginning with the 2003-2004 academic year and thereafter.