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Concentration - Criminal Law

Juris Doctor

Description

The School of Law offers a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a concurrent Juris Doctor/Master of Accountancy (J.D./M.Accy.) and a concurrent Juris Doctor/Master of Taxation (J.D./M.Tax.).

Minimum Total Credit Hours: 90

Course Requirements

First Year

Upper Level (Second and Third Years)

Otherwise, students have free choice of elective courses to complete the remainder of their credit hours.

Other Academic Requirements

For the Juris Doctor degree, the requirements are: (1) successful completion of 90 credit hours of law courses (70 of which must be graded credit hours and 75 of which must come from courses that meet in regularly scheduled classroom hours), including the courses specifically required for graduation, and (2) an overall grade-point average of 2.00 (C) or better. The curriculum and courses required for graduation are subject to change at any time without prior notice at the direction of the law faculty.

Concentration - Criminal Law

Description

The concentration in criminal law is designed to provide students with broad-based exposure to concepts, topics, and skills vital to criminal law practitioners and to prepare students for careers in criminal law.

Course Requirements

The criminal law concentration is designed to provide students with a broad-based exposure to concepts, topics, and skills vital to criminal law practitioners. The criminal law concentration prepares students for careers in criminal law as local, state, and federal prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, public defenders, and public interest litigators. A student may be recognized for a concentration in criminal law by satisfying the following requirements:

  1. Successfully completing 3 core courses;
  2. Successfully completing at least 3 intensive credit hours;
  3. Successfully obtaining at least 24 credit hours in core courses, intensive courses and other eligible courses.

Due to scheduling constraints and prerequisites, students must plan carefully in order to complete the concentration.

Core courses, intensive credit hours, and other eligible courses are listed below. Each core course is offered at least one term each year, but others listed below may not be offered every year. A list of the specific courses offered in any given term that may count toward the criminal law concentration will be disseminated prior to enrollment for that term.

Core Courses

  1. Criminal Procedure I: Investigation 635
  2. Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication 714
  3. Evidence 600

Intensive Credit Hours

  1. Clinics: Externship 654*
  2. Clinics: Criminal Appeals 697
  3. Clinics: Mississippi Innocence Project 692
  4. Clinics: MacArthur Justice Clinic 733

* Externship must be related to criminal law.

Clinics must be approved by the designated faculty member for the concentration prior to enrollment for the term in which the credits are earned in order to fulfill the intensive credit hours requirement.

Other Eligible Courses

As appropriate, additional courses and advanced/special legal topics focusing on criminal justice may be included in this category on a case-by-case basis upon approval by the designated faculty member and/or senior associate dean.

Other Academic Requirements

The student must obtain at least a 3.0 grade-point average that includes grades for all credit hours counted toward satisfying each of the three requirements set forth above.

Degree Requirements

The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to 1) change or withdraw courses; 2) change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and 3) change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.

Juris Doctor

Requirement Hours Description
Law 501 3 Complete Law 501 with a passing grade.
Law 502 4 Complete Law 502 with a passing grade.
Law 503 3 Complete Law 503 with a passing grade.
Law 504 4 Complete Law 504 with a passing grade.
Law 507 4 Complete Law 507 with a passing grade.
Law 514 3 Complete Law 514 with a passing grade.
Law 515 3 Complete Law 515 with a passing grade.
Law 568 3 Complete Law 568 with a passing grade.
Law 577 2 Complete Law 577 with a passing grade.
Law 600 4 Complete Law 600 with a passing grade.
Law 603 3 Complete Law 603 with a passing grade.
Skills course (JD) F19 6
Writing course (JD) F19 3
75 regularly scheduled hours Please contact your advisor for more information regarding this requirement.

Concentration - Criminal Law

Requirement Hours Description
Law 568 3 Complete Law 568 with a passing grade.
Law 600 4 Complete Law 600 with a passing grade.
Law 635 3 Complete Law 635 with a passing grade.
Law 714 3 Complete Law 714 with a passing grade.
Clinical elective 6 Complete at least one clinical elective course chosen from Court Appeals Clinic, Prosecution Externship Placement, Public Service Internship, or Law School Clinics III.
12 hrs criminal law electives 12 Student must complete at least 27 credit hours in criminal law and advocacy related subjects. Four core courses are required. The remainder of the credit hours can be fulfilled by taking courses from a list of approved elective courses. Each student must also complete a clinical and a writing requirement.
The policies and regulations contained in this online University of Mississippi Catalog are in effect for the current or selected semester. The catalog is not a contract, but rather a guide for the convenience of students. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to 1) change or withdraw courses; 2) change the fees, rules, and schedules for admission, registration, instruction, and graduation; and 3) change other regulations affecting the student body at any time. Implicit in each student’s enrollment with the university is an agreement to comply with university rules and regulations, which the university may modify to exercise properly its educational responsibility.