Juris Doctor (JD) - Criminal Law Concentration
Juris Doctor (JD) - Criminal Law Concentration
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:
- Successfully completing 3 core courses;
- Successfully completing at least 3 intensive credit hours;
- 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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Criminal Procedure I: Investigation | ||
| Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication | ||
| Evidence | ||
| Intensive Credit Hours | ||
| Clinics: Low-Income Taxpayer | ||
| Clinics: Externship | ||
* 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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Other Eligible Courses | ||
| Fourth Amendment Seminar | ||
| Criminal Trial Practice | ||
| Criminal Trial Evidence Skills | ||
| Sentencing | ||
| Capital Punishment and the Judicial Pro | ||
| Federal Trial Practice | ||
| Federal Habeas Corpus Remedies | ||
| White Collar Crime | ||
| Cybercrime | ||
| The Prosecution Function | ||
| Legal Problems of Indigence | ||
| Children In The Legal System | ||
| International Security Law and Policy | ||
| Clinics: Low-Income Taxpayer | ||
| Clinics: Externship | ||
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.