Children’s Hospice Day
Children’s Hospice Day is Monday, February 10 to raise awareness and funds for hospices that treat children with life-limiting illnesses.
The Charleston School of Law offers a course of study with full-time and part-time enrollment options leading to a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. It is expected that students enrolled in full-time credits will graduate in three years and students enrolled in part-time credits will graduate in four years.
To be eligible for a Juris Doctor degree, a student must have:
For students in the full-time enrollment option, the sequence of required courses is as follows:
Please note:
Bar Preparation Course (taken in the final semester; students who are planning to graduate at the end of summer should take the course in their final spring semester)
Students receiving the distinction of Presidential Honors after successfully completing 27 credit hours of the first-year courses may apply to be exempt from this course requirement.
Students may choose from a list of elective course offerings to complete the remaining credit hours required for graduation. Elective course offerings vary from year to year. Many of the electives offered at the Law School are listed in the Course Description section.
Pursuant to ABA Standards, students are required to take at least six credit hours in experiential courses. An experiential course provides substantial experience in one or more legal skills such as: interviewing, counseling, negotiation, fact development and analysis, trial practice, document drafting, conflict resolution, organization and management of legal work, research skills, collaboration, cultural competency, and self-evaluation.
Under Charleston School of Law requirements, students satisfy this standard by successfully completing each of the below course requirements and a total of at least six credits:
An experiential course must:
Require at least three opportunities for students to complete an exercise involving one or more of the legal skills taught.
For each opportunity, the professor must provide each student individualized feedback, the opportunity to incorporate the feedback, and the opportunity to be re-assessed on the specific exercise.
For each requirement, students may choose which course in which to enroll, but may not use one course to satisfy more than one requirement. Courses satisfying each requirement will be so noted in the registration materials for a particular semester or session.
A course will be designated as satisfying the Skills Course Requirement when there is substantial instruction on one or more of the legal skills noted above.
A course will be designated as satisfying the Drafting Course Requirement when there is substantial instruction on some form of legal document drafting, such as drafting litigation documents, drafting various types of transaction documents, or drafting other legal documents used in law practice.
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Children’s Hospice Day is Monday, February 10 to raise awareness and funds for hospices that treat children with life-limiting illnesses.
Mindful Mondays will be held at 12:00 p.m. on February 10 at 12:00 p.m. in Room 221. Lawyers Helping Lawyers will provide practical tips for putting mindfulness into action.