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JD Degree Requirements
Required courses are subject to change. For more information, please view the latest Academic Regulations or contact the Office of the Registrar: registrar@vermontlaw.edu. These requirements apply to the entering class of 2025.
87 credits
| REQUIRED COURSES All of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| REQ7255 | Appellate Advocacy | 3 |
| WRI7352 | Bar Exam Skills and Tactics (BEST) | 3 |
| REQ7107 | Civil Procedure | 4 |
| REQ7112 | Constitutional Law | 4 |
| REQ7130 | Contracts | 4 |
| REQ7140 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| REQ7129 | Embedded Racism in the Law | 1 |
| LIT7210 | Evidence | 4 |
| REQ7123 | Legal Research and Writing | 2 |
| REQ7125 | Legal Writing II: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| REQ7188 | Legislation and Regulation | 2 |
| REQ7265 | Professional Responsibility | 3 |
| REQ7160 | Property | 4 |
| REQ7150 | Torts | 4 |
| REQUIRED COURSES: At least two (2) of the following courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| BUS6235 | Business Associations | 4 |
| CRI7262 | Constitutional Criminal Procedure | 3 |
| CRI7307 | Criminal Practice and Procedure | 4 |
| PUB7500 | First Amendment Law | 3 |
| EXPERIENTIAL COURSES: At least six (6) credits from the following experiential courses: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| BUS6219 | Small Business Law Clinic | 2/4/6/12 |
| CLI9302 | Environmental Advocacy Clinic | 6/9/12 |
| CLI9310 | South Royalton Legal Clinic FT | 12 |
| CLI9311 | South Royalton Legal Clinic – Summer | 6/9 |
| CLI9312 | South Royalton Legal Clinic PT | 6 |
| CLI9318 | Environmental Justice Clinic | 6/9/12 |
| CLI9321 | Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic | 4/6/9/12 |
| CLI9323 | Advanced Environmental Advocacy Clinic | 6/9/12 |
| CLI9333 | Advanced South Royalton Legal Clinic | 6/12 |
| CLI9348 | Advanced Environmental Justice Clinic | 4/6/9 |
| CLI9355 | Justice Reform Clinic | 4 |
| CLI9361 | Advanced Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic | 4/6/9/12 |
| CLI9411 | Semester in Practice (SIP) | 12 |
| CLI9412 | Semester in Practice (SIP) Class | 2 |
| CLI9425 | JD Part-Time Externship | 4-8 |
| CLI9427 | Energy Clinic | 4/6 |
| CLI9428 | Food and Agriculture Clinic | 6/9/12 |
| CLI9430 | Judicial Externship | 12 |
| CLI9431 | Judicial Externship Class | 2 |
| CLI9437 | Advanced Energy Clinic | 4/6 |
| CLI9438 | Advanced Food and Agriculture Clinic | 6/9/12 |
| ENV5535 | Transnational Environmental Practicum | 4 |