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In addition to the overall program objectives, the first year places an emphasis on developing analytical skills, a sense of the role of legal institutions in our society, and essential writing skills. Each course in the first-year curriculum shares these goals in addition to conveying substantive knowledge about a particular area of the law. Beginning with the Fall 2006 entering class, first-year students will have two small section courses each semester. One course each semester will cover one of the traditional first year subject matters (please see subject matters listed below); this section will be comprised of 30 students. The other small section course each semester is Legal Analysis, Writing and Research; this section will be comprised of approximately 20 to 25 students.
Students who enter law school in the fall of 2006* will take the following courses each semester:
Fall: Contracts and Sales Transactions Introduction to Law & Legal Reasoning Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I Property Torts
Spring: Civil Procedure Constitutional Law I Criminal Law Legal Analysis, Writing and Research II One three hour elective
*Students who enter law school in May 2007 will have taken all of the above (over the summer session and two regular academic semesters) and 6 to 12 additional hours of electives by the end of the Spring 2008 term.
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