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 2024.
87 credits
Required Courses
All of the following courses: |
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| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| REQ7255 |
Appellate Advocacy |
3 |
| REQ7107 |
Civil Procedure |
4 |
| REQ7112 |
Constitutional Law |
4 |
| REQ7130 |
Contracts |
4 |
| REQ7140 |
Criminal Law |
3 |
| |
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 |
3 |
| REQ7265 |
Professional Responsibility |
3 |
| REQ7160 |
Property |
3 |
| REQ7150 |
Torts |
4 |
REQUIRED Courses
At least two (2) of the following courses: |
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| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| BUS6235 |
Business Associations |
4 |
| CRI7262 |
Constitutional Criminal Procedure |
4 |
| CRI7307 |
Criminal Practice and Procedure |
4 |
| PUB7500 |
First Amendment Law |
3 |
| BUS6280 |
Sales |
2 |
Experiential Courses
At least six (6) credits from the following experiential courses: |
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| 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 |
| CLI9319 |
Climate Justice Practicum |
4 |
| CLI9321 |
Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic |
4/6/9/12 |
| |
Advanced 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 |
| CLI9349 |
Advanced Climate Justice Practicum |
4 |
| 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 |
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Advanced Food and Agriculture Clinic |
6/9/12 |
| CLI9430 |
Judicial Externship |
12 |
| CLI9431 |
Judicial Externship Class |
2 |
| CLI9437 |
Advanced Energy Clinic |
4/6 |
| ENV5535 |
Transnational Environmental Practicum |
4 |
| PUB7525 |
Legislative Clinic |
6 |
Advanced Legal Writing project
The following courses are approved and may satisfy this requirement. Pending professor approval and availability, students may satisfy the advanced writing project through one of these courses. Consult with the professor to confirm. |
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| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| ANM5437 |
Animal Ethics |
3 |
| CLI9302 |
Environmental Advocacy Clinic |
3 |
| CLI9310 |
South Royalton Legal Clinic FT |
12 |
| CLI9312 |
South Royalton Legal Clinic PT |
6 |
| CLM9365 |
Climate Change - Power of Taxes |
3 |
| CRI7360 |
Reforming Criminal Justice |
3 |
| DIV7606 |
Civil Rights Seminar |
2 |
| DIV7610 |
Race and the Law Seminar |
2 |
| DIV7615 |
Sexual Orientation and the Law Seminar |
2 |
| DIV7620 |
Native Americans and the Law |
3 |
| EJU5378 |
Land Use and Racial Justice |
3 |
| ENV5353 |
Green Finance: Investment Strategies |
3 |
| INT7407 |
Comparative Law: Comparative LegalSys |
3 |
| PUB7550 |
National Security Law |
3 |
| PUB7580 |
State and Local Government |
2 |
| WRI7301 |
Advanced Writing Seminar |
3 |
| WRI7900 |
Independent Research Project |
2 |
| WRI7950 |
Law Review I |
2 |
| WRI7960 |
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law I |
2 |
This page is offered as a quick, simplified glance of a complex topic. Please consult the Academic Regulations for full and official degree requirements.
