Law (Weekend Part-Time JD)
Imagine a part-time JD program that fits into your busy schedule.
A program combining on-campus classes with one of the leading providers of online legal education in the country. A program that features nationally renowned professors in a world-class city. Now, imagine that program meeting just every other weekend. This is Loyola’s Weekend (part-time) JD program—thoughtfully designed to turn your law school ambitions into reality.
Curriculum
The core Weekend JD curriculum blends classroom instruction with online learning. In-person classes meet approximately every other weekend: Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. All online course components are offered through Sakai, a highly interactive, collaborative online learning environment.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| LAW 113 | Civil Procedure | 4 |
| LAW 122 | Constitutional Law | 4 |
| LAW 132 | Contracts | 4 |
| LAW 140 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| LAW 152 | Property | 4 |
| LAW 162 | Torts | 4 |
| LAW 190 | Legal Writing I | 2 |
| LAW 190R | Basic Legal Research | 0 |
| LAW 192 | Legal Writing II | 2 |
| LAW 410 | Legal Writing III | 2 |
| LAW 424 | Professional Identity Formation | 1 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Degree Requirements
To earn a JD degree, you must complete 86 credit hours of coursework. A minimum of 6 credit hours of experiential learning are required. Your first four semesters provide a strong, structured foundation. During the next two years you will tailor your courses, experiential learning, and course delivery to meet your goals and interests. Visit our registar for a complete list of degree requirements, academic calendars, and registration process. You may access full course descriptions through our student information system through guest access.
Suggested Sequence of Courses
The below sequence of courses is meant to be used as a suggested path for completing coursework. An individual student’s completion of requirements depends on course offerings in a given term as well as the start term for a major or graduate study. Students should consult their advisor for assistance with course selection.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| LAW 190 | Legal Writing I | 2 |
| LAW 190R | Basic Legal Research | 0 |
| LAW 113 | Civil Procedure | 4 |
| LAW 162 | Torts | 4 |
| LAW 424 | Professional Identity Formation | 1 |
| Hours | 11 | |
| Spring | ||
| LAW 192 | Legal Writing II | 2 |
| LAW 132 | Contracts | 4 |
| LAW 140 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| LAW 410 | Legal Writing III | 2 |
| LAW 152 | Property 1 | 4 |
| Elective Courses | Students can choose electives from nearly two dozen courses, which are offered on a rotating basis. | 2-4 |
| Hours | 8-10 | |
| Spring | ||
| LAW 122 | Constitutional Law 1 | 4 |
| Elective Courses | Students can choose electives from nearly two dozen courses, which are offered on a rotating basis. | 2-4 |
| Hours | 6-8 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective Courses | Students can choose electives from nearly two dozen courses, which are offered on a rotating basis. | 8-12 |
| Hours | 8-12 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective Courses | Students can choose electives from nearly two dozen courses, which are offered on a rotating basis. | 8-12 |
| Hours | 8-12 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective Courses | Students can choose electives from nearly two dozen courses, which are offered on a rotating basis. | 8-12 |
| Hours | 8-12 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective Courses | Students can choose electives from nearly two dozen courses, which are offered on a rotating basis. | 8-12 |
| Hours | 8-12 | |
| Total Hours | 66-86 | |
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To be taken first year full-time/second year part-time.
Flexible Course Options
In addition to an array of electives, many flexible course options will be available, including summer coursework, independent study, intersession courses, and fully online courses (as many as 28-credit hours of fully online coursework).
Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations
Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supercede school policies.
Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:
- Utilize skills derived from participation in supervised live-client experiences, externships, or litigation and transactional practice simulations, such as interviewing, counseling, negotiation, mediation, fact development and analysis, problem solving, design thinking, trial practice, document drafting, and collaborative work
- Determine your clients' needs and objectives
- Determine relevant facts and understand their relevance to your client's legal position
- Conduct legal research
- Analyze and apply relevant legal principles
- Find solutions to legal problems
- Communicate legal concepts clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing