Program Overview

Juris Doctor

About

The Juris Doctor program at the William S. Boyd School of Law offers full-time and part-time programs that meet the diverse needs of students. The full-time day program is a three-year program, while the part-time day and evening programs are four-year programs. The program integrates a strong instruction in skills and professionalism into its rigorous legal education program, combining traditional and experiential learning.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the program will be able to demonstrate:

• Legal Knowledge: Apply domestic, comparative, international, legislative, regulatory, statutory, or transnational laws.
• Analysis and Decision-Making: Evaluate or solve legal problems.
• Policy Evaluation: Examine and connect legal contexts, issues, policy, theory, or values.
• Legal Writing: Draft written texts for legal purposes and audiences.
• Oral Communication: Employ oral communication for legal purposes and audiences.
• Information Gathering and Processing: Obtain and assess information about facts, law, procedure, and theory.
• Interpersonal Perspectives: Demonstrate emotional intelligence and ability to work with other people.
• Client and Practice Management: Employ tools or strategies that encourage the ethical and effective practice of law.
• Bias, Cultural Competence, and Anti-Racism: Understand the legal profession’s obligation to reduce bias and racism in our legal system and to promote cultural competence and cultural humility.
• Professional Identity: Understand what it means to be a lawyer and the special obligations lawyers have to their clients and society.

Career Possibilities

• Judicial Clerk
• Health Law Attorney
• Arbitrator/Mediator
• Intellectual Property Attorney
• Immigration Attorney
• Prosecutor
• Public Defender
• Legislator
• Legal Aid Attorney
• Law Librarian
• Lobbyist
• FBI Agent
• Solo Practitioner
• Regulatory Attorney

Documents/Downloads

• Plans of Study: NA
• Syllabi:
  • LAW 12 KB
  • LAW 04 KB
  • LAW 41 KB
• Degree Worksheets: NA
• Careers: NA
• Graduate Handbooks: NA
• Additional Downloads: NA
• Related Links: Program Handbook

Contacts

The William S. Boyd School of Law prepares students for the competent and ethical practice of law, offering three- and four-year programs for the Juris Doctor degree.