J.D.

CURRICULUM

3rd and 4th year students take up tracked electives that complement their core subjects.
They specialize in one of three tracks: (1) Corporate and Business Law, (2) Dispute
Resolution, and (3) International Law and Development. The tracking system paves the way
for a possible grant of a double degree to students who complete a single additional
semester after graduation from the J.D. program. The tracked electives will be equivalent to
one semester of study under the LL.M. Program.

FIRST YEAR - CORE SUBJECTS

FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Introduction to Law 1 Obligations and Contracts 5
Legal Research 1 Constitutional Law II 3
Persons and Family Relations 4 Criminal Law II
4

Constitutional Law I 3 Legal Technique and Logic 2

Criminal Law I 3 Legal Writing
2

Philosophy of Law 2 Theology and the Social 2

Teachings of the Church
Statutory Construction 2
Legal Profession 1
Total Units 17 Total Units 18

SECOND YEAR - CORE SUBJECTS + APPRENTICESHIP

FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Criminal Procedure 2 Corporation Law 4
Negotiable Instruments 3 Civil Procedure 4
Property 4 Taxation I 3
Partnership and Agency 2 Administrative Law and Public Officers
2

Sales 2 2
Public Corporations and Election Law

Credit Transactions 3 Public International Law

2

Forensic Medicine 1 Legal Ethics

3
Land Titles 2

Special Penal Laws 2

Total Units Total Units

21 20

SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP 120 hours (2 units)

THIRD YEAR - CORE SUBJECTS + APPRENTICESHIP + THESIS WRITING

FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Succession Evidence 4
4

Labor Law I 3 Labor Law II 3

Taxation II 3 Special Proceedings 2
Insurance 2 Transportation 2
Torts and Damages 2 Conflict of Laws 2
Fundamentals of 1 Legal Forms 2
Thesis Writing I
Electives 5 Fundamentals of 1
Thesis Writing II
Electives 5

Total Units 20 Total Units

21

SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP 120 hours (2 units)

FOURTH YEAR - REVIEW CLASSES + THESIS DEFENSE

POST BAR PERIOD - LL.M. THESIS ONE SEMESTER OF SPECIALIZED COURSES

The tracking system paves the way for a possible grant of a double degree to students
who complete a single additional semester after graduation from the J.D.
Program. The tracked electives will be equivalent to one semester of study under the
 LL.M. Program.
THESIS (First Semester) 6 units
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Credits Subject Credits
Civil Law Review I 4 Civil Law Review II 4
Constitutional Law Review 4 Commercial Law Review 4
Criminal Law Review 4 Remedial Law Review 5
Practice Court and Trial Technique I 2 Practice Court and Trial Technique II 2

Tax Law Review 3 Labor Law Review 3

Electives
Electives 4 4

Total Units 21 Total Units 22

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