Connecticut, United States
Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Study mode
Full-time
Duration
4 years
Intakes
August
January
Total tuition fee (local)
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Total tuition fee (foreign)
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Entry Requirements
- Students whose native language is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Minimum score of 550 (PBT) or 80 (iBT with a minimum of 20 in each sub-score) is needed for consideration.
Curriculum
- Introduction to the American Legal System
- Legal Reasoning, Research & Writing I
- Legal Reasoning, Research & Writing II
- Civil Procedures I & II
- Legal Internship Seminar I & II
Five electives chosen from the following:
- Criminal Law
- Mock Trial (may be taken up to three times)
- Special Topics
- Sports Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Gender & the Law
- Trial Techniques
- Special Topics
- Advanced Legal Writing
- Elder Law
- Administrative Agencies
- Family Law
- Wills, Probate & Estate Administration
- International Law
- International Law for the Individual
- Land Transfers & Closing Procedures
- Health Care Law
- Employment Law
- Business Entities
- The Constitution & the Court
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Intellectual Property
- Federal Indian Law & Policy
- Mediation
- Negotiation
Legal studies majors also must take a 200-level English course, and an American history course.