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University of Asia and The Pacific - Juris Doctor Curriculum

This document outlines the 4-year JD curriculum for the School of Law and Governance including required courses for each semester. The first year covers introductory law courses like Introduction to Law, Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law I, and Philosophy of Law. The second year focuses on more specialized areas of law with courses in Property, Taxation Law, and Public International Law. The third year covers upper-level courses in Labor Law I and II, Succession, Insurance, and Electives. Students also take the Legal Thesis courses to draft and defend their thesis proposal and paper. Finally, the fourth year is dedicated to comprehensive Review courses like Constitutional Law Review, Civil Law Review I and II,
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University of Asia and The Pacific - Juris Doctor Curriculum

This document outlines the 4-year JD curriculum for the School of Law and Governance including required courses for each semester. The first year covers introductory law courses like Introduction to Law, Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law I, and Philosophy of Law. The second year focuses on more specialized areas of law with courses in Property, Taxation Law, and Public International Law. The third year covers upper-level courses in Labor Law I and II, Succession, Insurance, and Electives. Students also take the Legal Thesis courses to draft and defend their thesis proposal and paper. Finally, the fourth year is dedicated to comprehensive Review courses like Constitutional Law Review, Civil Law Review I and II,
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School of Law and Governance

COMPLETE 4-YEAR JD CURRICULUM


(Courses, Units, Course Codes, Prerequisites)
25-Jan-16

First Year
First Semester
Course Code

Second Semester
1st Semester

Prerequisite

Course
Unit
JDItL1
1
Introduction to Law *
JDPFR1
Persons and Family Relations
4
JDCONI1
Constitutional Law I
3
JDCRMI1
Criminal Law I
3
JDSTAT1
Statutory Construction
2
JDPHIL1
Philosophy of Law
2
JDLRTW1
Legal Research and Legal Writing
3
JDLEGP1
1
Legal Profession *
TOTAL
19
* Introduction to Law & Legal Profession are pre-requisites to 2nd semester and all succeeding semesters.

Course Code
JDOBCO1
JDCON21
JDCRM21
JDLTAL1
JDLEWR1
JDBLET1

Prerequisite

Criminal Law I (JDCRMI1)

2nd Semester
Course
Obligations and Contracts
Constitutional Law II
Criminal Law II
Legal Technique and Logic
Legal Writing and Thesis Writing
Basic Legal Ethics

TOTAL

Unit
5
3
4
2
3
3

20

Second Year
First Semester
Course Code
JDPROP2

Second Semester
1st Semester

Prerequisite

Course

Unit

Course Code

2nd Semester

Prerequisite

Course

Unit

Property

JDCIVP2

Civil Procedure

JDNEGO2
JDCRMP2

Negotiable Instruments
Criminal Procedure

3
3

JDCORL2
JDTAXI2

JDATAP2

Agency, Trust and Partnership

JDADML2

Corporation Law
Taxation Law I
Administrative Law, Law on Public Officers &
Election Laws

Sales

JDPIL2

Public International Law

Credit Transactions
Legal Medicine
Natural Resources & Environmental Law

3
1
2

JDSIIL2
JDHURL2

Land Titles and Deeds


Human Rights Law

2
2

JDSALE2

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1)

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1)

JDCRTR2
JDLMED2
JDNREL2

TOTAL

21

TOTAL

4
3
3

20

Summer
Course Code

Prerequisite

JDAP123

Summer
Course
Summer Apprenticeship I & II (240 hours)
TOTAL

Unit
4
4

Third Year
First Semester
Course Code

Second Semester
1st Semester

Prerequisite

Course

Unit

Course Code
JDEVID3

Labor Law I

JDLBL23

Civil (JDCIVP2) and Criminal


(JDCRMP2) Procedures
Labor Law I (JDLBLI3)

JDTAX23

Taxation Law I (JDTAXI2), Persons


and Family Relations (JDPFR1),
Succession (JDSUCC3) and Property
(JDPROP2)

Taxation II

JDSPRO3

JDINSU3

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1)

Insurance

JDTRAN3

JDTORT3

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1)

Torts and Damages

JDCOFL3

Persons & Family Relations (JDPFR1) Succession

JDLBLI3

JDELEC3

JDLTAD3

JDTHES1

Legal Research & Thesis Writing


(JDLRTW1)and Legal Writing
(JDLEWR1)

2nd Semester

Prerequisite

JDSUCC3

Course

Unit

Evidence

Labor Law II

Civil Procedure (JDCIVP2)

Special Proceedings

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1)

Transportation

Conflict of Laws

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1),


Property (JDPROP2), Sales (JDSALE2),
Credit Transactions (JDCRTR2),
Legal Forms
Negotiable Instruments (JDNEGO2),
Agency, Trust and Partnership (JDATAP2),
Land Titles and Deeds (JDLTAD2) and
Insurance (JDINSU3)

Electives

JDELEC3

Special Issues on International Law

JDELEC3

Electives

JDALSL3

Agrarian Law & Social Legislation

JD Thesis (Proposal)

1
JDTHES2

TOTAL

Legal Research & Thesis Writing


(JDLRTW1 ), Legal Writing (JDLEWR1)
and JD Thesis (Proposal) (JDTHES1)

JD Thesis (Draft)

21

TOTAL

22

Summer
Course Code

Summer

Prerequisite

Course

JDTHES3

Legal Research & Thesis Writing


(JDLRTW1), Legal Writing (JDLEWR1),
JD Thesis (Proposal) (JDTHES1) and JD
Thesis (Draft) (JDTHES2)

JD Thesis Defense

Unit

TOTAL

Fourth Year
First Semester
Course Code

JDCONR4
JDCVRI4
JDRMRI4

JDLBRR4
JDPRCI4
JDELEC4

Second Semester
1st Semester

Prerequisite
Constitutional Law I (JDCONI1) &
Constitutional Law II (JDCON21)
All prescribed Civil Law Subjects
Civil Procedure (JDCIVP2); Criminal
Procedure (JDCRMP2); Evidence
(JDEVID3); and Special Proceedings
(JDSPRO3)
Labor Law I (JDLBLI3) and Labor
Law II (JDLBL23)
All prescribed Remedial Law Subjects
and Legal Form

Course

Unit

Course Code

2nd Semester

Prerequisite

Course

Unit

Constitutional Law Review

JDRM24

Remedial Law Review I (JDRMRI4)

Remedial Law Review II

Civil Law Review I

JDCVR24

Civil Law I

Civil Law Review II

Remedial Law Review I

JDCOMR4

All prescribed Commercial Law Subjects

Commercial Law Review

Criminal Law Review

Practice Court II

Labor Law Review

JDCRMR4

Criminal Law I (JDCRMI1) and Criminal


Law II (JDCRM21)

Practice Court I

JDPRC24

Practice Court I (JDPRCI4)

Electives

JDELEC4

TOTAL

20

Electives

4
TOTAL

21

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