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