DAY DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

The Day Division course of study consists of three academic years of full-time study. Under the regulations of the Law School, Standards of the American Bar Association, and the Rules of the Board of Bar Examiners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, only those students who can devote substantially all of their working time to the study of law are eligible to enroll in the full-time Day Division and to complete their law study in three years.

1. These are full-year courses with a mid-year exam. See Rules and Regulations, Section III, Grades and Examinations.
2. Second- and third-year students may not enroll in fewer than 13 credits nor more than 15 credits in a semester, and may not enroll in fewer than 27 credits nor more than 30 credits in the academic year. NOTE: No more than 12 credits from clinical programs may be counted toward the degree.
3. Professional Responsibility is a required course. It must be taken by Day Division and Evening Division students any time after the first year.
4. Students are required to take at least three out of five Base Menu Courses.
5. Including required courses and the Base Menu requirement, students must complete a minimum of 84 credits in order to receive the Juris Doctor degree.
6. Students must complete the Legal Writing Requirement. (See Rules and Regulations Section II H)
7. Students must satisfy the Skills Menu Requirement (effective 2000-2001) and are recommended to take courses from the Perspectives Menu.
8. Any student, who was enrolled at the law school prior to the fall 2005 semester and who has not completed the Fiduciary Relations course, must enroll in Trusts (fomerly known as Fiduciary Relations) in order to graduate. Day and Evening division students, who enrolled at Suffolk Law School as of the Fall 2005 semester and thereafter, are not subject to this requirement.

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