In 1996, the faculty and administration implemented a large-scale and long-term Curriculum Revision project. The guiding principles behind the reform were to require the completion of mid-year examinations in year-long courses and to reduce the number of required courses whenever possible, thereby enabling students to focus their energies on particular areas of law, or in the concentrations currently offered in the areas of civil litigation, financial services, health and biomedical law, intellectual property law and international law. The curriculum is designed to provide each law student with the basic knowledge essential for a successful practitioner while also providing opportunities for individual concentration in specialized areas of the law.