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The Law School offers programs for the LLM, JD,
and MSJ degrees.
The Juris Doctor degree requires 85 credit
hours. The program is three years of full-time study or four years
of part-time study. All credits must be earned within six years.
Seton Hall graduates are eligible to take the bar examination in
all states.
Students should ascertain early in their
programs of study the particular requirements for admission to the
bar of the states in which they intend to practice law. Different
states have various residency requirements, but in almost all
American jurisdictions students must have been in residency in an
American Bar Association-accredited school either for 6 full-time
semesters (i.e., a minimum of 10 credits) as a full-time student,
or 8 part-time semesters (i.e., a minimum of 8 credits) as a
part-time student.
Seton Hall designs its course of study to
ensure that all students gain basic competence for the many
opportunities and responsibilities that will confront them. It
offers substantive law taught in classroom settings, predominantly
through the casebook, problem, or simulation methods of
instruction. Students not only learn the law, but are also
encouraged to analyze related policy issues. They explore the
development of legal principles and consider alternative ways to
regulate the lives and affairs of men and women. The required
course curriculum is the foundation upon which later electives,
seminars and clinical work build. Upperclass students have wide
latitude in program planning and may pursue a
"concentration" in several areas of law or informally
specialize in a number of other fields.
Clinical legal programs
comprise an important
facet of the total legal education of many Seton Hall students.
Through diverse clinical offerings, students have a first-hand
opportunity to engage in a highly supervised law practice.
Third-year students, authorized to practice by court rule,
represent clients and handle cases and transactions. Through
combined classroom instruction and actual practice, students
develop lawyering skills and confront professional responsibility
issues while simultaneously performing community service.
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