2023 Fall JD

Notes

This semester we are offering some classes in remote, hybrid, and flex format, which is reflected on the PDF version of the fall schedule.

// Enrollment with permission of instructor only.

+ This course has prerequisites. Please check course descriptions and syllabi for course prerequisite information.

(DE) This course has been designated as a distance education course. No more than 1/3 of a student’s required 89 credits to graduate may be distance education credits.

(W) This course has been designated as a writing course.

(E) This course has been designated as an experiential course.

Please note - for courses designated both (W) and (E), students may apply the course to either requirement, but not both.

Notes to Day Schedule:

(N.1) The Arts & Entertainment and Innovation Law Clinics meet for two hours a week but students receive three credits total because of meetings and work required outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time. Information regarding the application process has been sent via LawNews email.

(N.3) First-year students are generally enrolled by section for their 1L courses, but for fall 2023 first-year students may select their Contracts section from these offerings.

(N.4) The Federal Circuit Practice Seminar is a prerequisite for the Giles Rich Moot Court Competition (Law 125) offered in Spring 2024.

(N.5) The Immigration Litigation, M-VETS, and Poverty Law Clinics meet for two hours a week but students will receive four credits total for the semester because of meetings and work outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time. Information regarding the application process was sent via Law News email. The meeting time of the Poverty Law and Immigration Litigation clinics classroom component may be adjusted based on the instructor’s consultation with students selected to participate.

(N.6) JD students who have taken the Law & Economics Colloquium may enroll a second time because course content changes from semester to semester.

(N.8) The Negotiations course (3 cr.) will be offered over two weekends, September 22–24 and November 17–19, meeting each weekend on Friday (1:00 – 6:00 p.m.), Saturday (8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.), and Sunday (8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.). Students must attend every session to receive credit.

(N.9) Registration for Scholarly Writing will take place after Journals select students. This course will not meet weekly but will meet on assigned dates over the course of the semester as listed in the course syllabus.

(N.10) This course is available remote-only, but Prof. Girgis will be in-person on 9/28 and 11/9 for students who can attend. The class will be fully remote on 10/5, 10/12, 10/26, 11/2, and 11/16.

(N.11) Students must receive approval to register for the Supervised Externship programs and should submit the Externship Information form found in the Externship Module on Symplicity to begin the process. (Virginia Practice Externship applicants will submit the form after meeting with the program directors.) To access the form, log in to Symplicity and select the Externship Module from the “Shortcuts” on the right side of the screen or the “Experiential Module” (it shows both ways) and select “add”. Once approved, students will be registered by the Records Office for the appropriate externship course. Students not being compensated for the work performed will be registered for Law 320, 321, or 179. Students being compensated for the work being performed will be registered for Law 520, 521, or 579. Students are limited to a maximum of 6 credit hours of compensated externship and such credit may be earned only in a student’s final two full semesters (fall or spring).

Notes to Evening Schedule:

(N.1) This course is open to part-time (4E, 3E, and 2E) students only until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 30. After that, full-time (2D and 3D) students may register.

(N.2) International & Domestic Commercial Arbitration is a seven week course, ending mid-semester. It is open to all students and is a prerequisite for the VIS International Moot (Law 127) which begins mid-semester.

(N.3) Legal Fundamentals will not open at the start of general registration. Students ranked in the bottom quartile (25%) of the class at the end of their penultimate year are required to take the course prior to graduation. Those students will be notified directly and registered by the Records Office. The course will then open as an elective option for students in their final year. Information on registration was sent via Law Records email on 7/19/23.

(N.4) Legal Writing for Law Clerks is a seven week course ending mid-semester. Information regarding the application process will be sent via LawNews email.

(N.5) This section of LRWA III is open to Flex JD 2E students only through July 16, 2023, after which the section opens to all second year students.

(N.6) A four credit Patent Law course will be offered during the day in Spring 2024 (covering Patent I and Patent II in one course). Students may take either Patent Law I (Fall 2023) and Patent Law II (Spring 2024) in the evening, or Patent Law as a four credit course during the day (Spring 2024).

(N.7) This course meets 10/2 – 11/15.

(N.8) This course will not meet weekly but will meet on assigned dates over the course of the semester as listed in the course syllabus.

(N.9) This course will meet 10/3, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, & 11/21. Students will earn one “in-class” credit and one “out-of-class” credit for a significant paper.