2026 Summer JD Course Schedule
- JD Course Schedule (Updated March 2, 2026)
SUMMER TERM DATES: Registration begins for JD students on March 30, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Registration begins for JM/LLM/non-degree students on March 30, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Summer classes start May 18, 2026 and end July 6, 2026, except as otherwise noted. For early summer classes, exams will be held on July 8–10. For late summer classes, exams will be held on August 10–11.
APPLICATION FOR SUMMER VISITING STATUS FOR NON-SCALIA LAW STUDENTS: Non-Scalia Law students who wish to take summer courses must apply for summer visiting status. Applications can be found on LSAC.org.
This semester we are offering some classes in remote format, which is reflected on the PDF version of the summer schedule.
IMPORTANT: Please check prerequisites before signing up for courses. Sort table by clicking on the column headers.
| Course Name | Num. (Sec.) CRN | Remote | Instructor(s) | Days, Time | Final Exam | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Vehicles: Driverless Cars and Drones (DE) (N.6) (2 cr) | Law 247 (R01) 40323 |
Yes | Walden | MON/WED 6:05–7:50P |
Take Home | |
| Comparative Administrative Law (DE) + (1 cr) | Law 580 (R01) 42680 |
Yes | Elliott & Sampaio | TUE 6:05–7:50P |
Paper | |
| Counterterrorism Law Seminar (DE) (N.6) (2 cr) | Law 654 (R01) 40335 |
Yes | Lisher | TUE 6:05–9:00P |
Paper | |
| Death Penalty in America (DE) (N.6) (1 cr) | Law 138 (R01) 40311 |
Yes | Adepoju | TUE 6:05–7:50P |
Take Home | |
| eDiscovery: Modern Discovery in the Digital Era (DE) (N.6) (1 cr) | Law 204 (R01) 40317 |
Yes | Chhatwal & Keeling | THUR 6:05–7:50P |
Take Home | |
| Emerging Law of Internet Seminar (DE) (N.6) (2 cr) | Law 497 (R01) 40286 |
Yes | Szabo & Roman | MON/WED 6:05–7:50P |
Paper | |
| Evidence (DE) (N.7) Late summer: this course begins on the week of 6/22. (3 cr) | Law 222 (R01) 42651 |
Yes | Kramer | MON/WED 6:05–8:40P |
August 10 6:00 p.m. |
|
| Field Study for International Students (E) (N.1) (1 cr) | Law 025 (001) 40273 |
No | Dinsmore | N/A | No Exam | |
| International Criminal Law (DE) (N.6) (3 cr) | Law 360 (R01) 42652 |
Yes | Traldi | MON/WED 6:05–9:00P |
Take Home | |
| Legal Writing for Law Clerks // (E) (W) (DE) (N.3) (1 cr) | Law 201 (R01) 40315 |
Yes | Luther | TUE 6:05–8:05P |
No Exam | |
| Legal Writing for Law Clerks // (E) (W) (DE) (N.3) Late summer: this course section begins on the week of 7/6. (1 cr) | Law 201 (R02) 40316 |
Yes | Luther | TUE 6:05–8:05P |
No Exam | |
| Mason Veterans and Service Members Clinic (M-VETS) // (E) (N.2) (4 cr) | Law 309 (001) 40283 |
No | MacArthur | WED 4:00–5:50P |
No Exam | |
| Negotiations & Legal Settlement (E) (W) (N.4) (3 cr) | Law 303 (001) 40282 |
No | Jacewicz | May 16–17 May 30–31 June 13–14 8:30A–5:00P |
No Exam | |
| Professional Responsibility (DE) (N.7) Late summer: this course begins on the week of 6/22. (2 cr) | Law 298 (R01) 40280 |
Yes | Burger | TUE/THUR 6:05–7:50P |
August 11 6:00 p.m. |
|
| Supervised Externship (DE) // (E) (N.5) (2 cr) | Law 320 (R01) 40327 |
Yes | Huber & Dinsmore | N/A | No Exam | |
| Supervised Externship (DE) // (E) (N.5) (3 cr) | Law 321 (R01) 40329 |
Yes | Huber & Dinsmore | N/A | No Exam | |
| Supervised Externship // (E) (N.5) (2 cr) | Law 320 (001) 40326 |
No | Huber & Dinsmore | N/A | No Exam | |
| Supervised Externship // (E) (N.5) (3 cr) | Law 321 (001) 40328 |
No | Huber & Dinsmore | N/A | No Exam | |
| Supervised Externship – VA Practice (DE) // (E) (N.5) (3 cr) | Law 179 (R02) 42682 |
Yes | Huber | N/A | No Exam | |
| Supervised Externship – VA Practice // (E) (N.5) (3 cr) | Law 179 (001) 42681 |
No | Huber | N/A | No Exam | |
| Topics in Securities & Governance (DE) + (1 cr) | Law 745 (R01) 42653 |
Yes | O’Reilly | THUR 6:05–7:50P |
Paper |
Notes
This semester we are offering some classes in remote, hybrid, and flex format, which is reflected on the PDF version of the summer schedule.
// Enrollment with permission of instructor only.
+ This course has prerequisites. Please check course descriptions and syllabi for course prerequisite information.
(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.
(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.
Notes to Schedule:
(N.1) Contact Professor Courtney Dinsmore (cdinsmor@gmu.edu) for permission to register.
(N.2) Information on applying to participate in M-VETS will be sent via LawNews email on March 2, 2026. Enrollment is done only with written permission of instructor. The clinic meets weekly for two hours during the summer term. M‐VETS students‐advisors continue to meet each week for class and office hours, and they have responsibility for the matters to which they have been assigned until the beginning of the Fall 2026 semester.
(N.3) Information on applying to participate in Legal Writing for Law Clerks was sent via LawNews email on February 9, 2026. Enrollment is done only with written permission of instructor. Students who are accepted will be notified by the professor. They must confirm they want to be enrolled via email. Once students confirm, the Records Office will enroll them in the course. Section R01 will meet between May 19–June 30; Section R02 will meet between the week of July 7 to the week of August 11.
(N.4) The Negotiations course will be offered over three weekends, May 16–17, May 30–31, June 13–14, meeting each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Students must attend every session to receive credit.
(N.5) Students must receive approval to register for any Supervised Externship program and should submit the Externship Information Form found in the Externship module on Symplicity to begin the process. To access the form, log into Symplicity and select Externship Module from the “Shortcuts” on the right side of the screen. Once approved, students will be registered by the Records Office for the appropriate externship course. Compensated externship credit is NOT available during the summer term. Remote externships sections will have remote and asynchronous-only tutorials and are available only to students who will be working outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan are this summer and so cannot attend the tutorials in person. Students must have completed their Constructive Dialogue training (online and the winter classroom session) in order to enroll in a clinic or externship.
(N.6) This course is open for enrollment to JM/LLM students.
(N.7) This course will start during the week of June 22, 2026 until the week of August 3, 2026.
Final Exams: Courses marked as DE will have their exam online, except Law 298: Professional Responsibility and Law 222: Evidence, which will be in-person on-site exams.