2027 Spring JD Course Schedule

Notes

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

// Enrollment with permission of instructor only.

+ This course has prerequisites. Please check course descriptions in the University’s catalog 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. See Academic Regulations §3-3.2 for more 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. See Academic Regulations §3-3.1 for more information.

(Hybrid) This course has been designated as a hybrid course with class sessions alternating between online and on-campus. This does not count toward DE credits.

Notes to Day Schedule:

(N.1) Only students who were accepted by the Director of First-Year LRWA as Writing Fellows are eligible to enroll.

(N.2) This course has required prerequisites of Evidence (LAW 222) and either Trial Advocacy (LAW 328) or Trial Advocacy for Competitors (LAW 329).

(N.3) This course has a required prerequisite of Antitrust I (LAW 156).

(N.4) This course has a required prerequisite of LRWA III (LAW 098). Teams will arrange additional meeting times with the instructors. This course is for students participating in an extramural competition. This course provides coaching only; competition registration, funding, travel, etc. are separate costs not covered by the school.

(N.5) This course has a required prerequisite or corequisite of Bankruptcy Law (LAW 167). Contact the instructor, Craig Young (cyoung2@gmu.edu) with your interest to apply. The Bankruptcy Court Externship program will meet at the United States Bankruptcy Courthouse (200 South Washington Street) in Alexandria, VA from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the 2nd and 4^th Fridays of each month.

(N.6) This course has recommended prerequisites or co-requisites of Administrative Law (LAW 116) or Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (LAW 266).

(N.7) This course has a required prerequisite of Constitutional Law I (LAW 121).

(N.8) This course will not meet weekly but will meet on the following assigned dates: 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/17, 3/31, 4/14. See course syllabus for more information.

(N.9) Enrollment is controlled. Contact the instructor, Courtney Dinsmore (cdinsmor@gmu.edu) with your interest to apply.

(N.10) This course has a required prerequisite of Federal Circuit Practice Seminar (LAW 437). Some required class meetings for this course may take place prior to the start of the Spring 2027 semester. This course provides coaching only; competition registration, funding, travel, etc. are separate costs not covered by the school.

(N.11) This course is a continuation of the Fall semester of Law 203. This is a year-long clinic. Students enrolled in a full-year clinic or field program will have their enrollment renewed for the Spring semester. This course has meetings and work outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time.

(N.12) This course has a required prerequisite of Income Taxation (LAW 236).

(N.13) JD students who took this course once may enroll a second time because course content changes semester to semester.

(N.14) This course has a required prerequisite of Criminal Law (LAW 106).

(N.15) JD students who have taken the Law & Economics Colloquium (Law 208) once may enroll a second time because course content changes semester to semester.

(N.16) This course will meet twice a week for a total of 4 hours per week, and a total of 20 times during the semester.

(N.17) Legal Fundamentals is open to all 3D and 4E students. Students ranked in the bottom quartile (25%) of the class at the end of their penultimate year, however, are required to take the course before graduation. Students have been notified by the Records Office if they are in the bottom quartile. The remaining spots in the course will open for registration as an elective option, to students in their final year, during the regular enrollment period.

(N.18) This is an asynchronous course with weekly assignments, and it will follow the format and the registration requirements of the other Law 178: Legal Fundamentals courses (e.g., 13 classes, 1 mid-term and 1 final exam). This course is open ONLY to students who plan to sit for a NextGen UBE exam in one of the following jurisdictions:

• July 2027: Connecticut, Guam, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Palau, Virgin Islands, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
• February 2028 : Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Montana (in addition to the July 2027 jurisdictions)

(N.19) Students must receive instructor approval from Laura Soprana-Dec, Director of Bar Support, or Andrea Mangones, Director of Professional Skills Support to register for the Legal Fundamentals NextGen course. To begin the approval process, students must email the Directors at jdbar@gmu.edu and schedule an appointment to discuss their anticipated bar exam jurisdiction. Once approved, students will be registered for the course by the Records Office.

(N.20) This course has a required prerequisite of Business Associations (LAW 172).

(N.21) This course has meetings and work outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time. Information regarding this program was sent out via LawNews on 10/13/26.

(N.22) This course is a continuation of the Fall semester of Law 202. This is a year-long clinic. Students enrolled in a full-year clinic or field program will have their enrollment renewed for the Spring semester. This course has meetings and work outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time.

(N.23) This course has a required prerequisite of Startup Law (LAW 345). This course also has a recommended prerequisite or co-requisite of Business Associations (LAW 172), or equivalent experience as determined by the course instructor. This course has meetings and work outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time. Information regarding this program will be sent out via LawNews. This course has meetings and work outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time.

(N.24) This course has a recommended prerequisite or co-requisite of Income Taxation (LAW 236).

(N.25) Students must receive approval to register for the Supervised Externship General, Virginia Practice or Capitol Hill 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; the Capitol Hill Externship program is a Spring semester course.) To access the form, log on 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, 325 (Spring semester only) or 179 as appropriate. Students being compensated for the work being performed will be registered for Law 520, 521, or 525 (Spring semester only) as appropriate. Students are limited to a maximum of 6 credit hours of compensated externship credit and such credit may be earned only in a student’s final two full semesters (fall or spring). Click Clinics and scroll to the appropriate externship packet for more information about each externship program.

(N.26) This course has required prerequisites of Constitutional Law (LAW 121) and Scholarly Writing (LAW 510). This course will not meet weekly but does have assigned dates and times as follows: 1/23 at 8:00-8:55 a.m., 1/24 at 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and 1/26, 2/16, 3/16, 3/30, 4/20 at 8:00-8:55 a.m. See syllabus for meeting locations.

(N.27) This course has a required prerequisite or co-requisite of Evidence (LAW 222). Students who previously took Trial Advocacy for Competitors (LAW 329) may not register for this course.

(N.28) This course has a required prerequisite of Civil Procedure (LAW 112).

(N.29) This course comes with out-of-class credits. Please check the chart available on the Career and Academic Services Intranet for specific out-of-class credit information.

(N.30) This course has required prerequisites or co-requisites of LRWA I (LAW 096) and LRWA II (LAW 097).

Notes to Evening Schedule:

(N.1) This course is a continuation of the Fall semester of Law 364. This is a year-long clinic. Students enrolled in a full-year clinic or field program will have their enrollment renewed for the Spring semester. This course has a required prerequisite of Administrative Law (LAW 116).

(N.2) This course has a required prerequisite of Criminal Procedure I (LAW 206).

(N.3) This course has a required prerequisite of Antitrust I (LAW 156).

(N.4) This course has a required prerequisite of LRWA III (LAW 098). Teams will arrange additional meeting times with the instructors. This course is for students participating in an extramural competition. This course provides coaching only; competition registration, funding, travel, etc. are separate costs not covered by the school.

(N.5) This course has a required prerequisite of Bankruptcy Law (LAW 167).

(N.6) This section of Civil Procedure will meet remotely on Tuesdays and in-person on Thursdays, with further details provided in the syllabus.

(N.7) This section of Constitutional Law I will meet remotely on Mondays and in-person on Wednesdays, with further details provided in the syllabus.

(N.8) This course has a required prerequisite of Constitutional Law I (LAW 121).

(N.9) This course has a required prerequisite of Income Taxation (LAW 236).

(N.10) This course has a required prerequisite of Estate & Gift Tax (LAW 219).

(N.11) This course has a required prerequisite of Civil Procedure (LAW 112).

(N.12) This course will meet seven times throughout the semester; see the syllabus for further details.

(N.13) This course is a continuation of the Fall semester of Law 136. This is a year-long clinic. Students enrolled in a full-year clinic or field program will have their enrollment renewed for the Spring semester.

(N.14) This course has a required prerequisite of International Court of Justice Jurisprudence (LAW 580-006 in Fall 2026). Meetings will be arranged in coordination with the instructors through end of March. This course provides coaching only; competition registration, funding, travel, etc. are separate costs not covered by the school.

(N.15) Legal Fundamentals is open to all 3D and 4E students. Students ranked in the bottom quartile (25%) of the class at the end of their penultimate year, however, are required to take the course before graduation. Students have been notified by the Records Office if they are in the bottom quartile. The remaining spots in the course will open for registration as an elective option, to students in their final year, during the regular enrollment period.

(N.16) This is an asynchronous course with weekly assignments, and it will follow the format and the registration requirements of the other Law 178: Legal Fundamentals courses (e.g., 13 classes, 1 mid-term and 1 final exam). This course is open ONLY to students who plan to sit for a NextGen UBE exam in one of the following jurisdictions:

• July 2027: Connecticut, Guam, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Palau, Virgin Islands, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
• February 2028: Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Montana (in addition to the July 2027 jurisdictions)

(N.17) Students must receive instructor approval from Laura Soprana-Dec, Director of Bar Support, or Andrea Mangones, Director of Professional Skills Support to register for the Legal Fundamentals NextGen course. To begin the approval process, students must email the Directors at jdbar@gmu.edu and schedule an appointment to discuss their anticipated bar exam jurisdiction. Once approved, students will be registered for the course by the Records Office.

(N.18) Legal Writing for Law Clerks is a seven-week course ending mid-semester. Information regarding the application process was sent via LawNews email on 10/13/26.

(N.19) This course is the second part to Foundations of Cybersecurity & AI Practice (LAW 516), which is the prerequisite for this clinic. This is a year-long sequence. Students enrolled in a full-year clinic or field program will have their enrollment renewed for the Spring semester.

(N.20) This course has a required prerequisite of Patent Law I (LAW 284).

(N.21) This course has required prerequisites of Patent Law I (LAW 284) or Patent Law (338).

(N.22) This course is a continuation of the Fall semester of Law 185. This is a year-long clinic. Students enrolled in a full-year clinic or field program will have their enrollment renewed for the Spring semester. This course has a required prerequisite of Constitutional Law I (LAW 121).

(N.23) This course has a required prerequisite of Administrative Law (LAW 116).

(N.24) This course has a required prerequisite of Securities Law & Regulation (LAW 317). This course will meet on the following days, starting mid-semester: 2/25, 3/4, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15.

(N.25) This course has a required prerequisite or co-requisite of Evidence (LAW 222). This course is not the equivalent of Trial Advocacy (LAW 328). This course provides coaching only; competition registration, funding, travel, etc. are separate costs not covered by the school.

(N.26) This course has a required prerequisite of Commercial Arbitration (LAW 391). This course provides coaching only; competition registration, funding, travel, etc. are separate costs not covered by the school.

(N.27) This course comes with out-of-class credits. Please check the chart available on the Career and Academic Services Intranet for specific out-of-class credit information.

MAKE-UP EXAMS FOR ANY REASON OCCUR ON ONE OF THE EXAM MAKE-UP DAYS — MAY 10 & 11, 2027. STUDENTS MUST SUBMIT A PETITION TO THE RECORDS OFFICE SEEKING PERMISSION TO DELAY AN EXAM.