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Juris Doctor Degree

Admissions

Eligibility for the J.D. Program

To be eligible to apply for admission to the School of Law's Juris Doctor degree program, a person must have either:

  • A bachelor's degree based on a program of courses with substantial intellectual content (such as history, English, accounting, philosophy, calculus or chemistry) from an approved institution; or
  • Completed at least 90 acceptable hours of credit in courses with substantial intellectual content in an approved institution, completed all non-elective coursework toward a bachelor's degree and made arrangements with the school that will award the degree to accept law school credits for the remainder of the work required to earn that degree, so that the student will earn the degree prior to the granting of the J.D. degree.
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