JURIS DOCTOR GRADUATION AUDIT WORKSHEET FOR THE ENTERING CLASS OF 2012
Revised 3/10/2014
THIS FORM IS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND DOES NOT SERVE AS A FINAL GRADUATION AUDIT. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS USING
DARS WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON ZIPLINE. The curricular tracks are found at www.uakron.edu/law/curriculum when planning your academic
program. If you wish to request an overload for a particular semester, please attach a completed Overload Request Form.
Required Credits
9200:624
Criminal Law Lab
2 credits
9200:673
Advanced Legal
Applications
3 credits
Skills Course
2 credits
IF
Accumulative
GPA 2.3 or lower
End Fall Semester
of First Year
IF
Accumulative
GPA 2.3 or lower
End First Year
(Full-Time = end
spring;
Part-Time = end
summer)
AND / OR
No
GPA
Restrictions
OR
Credits/Courses
Required
AND / OR
TOTAL CREDITS NEEDED FOR JD: Joint degrees may request transfer: MBA (10cr.), MTax (10cr.), MPA (11cr.), MAP (12cr.)
MAY GRADUATES: IF accumulative GPA is
2.5 or lower at the beginning of the
immediately preceding fall semester.
DECEMBER GRADUATES: IF accumulative
GPA is 2.5 or lower at the beginning of the fall
semester of the year immediately preceding
the year in which they intend to graduate.
44
44
44
44
N/A
2
Only applicable,
after first semester
of 1st year
Only applicable, after first semester of 1st year
3*
N/A
(measured after 1st
semester OR
during final year
performance)
3*
2
2
2
N/A
2
N/A
(only measured after 1st year
performance)
*
18
(IF accumulative GPA 2.3 or lower end First Year
which is end spring for Full-Time or end summer
for Part Time)
Bar Courses
18 credits
N/A
Electives
42
40
24
24
TOTAL CREDITS
88
88
88
88
REQUIRED COURSES: (CREDIT HOURS = 44 to 49)
_______ 601
_______ 605
_______ 609
_______ 614
_______ 616
_______ 619
_______ 602
_______ 606
_______ 607
_______ 615
_______ 617
_______ 620
_______ 618
_______ 603
_______ 608
_______ 604
_______ 612
_______ 688
_______ 610
Civil Procedure I (3)
Contracts I (3)
Intro to Law (1)
Property I (3)
Torts I (3)
LARW I (3)
Civil Procedure II (3)
Contracts II (2)
Criminal Law (3)
Property II (2)
Torts II (2)
LARW II (2)
Advanced Legal Research (1)
Constitutional Law I (3)
Evidence (3)
Constitutional Law II (3)
Professional Responsibility (3)
Legal Drafting (1)
GWR (0)
_______ 624 Criminal Law Lab (2) -- if required as noted above
SKILLS REQUIRED CREDITS: 2 credit hours (see list on next page)
9200:____ ____________________________________
PRO-BONO REQUIREMENT:
_______ 613 Pro-Bono Service (0)
BAR EXAMINATION PREPARATION COURSE *
______ 673 Advanced Legal Applications (3)—if required
*
18
* Not required if student achieves an accumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher
CUMULATIVE GPA as of this audit date: ______________
Year
Semester
_____ FALL
SPRING
SUMMER
YR. TOTAL
_____ FALL
SPRING
SUMMER
YR. TOTAL
_____ FALL
SPRING
SUMMER
YR. TOTAL
_____ FALL
SPRING
SUMMER
YR. TOTAL
_____ FALL
SPRING
SUMMER
YR. TOTAL
Credit Hours COMPUTATION CHART
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__________________________ 1st
__________________________ YR
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nd
__________________________ 2
YR
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rd
__________________________ 3
__________________________ YR
__________________________
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th
__________________________ 4
YR
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
5th
__________________________
YR
__________________________
__________________________
GRAND TOTAL CREDITS _______________________
BAR TRACK REQUIREMENT & NON-EXAM CREDIT LIMIT RULE:
(Not required if student achieves an accumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher)
Effective with Fall 1997 entering class, your law accumulative GPA
after your 1st year must consistently be greater than 2.30. If for each
subsequent term, you do not maintain a 2.3 cumulative GPA, you are
required to following Bar Track Requirement and Non-Exam Credit
Limit Policy:
Bar Track Required? YES or NO
If YES:
You are required to take a minimum of 18.0 credits of Bar
Required Courses:
Course #
Title
9200:622 Admin of Criminal Just. (3)
9200:626 Basic Business Assoc. (3)
9200:627 Comm.Paper,Sales,L&U (3)
9200:629 Secured Transactions (3)
9200:633 Corporations (3)
9200:668 Remedies (3)
9200:685 Wills, Trusts & Estates I (3)
AND:
Term
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
You are permitted no more than 12.0 credits of non-exam
courses (required, skills and bar courses not included):
Course#
Title
Term
Credits
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
9200:_____ ___________________________________________
OR…
DID STUDENT Achieve 2.70+ GPA: ____________
OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS:
-- You are permitted a maximum 12.0 credits of the following:
Clinical Seminar Credits
______
Law Review Credits
______
Advocacy Teams Credits
______
TOTAL COMBINED:
______
Student’s law career is longer than 2 years
and less than 7 years? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YES or NO
Does student have more than 17 credit
hours in a given term? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YES or NO
LAST 28 CREDIT HOUR RULE: For the last 28.0 credits only of your
JD degree, you must have a GPA greater than 2.0 or better.
EARLY OUT FORMULA
A Minimum of 88.0 Credit Hours is Required AND:
For:
FULL-TIME STUDENTS MUST INCLUDE
5 semesters of 12 or more credits AND
2 summers of 6 credits each AND
nd
2.70 LGPA by end of Spring semester of 2 year of law school
OR 2.70 LGPA by end of last semester of law school.
For:
PART-TIME STUDENTS MUST INCLUDE
7 semesters of 8 or more credits and 2 summers of 5 credits
each and 1 summer of 3 credits AND
rd
2.70 LGPA by end of Spring semester of 3 year of law school
OR 2.70 LGPA by end of last semester of law school.
Substantial Skills Requirement
Effective February 2, 2006, law school faculty adopted a new upper-level skills requirement for every student, effective with the entering class of Fall
2005.
Each student is already required to take Civil Procedure I and II, Legal Analysis, Research and Writing I and II, Advanced Legal Research, and
Legal Drafting. Effective with the entering class of 2005, students are required to take at least 2 additional credits of upper-level skills instruction,
selected from a designated menu of courses identified as skills-centered. The current courses that are designated as skills courses are:
9200: 628*
Pretrial Advocacy (3 cr.)
9200: 642*
ADR (3 cr.)
9200: 659*
Negotiation (1 cr.)
9200: 675*
Special Problems in Estate Planning (3 cr.)
9200: 687*
Expert Evidence (3 cr.)
9200: 689*
Appellate Advocacy (1 cr.)
9200: 690*
Trial Advocacy I (3 cr.)
9200: 692*
Trial Advocacy II (3 cr.)
9200: 693*
Probate Practice (2 cr.)
9200: 694*
Advocacy Teams (trial and appellate) (1-2 cr.)
9200: 695*
Advocacy Teams (trial and appellate) (1-2 cr.)
9200: 696*/697* Clinical Seminars I, II and NBLC (2-3 cr.)
9200: 707*
Patent Prosecution (3 cr.)
9200: 705*
Licensing Intellectual Property (3 cr.)
9200: 708
Trademark Prosecution (3 cr.)
9200: 667*
Seminar: Substantial Skills _________________ (1-3 cr.)
9200: 667*
Basic Drafting (1 cr.)
9200: 667*
Drafting for Estates (3 cr.)
9200: 667*
Advanced Legal Communication Skills (3 cr.)
7400: 585#
Mediation Skills (1-4 cr. offered by Family & Consumer Science)
# requires pre-approval from the Assistant Dean of Law School for graduate credits to apply.
http://www.uakron.edu/law/students/studentservices/docs/Transfer_of_Graduate_Credit_Permission_Form.pdf
Note: Not all courses are offered regularly. Courses with asterisks are offered each year, depending upon faculty availability