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NORMAN R. WILLIAMS ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Planning Your Schedule

1Ls: Spring classes

• Property
• Contracts II
• Constitutional Law I
• Criminal Law
• Legal Research & Writing II
• For 1Ls whose GPA after the fall semester is 2.55 or

below, Applied Legal Analysis is required.

Graduation Requirements

• 90 Credit Hours to Graduate, at least 70 of which must be letter graded.
• Letter-graded courses may not be taken on ungraded basis.
• Most courses are letter-graded, such as 200- and 300-series courses

and the Clinic and Civil Trial Practice.

• Examples of Ungraded Courses include Setting Up a Law Practice,

Externships, Co-Curriculars (e.g. Journals, Competitions), and Independent Study.

• Maximum 16 credits per semester. You may petition Dean Mac Alpine

to take 1-2 additional credits but this is disfavored (and there is a tuition surcharge)

Graduation Requirements

• No more than 7 credits of co-curricular activities may be counted

toward graduation.

• You can take more than 7 credits, but the excess won’t count toward the 90 credits

needed to graduate.

• Final GPA of 2.30 or above, plus a 2.30 or above GPA in those courses

taken in the final two semesters of study

• Research Writing Requirement
• Professional Skills Writing Requirement
• 6 credits of “experiential” courses (clinic, externship, or simulation

courses like Civil Trial Practice, Contract Drafting, or Will & Trust Drafting)

• A course used to satisfy the RWR cannot be used also to satisfy the Experiential

Course requirement or vice versa (i.e., no double counting).

3Ls: Check you’re On Track

• Degree Audit can help you monitor your progress toward graduation.
• The Office of Student Affairs or Dean Mac Alpine can do a manual

“grad check” for you to confirm (or not) your progress toward graduation too.

• No charge, but may take a few days.
• 3Ls should DEFINITELY do this!!!
• You, however, are still responsible for ensuring you meet all the

graduation requirements.

Oregon Bar Exam Subjects

• Business Associations (includes

Agency, Partnerships, and Corporations)

• Civil Procedure (Federal only)
• Conflict of Laws
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts (includes UCC Article 2

– Sales)

• Criminal Law & Procedure
• Evidence (Federal only)
• Family Law
• Real Property (which includes

some Real Estate Trans. materials)

• Secured Trans (UCC Art. 1 &

9)

• Torts
• Trusts and Estates

Underlined subjects are tested on both the MBE and MEE (i.e, both days of the exam).

Required Bar Courses

• All students must take Professional Responsibility no later than their 2L year.
• Bar Courses required for students with a GPA of 3.10 or below after their 1L or

2L year:

• Criminal Procedure I
• Constitutional Law II
• Evidence
• Real Estate Transactions
• Legal Analysis for the Bar (in final semester prior to graduation)

Required Bar Courses

• Bar Courses required for students with a GPA of 2.80 or below after their 1L or

2L year:

• All of the above courses, plus
• Business Organizations
• Conflicts of Law
• Family Law
• Sales
• Secured Transactions
• Trust & Estates
• Note: Students who fall into this category will end up taking 12 bar courses

during their 2L and 3L years, so, if you are in this group or at risk of falling into it after your 2L year, plan accordingly (i.e, take at least 3 bar courses per semester beginning in your 2L year).

• This is a “lowest GPA applies” rule: If your GPA falls into one of these

categories after your 1L or 2L year, you are subject to the rule even if your GPA in a prior year was higher and even if you raise your GPA later.

Required Bar Courses

• Bar Courses required for students whose GPA falls to 3.10 or below as they

begin their final semester in their 3L year (but who have been at 3.11 or above until then):

• Constitutional Law II (or, if already taken, another bar class)
• Evidence (or, if already taken, another bar class)
• Legal Analysis for the Bar

What Does that Mean for Next Semester?

• These are the bar courses offered next semester:
• Constitutional Law II
• Criminal Procedure I
• Evidence
• Real Estate Transactions
• Sales
• Conflict of Laws
• Secured Transactions
• Business Organizations
• Professional Responsibility
• If you are a 2L with a GPA between 3.15-2.85, you should have taken

Professional Responsibility and at least 2 (preferably 3) of the MBE courses by the end of your 2L year. If you don’t, you run the risk of not being able to graduate on time.

• If you are a 2L with a GPA of 2.85 or lower, you should have taken Professional

Responsibility and at least 5 bar courses (preferably 2 of the MBE courses and 3

• f the MEE-only courses) by the end of your 2L year. If you don’t, you run the

risk of not being able to graduate on time.

A Word about the Bar

• Study HARD in Bar classes: a C+ or below is a red light; a B- is a yellow light
• Take your post-graduation commercial bar prep course seriously (i.e., do the

assigned practice questions!). Bar classes will teach you the law, but knowing the law is NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT to pass the bar exam.

New or Recently Reintroduced Courses

• In-House Counsel
• Deposition Skills
• Healthcare Law & Policy II
• Partnership Tax
• Corporate Finance

Spring Courses that likely will not be offered next year

• Native American Law
• Energy & Climate Law
• Partnership Tax
• Deposition Skills
• Patent Law

Suggested Courses

• Business Law:
• Antitrust
• Business Negotiations
• Business Organizations
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Tax
• Debtor-Creditor
• In-House Counsel
• Law & Entrepreneurship
• Partnership Tax
• Dispute Resolution
• Arbitration
• Business Negotiations
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Mediation

Suggested Courses

• Criminal Law:
• Criminal Procedure I
• Criminal Procedure II
• Oregon Criminal Procedure
• Healthcare Law:
• Healthcare Law & Policy II
• Medical Malpractice
• Privacy Law
• Public Health Law
• Intellectual Property Law:
• Patent Law
• Trademarks
• Internet & Social Media Law

Suggested Courses

• Government:
• Administrative Law
• State Constitutional Law
• Statutory Interpretation
• Environmental Law
• Endangered Species Act
• Energy & Climate Law
• Global Sustainability
• TALK TO YOUR ADVISOR!!!

Wait Lists

 If you are interested in a course with an enrollment

cap, you will want to register on the first day that you’re able

 Wait lists will be handled automatically by our

computer system

 If you are next on the wait list and a seat opens up,

you will receive an email that gives you 24 hours to log in to Web Advisor to claim the seat. If you don’t want it, it goes to the next person.

 This is different from the past, but gives you better

information

Questions?