Advanced Standing Two-Year Juris Doctor for Internationally Trained Lawyers
This innovative program is intended for students who already hold a law degree from a jurisdiction outside the United States and who would like to earn a Juris Doctor degree and seek admission to the New York State Bar.
First-Year Curriculum (required)
Students in the Advanced Standing Two-Year J.D. program are completely integrated into the first-year curriculum. The first year begins in August, and students will take Legal Profession, Torts, Contracts, Constitutional Law, Legal Analysis, Writing and Research I & II, Property, Civil Procedure, and Criminal Law.
Upper-Division Curriculum
In their second year, students in the program must take the following:
- a 3-credit course in ethics,
- a 3-credit course in Advanced Legal Analysis, Writing & Research,
- one or more experiential course(s) totaling at least 3-credit hours, and Con Law II.
In addition, students who fall within the bottom 40 percent of 1L GPAs at the end of their first year will need to take mandatory supplemental courses.