Credit hour requirement – All students entering 2005 or later must earn at least 90.0 semester credit hours of law school work. Credit for at least 70.0 semester hours must be earned in courses with regularly scheduled class sessions.

Full Time Law Study – All students entering 2005 or later must spend at least five semesters in residence enrolled in not less than 12.0 semester credit hours and not more than 18.0 semester credit hours in any semester.

Writing requirement – All students entering 2005 or later must complete a capstone or clinic course taken during their final semester, which will fulfill the upper-level writing requirement.

Course load requirement – Upper level law students are not permitted to take more than 18.0 semester credit hours per term and must complete all courses in the required sequence prescribed by the student's selected track of study.