Registration Updates

  • Summer 1L Schedule

    The summer 1L courses will meet (June 3 – July 24) in Room 4042, as follows:

    • Contracts, Weistart – 10:30-11:45
    • Torts, McGovern – 2:30-3:45

    Exams will take place on Monday, July 29 (Contracts)  and Friday, Aug 2 (Torts). 

  • Spring 2013 Exam Information

    Please take time to read the following documents for information about exams for the Spring 2013 semester.

    Email from the Registrar     General Exam Instructions

     

  • Bookbags will open Friday, July 12

    • Tuesday, July 16, 10 am:  Rising 3Ls register for up to 9 credits
    • Wednesday, July 17, 10 am:  Rising 2Ls register for up to 9 credits
    • Thursday, July 18, 10 am:  Rising 3Ls, continuing SJDs, and incoming LLM-LE students register for up to 16 credits
    • Friday, July 19, 10 am:  Rising 2Ls register for to 16 credits.
    • Saturday, July 20, 12:00 am:  Drop/Add begins; 17 credit limit.
    • Wednesday, August 28:  Upper Level classes begin
    • Thursday, September 5, 11:59 pm:  drop/add ends

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Fuqua School of Business
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  • To registrar for courses in the greater Duke University (except Fuqua) submit this form, to Room 2027, Law School Registrar.
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Curriculum Information

Clinics

Intensive Training Session:
Friday, January 18, 2013
Attendance is MANDATORY.

Clinics Enrollment Policy

Clinics, Spring 2013:

  • AIDS Legal Assistance
  • AIDS Policy Clinic
  • Appellate Litigation Clinic
  • Childrens Law Clinic
  • Community Enterprise Law Clinic
  • Start-Up Ventures Clinic
  • Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
  • Guantanamo Defense Clinic
  • Wrongful Convictions Clinic

Language for Legal Studies

  • * Coming Soon *

Course Selection

 

New and Notable Courses

The Scope and Limits of Presidential Authority: Con Law IIJeff Powell, the former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, and Professor Chris Schroeder, assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy (OLP) at the United States Department of Justice, will co-teach this class on the boundaries of executive powers. Professors Powell and Schroeder bring significant first-hand experience within the executive branch to life through this exploration of the scope and limits of Presidential Authority. This 2-credit class is offered Tuesday from 10-11:50 a.m., and will require a final exam

Advanced Topics in Real Property.  This 2-credit seminar will look at conceptions of real property from a comparative and historical perspective. JD/LLM students and students who need to fulfill either the JD or JD/LLM writing requirement might consider taking this course to fulfill graduation requirements.

Start-Up Ventures Clinic. The start-up clinic offers an opportunity to work with clients, many from entrepreneurship programs at Fuqua School of Business and the Pratt School of Engineering, in various stages of launching their ventures. Professor Kip Johnson, a founding partner at Morningstar Law Group, draws on his many years of venture capital, private equity and business law experience in teaching this 4-credit clinic.”

Looking for an upper-level writing opportunity? Consider taking one of the following courses to expand your understanding of the law and fulfill this important degree requirement: Advanced Topics in Real Property, Criminal Law & Armed Forces, National Security Law, Sexuality and the Law, and Writing for Complex Criminal Litigation.

 

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