Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law
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email: LLM@onu.edu

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Concurrent J.D. and LLM in Democratic Governance and Rule of Law

Fall 2009 – Spring 2012

Outline of Course Requirements and Sequencing (Italics are LL.M. courses)

Year One (2009-2010)

Fall

Contracts 1
3 hrs
Civil Procedures I
3 hrs
Torts I
3 hrs
Legal Research and Writing
2 hrs
Comparative Administrative Law
3 hrs

Spring

Contracts II
3 hrs
Civil Procedure II
3 hrs
Legal Research and Writing
2 hrs
Torts II
3 hrs
Competitiveness and Corruption
3 hrs

Summer

Domestic Externship*
6 hrs (JD skills credit)
Total
34 hrs

 

Year Two (2010-2011)

Fall

Property Law I
3 hrs
Constitutional Law I
3 hrs
Business Organizations
3 hrs
Analytical Methods
2 hrs
Comparative Constitutional Law
3 hrs

January Term

International*
2 hrs

Spring

Property II
3 hrs
Legal Profession
2 hrs
Legislative Issues in Transitional Democracies
3 hrs
Evidence
3 hrs
Criminal Law
3 hrs

 

Summer

International Externship*
6 hrs
Total
36 hrs

Year Three (2011-2012)

Fall

International Human Rights Law
3 hrs
International Law
3 hrs
Elective
3 hrs
Elective
3 hrs
Elective
3 hrs

January Term

International*
2 hrs

Spring

Rule of Law Seminar
3 hrs (satisfies J.D. seminar requirement)
NGO Law
3 hrs
Elective
3 hrs
Elective
3 hrs
Elective
3 hrs
Total
32 hrs

102 hrs total for 3 Years

90 J.D. Hrs.

24 LL.M. Hrs. (Counting 12 J.D. credit hours)

* LLM Tuition

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