School of Law (GRAD)
The nationally ranked UNC School of Law offers a broad legal education that rigorously blends academic and practical skills and leads to a Juris Doctor degree and prepare graduates for admission to the bar. To learn more, see our program website.
Admission Requirements
All admission requirements can be found on the program website.
Courses
Numbered 100-999:
Juris Doctor, J.D.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 1L Coursework | ||
| LAW 201 | Civil Procedure | 4 |
| LAW 204 | Contracts | 4 |
| LAW 205 | Criminal Law | 4 |
| LAW 207 | Property | 4 |
| LAW 209 | Torts | 4 |
| LAW 234A | Constitutional Law | 4 |
| LAW 295 | Research, Reasoning, Writing and Advocacy, Part I | 3 |
| LAW 296 | Research, Reasoning, Writing and Advocacy, Part II | 3 |
| Post 1L Coursework | ||
| Professional Responsibility (PR) Courses 1 | 2 | |
| Electives 2 | 54 | |
Rigorous Writing Experience (RWE) Courses | ||
Experiential Courses | ||
| Minimum Hours | 86 | |
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See a list of Professional Responsibility (PR) Courses below.
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Electives must include at least 6 Experiential Credits and 4 Rigorous Writing (RWE) credits.
Professional Responsibility Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| LAW 266 | PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | 2 |
| LAW 266F | PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | 3 |
| LAW 266P | PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: THE LAW FIRM | 3 |
Rigorous Writing Experience (RWE) Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Rigorous Writing Experience (RWE) Courses 3 | ||
| LAW 206D | Criminal Procedure Investigation: Doctrine and Writing Skills | 3 |
| LAW 211P | Trademark Practice Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 228W | Business Planning | 3 |
| LAW 261W | Environmental Law Practice | 3 |
| LAW 262 | ENV OCEAN & COASTAL LAW | 3 |
| LAW 267S | Advanced Legal Writing: Summer Lab | 2 |
| LAW 274 | Social Justice Lawyering | 3 |
| LAW 278W | Securities Regulation RWE | 1 |
| LAW 291W | Scientific Evidence | 3 |
| LAW 310 | Constitutional Adjudication Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 316 | Political and Civil Rights Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 326 | Nature of the Judicial Process | 2 |
| LAW 329 | Congress and the Presidency | 3 |
| LAW 332 | Legal Issues in Higher Education | 3 |
| LAW 334 | Current Issues in Privacy Law | 3 |
| LAW 336 | APPELLATE ADVOCACY | 3 |
| LAW 338 | Adv Commer Law/Contracts | 3 |
| LAW 340 | Gender Violence and the Criminalized Survivor | 3 |
| LAW 342 | Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 345 | Construction Law | 3 |
| LAW 357C | INTERNET LAW AND GOVERNANCE | 3 |
| LAW 364 | NC State Constitutional Law | 3 |
| LAW 368 | NC Pretrial Litigation - Torts | 3 |
| LAW 380 | INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS | 3 |
| LAW 383 | White Collar Crime | 3 |
| LAW 384 | Intellectual Property Strategies and Transactions | 3 |
| LAW 386 | Tax Policy Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 399 | Supervised Research & Writing (Independent Study) | 1-3 |
| LAW 429W | Business Associations RWE | 1 |
| LAW 434 | Criminal Justice Policy | 3 |
| LAW 439 | Animal Law | 3 |
| LAW 444 | Psychiatry and Law: Criminal Issues | 3 |
| LAW 446 | Corporate Governance | 3 |
| LAW 456 | Women and Health Law | 3 |
| LAW 464 | Critical Legal Thought/Critical Lawyering | 3 |
| LAW 465 | Current Issues in Law and Medicine | 3 |
| LAW 468 | Regulation and Deregulation: Concepts and Skills | 3 |
| LAW 470 | Agricultural/Food Law and Policy | 3 |
| LAW 472 | Art Law | 3 |
| LAW 481 | Advanced Copyright Law | 3 |
| LAW 491 | Writing for Judicial Clerkships | 2 |
| LAW 503 | Poverty and Public Policy in North Carolina | 3 |
| LAW 507 | Criminal Justice and Civil Penalties | 3 |
| LAW 508 | Current Topics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| LAW 510 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| LAW 511 | Sexual Violence and the Law | 3 |
| LAW 513 | Reproductive Rights and Justice Law, Policy & Practice | 3 |
| LAW 516 | Contract Drafting | 3 |
| LAW 526 | Climate Change and the Law | 3 |
| LAW 528 | Race and National Security in Legal History: The Case of the Japanese American "Internment" | 3 |
| LAW 529 | Writing for Practice | 2 |
| LAW 538 | Writing for the Bar | 2 |
| LAW 541 | Trauma-Informed Lawyering | 3 |
| LAW 546 | Legal Editing | 1.0 |
| LAW 551 | Law of Financial Crises | 2 |
| LAW 552 | Artificial Intelligence and the Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 561 | Prosecutors and the Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| LAW 567 | Environmental Crimes Prosecution Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 568 | Immigration Enforcement | 3 |
| LAW 571 | Elections, Political Parties, and The First Amendment | 3 |
| LAW 572 | CONTRACT BOILERPLATE | 3 |
Experiential Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Experiential Courses 3 | ||
| LAW 211P | Trademark Practice Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 219 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 3 |
| LAW 222 | Workers Compensation Law | 2 |
| LAW 228W | Business Planning | 3 |
| LAW 231 | Defending Youth: Juvenile Justice and Education | 3 |
| LAW 254 | Labor Law | 3 |
| LAW 261W | Environmental Law Practice | 3 |
| LAW 267 | Advanced Legal Research | 2 |
| LAW 267S | Advanced Legal Writing: Summer Lab | 2 |
| LAW 267T | Advanced Legal Research | 3 |
| LAW 288 | Trial Advocacy | 3 |
| LAW 301 | Legislative Advocacy | 2 |
| LAW 310 | Constitutional Adjudication Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 311 | Supreme Court Clinic | 3 |
| LAW 315 | ESTATE PLANNING PRACTICUM | 2 |
| LAW 336 | APPELLATE ADVOCACY | 3 |
| LAW 368 | NC Pretrial Litigation - Torts | 3 |
| LAW 384 | Intellectual Property Strategies and Transactions | 3 |
| LAW 390 | Youth Justice Clinic | 4 |
| LAW 391 | Civil Clinic | 5 |
| LAW 397 | Community Development Law Clinic | 4 |
| LAW 398A | Immigration Clinic | 4-5 |
| LAW 401 | Externship Program | 3 |
| LAW 402 | Externship Program | 2-4 |
| LAW 403 | Full Term Externship | 12 |
| LAW 431 | Law Practice Technologies | 2 |
| LAW 463 | Advanced Bankruptcy | 3 |
| LAW 467 | Negotiation | 3 |
| LAW 485 | Interviewing and Counseling | 3 |
| LAW 488 | Economic Justice Clinic | 4 |
| LAW 491 | Writing for Judicial Clerkships | 2 |
| LAW 497 | Small Firm Civil Practice | 3 |
| LAW 500 | Externship | 6 |
| LAW 502 | Intellectual Property Clinic | 5 |
| LAW 510 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| LAW 513 | Reproductive Rights and Justice Law, Policy & Practice | 3 |
| LAW 515 | Military and Veterans Law Clinic | 4 |
| LAW 516 | Contract Drafting | 3 |
| LAW 522 | Electricity and Renewable Energy Finance | 2 |
| LAW 525 | Exploring the Role of In-House Counsel | 3 |
| LAW 527 | Lawyering Communication and Negotiation Skills Survey | 2 |
| LAW 529 | Writing for Practice | 2 |
| LAW 530 | Electronic Discovery Technologies | 2 |
| LAW 531 | Transactional Law Research | 1 |
| LAW 535 | Intellectual Property Negotiation Simulation | 1 |
| LAW 540 | Startup NC Law Clinic | 5 |
| LAW 541 | Trauma-Informed Lawyering | 3 |
| LAW 545 | Prosecutor Practicum | 2.0 |
| LAW 557 | Deposition Skills | 1 |
| LAW 562 | North Carolina Legal Research | 2 |
| LAW 563 | Appellate Advocacy Competition Lab | 2 |
| LAW 564 | Dispute Resolution Competition Lab | 2 |
| LAW 567 | Environmental Crimes Prosecution Seminar | 3 |
| LAW 569 | Criminalized Survivor, Detention, and Justice Clinic | 4 |
| LAW 570 | Trial Advocacy Competition Lab | 2 |
| LAW 573 | GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AND GLOBAL CORPORATE COMPLIANCE | 2 |
| LAW 575 | Family Defense Clinic | 4-5 |
| LAW 576 | Administrative Law Research | 1 |
| LAW 577 | AI & Tool Design | 1 |
| LAW 578 | AI in Practice: Governance, Compliance & Contracting | 2 |
| LAW 579 | AI Literacy for Lawyers | 1 |
| LAW 581 | Motion Practice - Oral Advocacy | 2 |
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These lists contain all RWE and Experiential courses. Note that some of them may not be offered in every semester or even every academic year. Please confirm course offerings with the program prior to registration.
Distinguished Professors
Lisa L. Broome
Kara Bruce
D. Andrew Chin
John M. Conley
John Francis Coyle III
Maxine N. Eichner
Deborah R. Gerhardt
Michael J. Gerhardt
Thomas L. Hazen
Carissa Byrne Hessick
Frederick Andrew Hessick
Jeffrey Michael Hirsch
Donald T. Hornstein
Eisha Jain
Osamudia R. James
Thomas A. Kelley, III
Joseph F. Kennedy
Joan H. Krause
Holning Sherman Lau
Eric L. Muller
Gene R. Nichol, Jr.
Leigh Osofsky
Richard S. Saver
Theodore M. Shaw
Rick T. Su
Kathleen Thomas
Mark Weidemaier
Deborah M. Weissman
Distinguished Term Professor
Martin H. Brinkley
Associate Professors
David Stephen Ardia
Kate S. Elengold
Barbara A. Fedders
Marcus Gadson
Caleb N. Griffin
Dustin Ryan Marlan
Caroline L. Osborne
Assistant Professors
Carrie L. Floyd
Noah H. Marks
Daniel B. Rice
Clinical Professors
Kevin E. Bennardo
Kimberly C. Bishop
John W. Brooker
Alexa Z. Chew
Lewis Moore Everett
Rachel I. Gurvich
Beth Sheba Posner
Oscar Javier Salinas
Maria S. Savasta-Kennedy
Craig Tiedke Smith
Sara B. Warf
Marjorie Sara White
Janine Zanin
Clinical Associate Professors
Tracey Banks
Harmony Decosimo
Anna Francesca Scardulla
Clinical Assistant Professor
Eric J. Fisher
Scholar
Mark S. Storslee
Adjunct Faculty
Curtis Hudson "Trey" Allen II
Teresa Carol Artis
Eric Kent Auberry
Michael Ballance
Carmen K. Bannon
Jennifer Bills
Robert Birrenkott
Seth Adam Blum
Mark Christopher Bolen
Elizabeth Barnes Braswell
Eric Brignac
Jonathan Edward Broun
LeAnn Brown
Patricia L. Bryan
Orla Buckley
Felice McConnell Corpening
Jennifer Van Zant Cross
Benjamin Ari Davidson
W. Kearns Davis Jr.
Jatinder Kaur Dhillon
Tasha Dickinson
Christopher Dillon
Dennis Michael Duffy
Catherine Ross Dunham
Anita S. Earls
Jillian Franke
William Mark Griffith
Elizabeth Grimes
Mikael Gross
John Richard Hazlett
Harper Heckman
Ashley Lee Hogewood III
Robert Jenkins
Sally C. Johnson
Mark James Kleinschmidt
Tod M. Leaven
Christopher Lynch
Rina Lyubkin
Bianca Mack
Richard Magee
Kellie Mannette
James M. Markham
C. Steven Mason
Cece Mavico
John Rankin McArthur
William S. Mills
Sylvia K. Novinsky
Bentley Jason Olive
John V. Orth
Barbara J. Osborne
Matthew Scott Peeler
Alexis Pendergraft
Charles Christian Plambeck
Charles Thelen Plambeck
Todd Roessler
Elizabeth Simpson
Richard Albert Simpson
Kelly Podger Smith
Eric Spitler
Raymond Starling
Kimberly Kathyleen Tran
Joni Walser
UNC School of Law
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919-962-5106
Interim Dean and Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law
F. Andrew Hessick
