Overview
The full-time day Juris Doctor program at the Loyola University New Orleans has two curricular tracks:
- Civil law, geared for students who will practice in Louisiana or other civil law or mixed tradition jurisdictions.
- Common law, geared for students who are likely to practice in other states or other common law jurisdictions.
Full-time first-year students will be scheduled by the administration in required foundational courses totaling 15 hours in the first semester and 14 hours in the second semester. The Juris Doctor program is offered by Loyola University New Orleans.
Part-time students
- The part-time evening program offers one curricular track: civil law.
- The part-time day program offers a common law or civil law track.
The part-time curriculum is sequenced over a period of eight semesters of resident study.
Part-time first-year students will be scheduled by the administration in required foundational courses totaling 12 hours in the first semester and 11 hours in the second semester.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Conventional Obligations I or Contracts
- Torts
- Civil Procedure
- Criminal Law
- Lawyering
- Constitutional Law
- Successions or Trusts and Estates
- Evidence
- Civil Law Property II or Elective
- Constitutional Criminal Procedure
- Business Organizations I
- Sales and Leases or Elective
- Louisiana Donations and Trust or Elective
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Application Deadline: July 21
Language
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Credits
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Disciplines
Legal Studies View 56 other PhDs in Legal Studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Admission to Loyola's College of Law is competitive, based on the applicant’s undergraduate academic record, score on the Law School Admissions test (LSAT), and personal statement.
A complete file consists of the following:
- A completed application through Law School Admissions Council
- A Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) score.
- A complete report which includes all prior undergraduate transcripts sent by the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) to Loyola College of Law Admissions office.
- A personal statement.
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (or three fourths of a bachelor’s degree if applying for our Early Admission Program, see below).
- Two letters of recommendation.
Tuition Fee
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International
48910 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 48910 USD per year during 36 months. -
National
48910 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 48910 USD per year during 36 months.
- $37,120 per year for part time students
Living costs for New Orleans
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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