School of Law and Governance

COMPLETE 4-YEAR JD CURRICULUM

(Courses, Units, Course Codes, Prerequisites)
25-Jan-16

First Year
First Semester Second Semester
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Course Code Prerequisite Course Code Prerequisite
Course Unit Course Unit
JDItL1 Introduction to Law * 1 JDOBCO1 Obligations and Contracts 5
JDPFR1 Persons and Family Relations 4 JDCON21 Constitutional Law II 3
JDCONI1 Constitutional Law I 3 JDCRM21 Criminal Law I (JDCRMI1) Criminal Law II 4
JDCRMI1 Criminal Law I 3 JDLTAL1 Legal Technique and Logic 2
JDSTAT1 Statutory Construction 2 JDLEWR1 Legal Writing and Thesis Writing 3
JDPHIL1 Philosophy of Law 2 JDBLET1 Basic Legal Ethics 3
JDLRTW1 Legal Research and Legal Writing 3
JDLEGP1 Legal Profession * 1
TOTAL 19 TOTAL 20
* Introduction to Law & Legal Profession are pre-requisites to 2nd semester and all succeeding semesters.

Second Year
First Semester Second Semester
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Course Code Prerequisite Course Code Prerequisite
Course Unit Course Unit

JDPROP2 Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1) Property 4 JDCIVP2 Civil Procedure 4

JDNEGO2 Negotiable Instruments 3 JDCORL2 Corporation Law 4
JDCRMP2 Criminal Procedure 3 JDTAXI2 Taxation Law I 3
Administrative Law, Law on Public Officers &
JDATAP2 Agency, Trust and Partnership 3 JDADML2 3
Election Laws
JDSALE2 Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1) Sales 2 JDPIL2 Public International Law 2
JDCRTR2 Credit Transactions 3 JDSIIL2 Land Titles and Deeds 2
JDLMED2 Legal Medicine 1 JDHURL2 Human Rights Law 2
JDNREL2 Natural Resources & Environmental Law 2

TOTAL 21 TOTAL 20

Summer
Summer
Course Code Prerequisite
Course Unit
JDAP123 Summer Apprenticeship I & II (240 hours) 4
TOTAL 4

Third Year
First Semester Second Semester
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Course Code Prerequisite Course Code Prerequisite
Course Unit Course Unit
Civil (JDCIVP2) and Criminal
JDSUCC3 Persons & Family Relations (JDPFR1) Succession 4 JDEVID3 Evidence 4
(JDCRMP2) Procedures
JDLBLI3 Labor Law I 3 JDLBL23 Labor Law I (JDLBLI3) Labor Law II 3

Taxation Law I (JDTAXI2), Persons

and Family Relations (JDPFR1),
JDTAX23 Taxation II 3 JDSPRO3 Civil Procedure (JDCIVP2) Special Proceedings 2
Succession (JDSUCC3) and Property
(JDPROP2)

JDINSU3 Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1) Insurance 2 JDTRAN3 Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1) Transportation 2

JDTORT3 Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1) Torts and Damages 2 JDCOFL3 Conflict of Laws 2

Obligations & Contracts (JDOBCO1),

Property (JDPROP2), Sales (JDSALE2),
Credit Transactions (JDCRTR2),
JDELEC3 Electives 4 JDELEC3 Negotiable Instruments (JDNEGO2), Legal Forms 2
Agency, Trust and Partnership (JDATAP2),
Land Titles and Deeds (JDLTAD2) and
Insurance (JDINSU3)

JDLTAD3 Special Issues on International Law 2 JDELEC3 Electives 4

Legal Research & Thesis Writing
(JDLRTW1)and Legal Writing JDALSL3 Agrarian Law & Social Legislation 2
JDTHES1 (JDLEWR1) JD Thesis (Proposal) 1

Legal Research & Thesis Writing

JDTHES2 (JDLRTW1 ), Legal Writing (JDLEWR1) JD Thesis (Draft) 1
and JD Thesis (Proposal) (JDTHES1)

TOTAL 21 TOTAL 22

Summer

Course Code Prerequisite Summer

Course Unit

Legal Research & Thesis Writing

(JDLRTW1), Legal Writing (JDLEWR1),
JDTHES3 JD Thesis Defense 2
JD Thesis (Proposal) (JDTHES1) and JD
Thesis (Draft) (JDTHES2)

TOTAL 2

Fourth Year
First Semester Second Semester
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Course Code Prerequisite Course Code Prerequisite
Course Unit Course Unit

Constitutional Law I (JDCONI1) &

JDCONR4 Constitutional Law Review 4 JDRM24 Remedial Law Review I (JDRMRI4) Remedial Law Review II 3
Constitutional Law II (JDCON21)
JDCVRI4 All prescribed Civil Law Subjects Civil Law Review I 4 JDCVR24 Civil Law I Civil Law Review II 4
Civil Procedure (JDCIVP2); Criminal
Procedure (JDCRMP2); Evidence
JDRMRI4 Remedial Law Review I 3 JDCOMR4 All prescribed Commercial Law Subjects Commercial Law Review 4
(JDEVID3); and Special Proceedings
(JDSPRO3)
Labor Law I (JDLBLI3) and Labor Criminal Law I (JDCRMI1) and Criminal
JDLBRR4 Labor Law Review 2 JDCRMR4 Criminal Law Review 4
Law II (JDLBL23) Law II (JDCRM21)
All prescribed Remedial Law Subjects
JDPRCI4 Practice Court I 3 JDPRC24 Practice Court I (JDPRCI4) Practice Court II 2
and Legal Form
JDELEC4 Electives 4 JDELEC4 Electives 4

TOTAL 20 TOTAL 21