SUMMER AND FALL 2008
PART-TIME EVENING STUDENT COURSE PLANNING GUIDE

1. COURSE PLANNING-GENERAL INFORMATION

A. Graduation Requirements:

Students must complete a minimum of 91 hours of course work. Students must complete the 30 core course (first year) hours; complete Legal Profession; complete a seminar and a humanities course (identified by an H in the course number). Students who entered law school in the fall of 2006 will also be required to complete one practical skills component course as a condition of graduation (identified by a "PS" following the course title).

B. Bar Examination Courses:

Students are strongly encouraged to take as many bar exam subject matter courses as possible. Many bar exam courses are offered in the evening in alternating years only. Therefore, students should take these bar courses at the earliest opportunity. Bar examinations test the following subjects:

Missouri Bar:
• Administrative Law
• Agency, Corporations and Partnership (Business Associations)
• Commercial Transactions
• Conflicts of Law
• Equity (Remedies)
• Family Law
• Federal Civil Procedure
• Missouri Civil Procedure
• Secured Transactions
• Trusts, Future Interests and Wills (Trusts and Estates)
(Note: Missouri Essay Exam may also test topics which are on the Multistate Exam)

Illinois Bar:
• Agency and Business Organizations (Business Associations)
• Commercial Transactions
• Conflicts of Law
• Equity (Remedies)
• Family Law
• Federal Civil Procedure
• Illinois Civil Procedure
• Sales (Commercial and Secured Transactions)
• Wills and Estate Administration (Trusts and Estates)

Multi-State subjects:
• Contracts/Sales
• Torts
• Evidence
• Real Property (Property and Real Estate Transactions)
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure I
• Constitutional Law (Con Law I and II and First Amendment)

C. Evening Courses Offered Every Year

• Evidence
• Business Associations
• Trusts and Estates
• Legal Profession
• Taxation
• Trial Advocacy I and II
• Moot Court I (evening or Saturday)
• Civil Practice
• Patent Law
• Advanced Real Estate Transactions
• Advanced Secured Transactions

D. Evening Alternate Year Courses:

Some evening program courses are scheduled on a rotation, which ensures that students will have access to all bar courses during their four-year tenure in the program. Therefore, certain bar and other courses are offered on an every-other year basis. The following course rotation is currently in effect:

Courses offered in academic years which begin with an even number (e.g. 2006-2007)
• Bankruptcy
• Commercial Transactions
• Conflicts
• Constitutional Law II
• Corporate Tax
• Federal Courts
• Real Estate Transactions
• Secured Transactions

Courses offered in academic years which begin with an odd number (e.g. 2007-2008)
• Administrative Law
• Criminal Procedure I
• Fiduciary Tax
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Labor Law
• Remedies

E. Summer Courses: (Most frequently offered subjects)

• Two bar exam subject matter courses
• Civil Practice
• Clinical Program
• Two to four elective courses

F. Certificate Programs:

The Saint Louis University School of Law Centers for Excellence offer certificate programs for students in Health Law, Employment Law and International Law. These certificate programs have certain course requirements, which are explained on the School’s “Academic” Web site under “Centers of Excellence”. Students who wish to pursue a certificate program should review the information on the site, contact the program chair and enroll in the certificate program. Students who wish to pursue the Health Law certificate are reminded that Health Care Law is a basic, core requirement for that certificate and a pre-requisite for many health law elective courses.

G. Concentrations:

The School of Law has adopted five concentration programs that allow students to concentrate their legal studies in particular fields. These areas of concentration are:
• Business Transaction Law
• Taxation
• Criminal Litigation Skills
• Civil Litigation Skills
• Urban Development, Land Use and Environmental Law

Each of these concentrations has unique requirements of course work and clinical participation. Students can learn about the particular course and clinical requirements of these concentrations by accessing the “Academic” portion of the Web site and then selecting the individual Concentration forms. If students wish to obtain one of these concentrations, they must pay particular attention to the requirements and make sure they select the appropriate courses at the earliest opportunity as some of these courses may be offered on an every-other-year cycle.
H. Pre-Requisite/Co-Requisite Classes: Attention should be paid to foundational courses, which serve as a pre-requisite or co-requisite for other courses in certificate and concentration programs. For example, Health Law is a pre-requisite for many health law classes. Taxation serves as a pre-requisite for many courses in the Taxation concentration. Business Associations and Taxation are pre-requisites for the Business Transactional Law concentration. Evidence and Civil Practice are pre-requisites for many courses in the Civil Litigation Skills concentration. Evidence is a pre-requisite for the Trial Advocacy I class. Legal Profession is a pre-requisite for many clinical programs and externships. Please review the School’s “Academics” section of the Web site and select “Course Descriptions” to determine whether courses have pre or co-requisite requirements.

I. Legal Profession:

Legal Profession must be taken by evening students “at the first opportunity.” Therefore, students must take that course the first time it is offered during the evening after they have completed their first 30 hours of required course work. This will typically be in the spring semester of their second year in the part-time program.

J. Course Registration for Students With CGPAs Between 2.00 and 2.25.

Students with CGPAs between 2.00 and 2.25 should consult the Student Handbook, as they may be under course restrictions.

2. SUMMER/FALL 2008 AND TENTATIVE SPRING 2009 SCHEDULES

The summer/fall 2008 and tentative spring 2009 semester class schedules can be found on the School’s Registration Web site.

3. REGISTRATION PROCESS

CURRENT FIRST YEAR PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS

Current second semester, first-year, part-time evening students will be automatically registered for third semester (fall 2008) classes and do not need to take further registration action, unless
• they have registered for Property in the summer session and therefore need to register for an elective in the Fall semester, and/or
• they have completed 20 hours (two semesters) of core, first year courses and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and are planning on accelerating their program starting with the Fall semester.

Note, an accelerated part-time course load is 12-16 hours per semester. Students may take up to 17 hours in any semester if their CGPA is 3.3 or higher or if they have the written permission of the Dean of Students. Students must pay the full-time tuition rate if they register for 12 or more hours, and are not permitted to work more than twenty (20) hours per week under the American Bar Association Law School Accreditation rules. Students accelerating their part-time program must submit a written acknowledgement to the Dean of Students that they will not work more than twenty hours per week.

CURRENT ACCELERATED EVENING STUDENTS

Students who started this Fall 2007 semester in the Accelerated Part-Time Program and who will be completing Property during the summer session, will register for second year registration priority courses on Wednesday, April 9 from 2:30 to 4pm, and for seats in other courses during open registration starting Tuesday, April 15.

CURRENT SECOND YEAR PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS

A. General Recommend Schedule for Current Second Year Part-Time Evening Students:
• Evidence (4)
• Business Associations (4)
• Elective (2-3)

CURRENT THIRD YEAR PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS

A. Assuming enrollment in Evidence and Business Associations last Fall semester, the following courses are offered Fall 2008, and not likely to be offered in Fall 2009 or Spring 2010:
• Conflicts
• Constitutional Law II
• Corporate Tax
• Federal Courts
• Real Estate Transactions
• American Legal History

Other courses that may be offered in the evening next academic year:
• Patent Law (offered in the evening frequently, likely to be offered next Fall as well)
• Secured Transactions (could be offered in Fall 2009, but is pre-requisite for Advanced Secured Transactions offered in the Spring in the evening)
• Trial Advocacy (offered every semester in the evening)
• Unions and Their Members (could be offered in the Fall 2009 semester)

4. BANNER REGISTRATION PROCESS

Registration will be conducted using the Banner Registration, online process. Part-time evening students will register Saturday 10 a.m. to noon on April 12, 2008. Students are encouraged to review the Banner tutorial which is on the Registration Web site to ensure they are familiar with the program. Students should also make sure to check the Banner system before the registration period begins to make sure they do not have any holds which would prevent registration. If there is a hold on your account, you must take steps to remove the hold or Banner will not allow you to register.

Students should also check their registration classification to make sure that they are properly categorized as part-time students. Only part-time students will be allowed to register during the part-time registration period. Part-time students will be allowed to register during the part-time registration period (10 a.m. to noon April 12) for courses scheduled in the 6-10 p.m. time periods as well as a pro rata share of seats in courses in the 4-6 p.m. period. A pro rata share of seats is determined by the percentage of part-time students enrolled when compared to full-time student enrollment. For example, part-time students generally comprise about 20% of total enrollment. Thus, a class which seats 40 students which is given in the 4-6 p.m. time period would have 8 seats reserved for part-time students.

Students who wish to enroll in one of the clinical programs or the judicial externship do so by pre-registering at the clinic.

Open enrollment begins at noon on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at which time part-time students who wish to register for day classes or for other open seats in afternoon or evening courses or seminars can do so.