Accelerated JD Program

Participation in the Accelerated JD Program is limited to day and evening students admitted to the program by the Office of Law Admission.
Credit Enrollment Requirements (Day): Day students in the Accelerated JD Program are required to enroll in a minimum of two summer semesters and four non-summer semesters of study. Minimum credit enrollment requirements for each semester of study may vary depending on program constraints and will be established by the academic associate deans. Accelerated day students should generally expect to enroll in at least 40 total credits over their first summer, fall, and spring semesters, at least 12 credits in the second summer, and at least 15 credits in the final fall and spring semesters.
Credit Enrollment Requirements (Evening): Evening students in the Accelerated JD Program are required to enroll in either (a) two summer semesters and six non-summer semesters of study; or (b) three summer semesters and five non-summer semesters of study. Minimum credit enrollment requirements for each semester of study may vary depending on program constraints and will be established by the academic associate deans. Accelerated evening students should generally expect to enroll in at least 33 total credits over their first summer, fall, and spring semesters, at least 28 total credits over their second summer, fall, and spring semesters, and at least 9 credits in each of the final two semesters (third summer and fall, or third fall and spring).
Withdrawal from Accelerated JD Program (Day): Day students who voluntarily withdraw or are required by the Academic Standing Committee to withdraw from the Accelerated JD Program prior to the second required summer of study will thereafter be subject to the credit enrollment requirements of section I.B. above, and any further summer study will be subject to the limitations of section IV; except that any day student who completes the first required summer of study in the Accelerated JD Program and satisfies all JD degree requirements by the end of the fifth non-summer semester of study will not be required to enroll in a sixth non-summer semester, or, if such student has not earned enough credits to graduate by the end of the fifth non-summer semester, any summer credits earned by the student while enrolled in the Accelerated JD Program may be applied to reduce the student’s course load in the final semester of study, even if such reduction results in a course load of fewer than 10 credits.
Withdrawal from Accelerated JD Program (Evening): Evening students who voluntarily withdraw or are required by the Academic Standing Committee to withdraw from the Accelerated JD Program prior to the second required summer of study will thereafter be subject to the credit enrollment requirements of section I.C. above, and any further summer study will be subject to the limitations of section IV, except that any evening student who completes the first required summer of study in the Accelerated JD Program and satisfies all JD degree requirements by the end of the seventh non-summer semester of study will not be required to enroll in eighth non-summer semester, or, if such student has not earned enough credits to graduate by the end of the seventh non-summer semester, any summer credits earned by the student while enrolled in the Accelerated JD Program may be applied to reduce the student’s course load in the final semester of study, even if such reduction results in a course load of fewer than 7 credits.

¹34 C.F.R. § 600.2 (2015), Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education.

²ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools (2014-2015), Standard 310(b)

³A classroom hour is defined as 50 minutes of direct faculty instruction, assuming a 15-week semester. An hour of out-of-classroom work is defined as 60 minutes, assuming a 15-week semester. Standard 310, Interpretations 310-1 & 310-2.