First-Year Curriculum

The first-year curriculum is comprised of the following required courses, as well as attendance at a minimum of five programs (for students entering Fall 2019 or later) or six programs (for students entering before Fall 2019) in the Pitt Law Academy:

Fall:

Contracts (4 credits).

Criminal Law (3 credits).

Legal Analysis & Writing (2 credits, contingent on successful completion of both semesters of this course).

Legislation and Regulation (3 credits).

Torts (4 credits).


Spring:

Civil Procedure (4 credits).

Constitutional Law (4 credits).

Legal Analysis & Writing (2 credits)

Property (4 credits).


Pitt Law Academy (not for credit; year-long speaker series).