Required Courses

The Pacific McGeorge required curriculum gives you a solid foundation in core topics all lawyers are expected to understand. These classes are also the initial forum for practicing how lawyers analyze problems and form solutions.

Most required courses in the first and second years are year-long. This assures adequate time to go past simply memorizing the law. Pacific McGeorge classes stress what the law is intended to accomplish and how you may both improve its effectiveness and achieve client goals.

 
FIRST-YEAR REQUIRED CURRICULUM
 Day Division     
 
Fall Semester
Units
 
Spring Semester
Units
 Civil Procedure
3
 Civil Procedure
3
 
 Contracts
3
 Contracts
3
 
 Legal Process
2
 Criminal Law
3
 
 Property
3
 Legal Process
1
 
 Torts
3
 Property
3
 
  Torts
3
 
 
Total Units
14
 
Total Units
16
 
Remedies (3)
  
       
 Evening Division 
 
Fall Semester
Units
 
Spring Semester
Units
 Contracts
3
 Contracts
3
 
 Legal Process
2
 Criminal Law
3
 
 Torts
3
 Legal Process
1
 
  Torts
3
 
 
Total Units
8
 
Total Units
10
 
 
UPPER-LEVEL REQUIRED COURSES*
 Day DivisionEvening Division
Second Year (# of Units):Evidence (5)
Constitutional Law (3,3)
Appellate and International Advocacy (3)		Civil Procedure (3,3)
Property (3,3)
Appellate and International Advocacy (3)
   
Second Year or thereafter (# of Units):
Business Associations (3,3)
Community Property (2)
Criminal Procedure (3)
Professional Responsibility (2)
Wills and Trusts (3)		Business Associations (3,3)
Community Property (2)*
Criminal Procedure (3)*
Professional Responsibility (2)*
Wills and Trusts (3)*
   
Third Year (# of Units):Remedies (3)Evidence (5)
Constitutional Law (3,3)
   
Fourth Year (# of Units):
 
*For Evening Division students, these courses are offered in evening hours during Summer Sessions. It may also be taken with Day sections during the calendar year.