Academic Requirements

46 credits from…

Students will earn a minimum of 46 credits after completing the core-course, skills, and statutory-course requirements.

36 Required Course Credits

Ten required courses taken
during the first & second years

5+ Statutory Course Credits

Take two of these statutory courses

5+ Skills Course Credits

All students take the three-credit Advocacy course that focuses on client representation, negotiation and advocacy skills. Students must also take at least one required skills course. Advocacy is a prerequisite or co-requisite for some skills courses.

Remaining credits

The remaining credits are earned through elective, clinic or independent study/clinic work.

Participation/Attendance Requirement

Perspectives on the Legal Profession (PLP)

86 credits to earn a JD

Earning a juris doctor degree at William Mitchell requires students to successfully complete 86 credits. You will earn a minimum of 46 credits by meeting core-course, skills, and statutory-course requirements. The remaining credits are earned through elective, clinic or independent study/clinic work. There also are several work and residency standards that the American Bar Association requires law school students to follow throughout the course of their education.

Total Credits

Minimum: 86 Credits

Maximum: 89 Credits

Work Requirement

ABA accreditation standard 304(c) provides that “A law school shall not award full-time residence credit to a student who ... engages in employment for more than 20 hours per week, whether outside or inside law school.”

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