Two Year J.D. Program to be offered at Northwestern
The following post is reproduced from the Tax Prof Blog:
Northwestern will become the first Top Tier law school to offer an accelerated, two-year J.D., starting in Fall 2009 (Southwestern has offered a two-year program since 1974, and Dayton began offering such a program in 2005 following the ABA’s elimination of the six-semester requirement.). Students in Northwestern’s two-year program will be required to take courses in the summer and in the winter intercession period. From today’s Inside Higher Ed:
* * * While the two-year option will have the same curriculum as the traditional program, Van Zandt said that to be admitted to it, applicants will be required to have two or three years of “substantive work experience” after college. While this is typical of Northwestern law admissions, it is not a requirement for the three-year program. People with work experience are likely to have “the good time management” necessary, he said. Northwestern hopes to admit 25-40 students into a two-year program next year.
Northwestern will require all students (in both the accelerated two-year and the traditional three-year programs) to take three new courses:
- Quantitative analysis (accounting, finance and statistics)
- Dynamics of legal behavior (teamwork, leadership and project management)
- Strategic decision making.
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