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The Catholic Law Full-Time J.D. curriculum takes approximately three years to complete, and combines a strong theoretical foundation with sophisticated practical training. Students learn legal doctrine in intellectually challenging classes. They acquire real-world skills through clinical and experiential programs. The curriculum is informed by our commitment to human dignity, individual freedom, justice, and service to the poor. These values are integrated into the three components of our academic program: Course Requirements, Practice Areas, and Practical Training.

Catholic Law has a thriving part-time J.D. program that offers students a variety of scheduling options to ensure maximum flexibility to earn their degree in four years. Designed around the needs of working professionals looking to complement their current careers or begin a new one, or individuals interested in taking a reduced course load during the day due to caregiving or other responsibilities, our programs and our unparalleled commitment to personal and individualized attention offer today’s law students options that work for their unique needs.  

At Catholic Law, we prepare the next generation of scholars, attorneys, and policymakers with a strong focus on academic excellence, rooted in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Our programs equip students with the skills to succeed while emphasizing ethical leadership and justice. Explore our , where students, faculty, and the community collaborate to connect theory with practice. These centers offer hands-on experiences, opportunities for collaboration, and the chance to tackle some of society's most pressing legal challenges.

The Law School’s certificate programs encompass five vibrant and enriching areas of legal practice. Certification from any of these longstanding and highly regarded programs and institutes endorses the student as a specialist — a graduate who offers employers a level of subject mastery that is significantly beyond that which may be learned in the general J.D. curriculum.

Clinical skills lie at the heart of how the law functions as a tool to help and protect others, especially society’s most vulnerable. Catholic Law’s clinical options offer students invaluable, first-hand experience in representing real clients with real legal problems in real courts, under the supervision of faculty members.

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