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Part-Time Day J.D. (PLEAS) | Southwestern Law School Skip to main content Navigation Southwestern Law School Los Angeles Utility Contact MySWLAW Library SWLAW Blog Search Search Main Navigation Admissions & Financial Aid Overview Admissions - J.D. Catalogs & Brochures Financial Aid Tuition & Fees J.D. & LL.M. 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(PLEAS)   PLEAS (Part-time Legal Education Alternative at Southwestern) is one of only a very few part-time J.D. programs designed to unbend students with child or statesman superintendency responsibilities. Established in 1981, the four-year PLEAS schedule is typically serried to enable parents and guardians to shepherd law school while their children are in school.* PLEAS students shepherd classes with traditional full-time students, however, the undertow load in the four-year PLEAS program is lighter than in the traditional three-year J.D. path. For the first two years, classes are scheduled in the morning. There are many opportunities for elective courses and externships during the final two years. PLEAS students goody from a special mentoring program under the leadership of the PLEAS sense advisor, Professor Jenny R. Fee. Students meet as a group with the PLEAS sense counselor throughout the four years of the program and are encouraged to unify individual meetings with the Professor to plan out their undertow of study as well as obtain guidance with respect to various areas of law school life. Part-time day students take the designated curriculum during the first two years, and a mix of required courses and electives during the third and fourth years when they are moreover worldly-wise to take wholesomeness of externships, clinics, practicums and honors programs. They take 8 to 11 units each semester, and two summer sessions are required to well-constructed the 87 units to earn the J.D. stratum in four years. NOTE: Other students interested in non-PLEAS part-time day status will be considered on an individual basis. Class schedules may differ from PLEAS schedules. Required Courses   Courses Fall Units   Spring Units FIRST YEAR PLEAS OR PART-TIME DAY            Contracts I & II 3   2      Criminal Law 3          Academic Skills Lab I & II 1   1      LAWS1 I & II 3   3      Torts     4      Total 10   10 SECOND YEAR PLEAS, PART-TIME DAY            Civil Procedure I & II 2   3      Constitutional Law I & II 3   3      Property 4          Electives2 2   2 to 5      Total 9 to 11   8 to 11 THIRD YEAR PLEAS, PART-TIME DAY            Business Associations3     4      Evidence3 4     SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH YEAR PLEAS, PART-TIME DAY            Constitutional Criminal Procedure4 3 or 3      Legal Profession 2 or 3 or 2 or 3      Professional Skills Requirement 1, 2 or 3 or 1, 2 or 3      Experiential Requirement 65 or 65      Upper Division Writing Requirement 2 or 3 or 2 or 3 SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH YEAR PLEAS, PART-TIME DAY (BAR READINESS CURRICULUM)6       Remedies 2 or 3 or  2 or 3 Community Property 2 or 2 Wills and Trusts 4  or 4 MBE Skills and Strategies 3  or  3 Cal Bar Writing: Skills and Strategies 3 or  3 SUMMER OPTIONS            Electives   2 to 6   *NOTE: PLEAS and the Part-Time Day Program required courses are similar to the Evening, but may differ slightly by semester in the second, third, and fourth years. 1. Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills 2. Elective choices include such courses as Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Copyright Law, and Legal Profession, among others. 3. PLEAS and the Part-Time Day Program have Fall or Spring options for these courses. 4. If not taken as an elective insecond year (required for graduation).  5.Student must take a total of 6 units prior to graduation. 6. Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.33 or higher may opt out of the Bar Readiness courses. Want to learn increasingly well-nigh our part-time programs? Let's get in touch! Contact InformationPart-Time Liaison Julie SoperTel: 213-738-6834 Email:parttime@swlaw.edu Share: facebook twitter Pinterest emailIncreasinglyJ.D. & LL.M. 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