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Part-Time Evening J.D. | 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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The first year of the program now offers an online component, permitting students to come to campus only three nights per week for much of the fall and spring semesters. The fourth night of matriculation will be online, permitting students to participate from the repletion of home or any other location with an online connection. In addition, the second year courses can all be taken over three nights (unless a student enrolls in a particular elective that meets on a fourth night). Southwestern's evening program is a four-year part-time J.D. program designed for students who are unable to devote full-time to the study of law. For many working professionals, this program provides a financially feasible way to shepherd law school while maintaining a full-time work schedule. Students in the evening program bring the unique perspectives of their working lives into the classroom, enriching the law school wits for everyone. Students enrolled in the evening program receive the same comprehensive legal education as that presented in the day program. Classes are scheduled four nights a week, Monday through Thursday, whence at 6 p.m., with an occasional elective on Saturday. Southwestern's part-time program is unique among J.D. evening divisions in several ways: All cadre courses for evening students are taught by full-time faculty; the law school's services and resources are misogynist during evening and/or weekend hours and appointments, and special experiential learning opportunities are designed to unbend evening students' schedules. Southwestern moreover offers individualized social support as well as a special Evening Orientation and other events to help part-time students retread to law school. Part-time evening 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. Required Courses Courses Fall Units   Spring Units FIRST YEAR EVENING            Contracts I & II 3   2      Criminal Law 3          LAWS1 1 & II 3   3      Torts     4      Academic Skills Lab I & II 1   1      Total 10   10 SECOND YEAR EVENING            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 EVENING            Business Associations3     4      Evidence3 4     SECOND, THIRD, OR FOURTH YEAR EVENING            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 EVENING (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 in second 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. Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse Behind Bullocks Wilshire Tower -  January 31, 2018  Want to learn increasingly well-nigh our part-time evening 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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