Tulane Law School Academics

Academics

Tulane, like other US law schools, offers programs that emphasize the traditional bread-and-butter areas of corporate and commercial law, family law, wills and trusts, real estate, taxation, public law, and litigation. At the same time, Tulane offers a curriculum that is unique and distinctive, particularly in the areas of civil law, European legal studies, comparative and international law, admiralty and maritime law, environmental law, and intellectual property.

Tulane Law School offers a three-year, full-time program leading to the Juris Doctor (JD) degree. Students take 29 credit hours of required courses during the first year of the JD program. During the second and third years of the JD program, students take one 3-credit hour required course entitled Legal Profession, and design their own courses of study by selecting electives for the remaining 56 credit hours required for the degree.

Tulane also offers five different LLM programs, each requiring completion of 24-credit hours over the course of one academic year.

A program leading to the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) is offered to individuals who have completed an LLM program with an outstanding record.

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Academic Programs Contact:
Office of Academic Services
Weinmann Hall, Suite 204
6329 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
tel 504.865.5935
fax 504.862.8373
ctimmons@tulane.edu

Admission Contact:
Office of Admission
Weinmann Hall, Suite 203
6329 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
tel 504.865.5930
fax 504.865.6710
admissions@law.tulane.edu

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