The curriculum at ASL is structured to give students the skills and knowledge necessary to practice law. The first year curriculum includes the traditional courses required by most law schools. During the summer between the first and second years, each student is required to serve an externship with a judge or lawyer. The second year curriculum requires courses in the subject areas law students are expected to master. The third year curriculum provides additional required courses in critical subject areas combined with practicum courses in a wide array of subjects.
Students entering at the Appalachian School of Law must complete 90 semester hours and must complete the following courses prior to graduation: Business Associations; Civil Procedure I; Civil Procedure II; Constitutional Law I; Constitutional Law II; Contracts I; Contracts II; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Dispute Resolution; Estates and Trusts; Evidence; Externship; Family Law; Introduction to Law; Legal Process I; Legal Process II; Payment Systems, two Practicum courses; Professional Responsibility; Property I; Property II; Secured Transactions, a Seminar; and Torts. In addition, third year students are required to take at least nine credit hours of Capstone Courses, including at least one State Practice Elective.
The courses required and the sequence in which those courses are taken change from time to time and may change during a student's period of studies at the Law School. Presently, however, the Faculty anticipates that full-time students starting in fall 2006 will take courses in the following sequence:
The Law School does not have a regular part-time program,
and special permission from the Dean is required to enroll
as a part-time student. For part-time students, the student
must arrange the sequence of courses with the Dean. Prior to
graduation, the part-time student must complete all courses
required of students in the three years of the full-time curriculum.
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