More than 130 courses, seminars and clinical experiences are offered at Southwestern. The required curriculum for students in the day, evening, and PLEAS divisions includes 17 traditional core courses (the curriculum is slightly different for the SCALE® division).
The elective curriculum includes a variety of courses and seminars. Southwestern's course offerings allow students to focus on or sample such areas as business law, entertainment law, criminal law, environmental law, health care law, family law, international law and tax law, in addition to a variety of advanced courses.
For your convenience, a list of courses by areas of law and course descriptions may be downloaded as a single booklet (PDF) but note that the online course list and descriptions are more up-to-date.
Curricular Guides are also available for download:
- Business and Commercial Law (PDF to come)
- Criminal Law and Procedure (PDF)
- Employment Law (PDF)
- Entertainment, Media, Sports and Intellectual Property Law (PDF)
- Externships (PDF)
- Family Law (PDF)
- International and Comparative Law (PDF)
- Land Use and Environmental Law (PDF)
- Litigation and Trial Advocacy (PDF)
- Public Interest Law (PDF)
- Taxation (PDF)
