Independent Research

Catalog description

Law students in their second and third year of the J.D. or LL.B. programs may take no more than three credits of independent research toward the Juris Doctor degree. A J.D. student also enrolled in the LL.M program may take for credit not more than four credits of independent research. Students enrolled in the one-year LL.M. program may take for credit not more than three units of independent research. Students undertaking independent research will meet regularly with the faculty member supervising the research in order to ensure contemporaneous discussion, review, and evaluation of the research experience.