Joint Juris Doctor and Master of Science in Medical Sciences  1999-2000



Curriculum   - Four Years (76 JD / 27 MS)

Year 1                  Fall                                                         Spring
Law School:          Contracts (4)                                 COL: Civil Process (4)
   (COL)                Torts (4)                                                 Constitutional Law (4)
                             Legal Research & Writing (2)                   Property (4)
                             ID to Law (1)                                          Appellate Advocacy (2)
                             Criminal Law (3)

Total hours:           14 (COL)                                                14 (COL)

Summer 1            law clerkship or work in legal department (e.g. Eli Lilly, University patent office) or research

Year 2                  Fall                                                         Spring
COL:                    Professional Responsibility (2)        COL: Corporations (3)
                             Estates and Trusts (3)                              Legal Drafting (2)
                             Evidence (4)                                           Administrative Law (3)
                             Trial Practice (4)                                     Law Electives (5)

Total hours:           13 (COL)                                               13 (COL)

Summer 2            law clerkship or work in legal department of, e.g., Eli Lilly or University patent office, or research.

Year 3                  Fall                                                        Spring
Medical                 Molecular Biology (3)*              (COM) Infectious Diseases or Approved Elective (3)*
Sciences:               Biotechnology Seminar (1)                      Biotechnology Seminar (1)
   (COM)              Law Electives (10)                                  Law Electives (8)

Total hours:          14 (10 COL; 4 COM)                            12 (8 COL; 4 COM)

Summer 3           Research in Medical Sciences (2)

Total hours:          2 (COM)

Year 4                Fall                                                         Spring
COM                  Biotechnology Seminar (1)                       Biotechnology Seminar (1)
                           Research in Medical Sciences (5)             Applied Biotechnology or Immunology (3)
                           Law Electives (4)                                     Master's Research (3)
                           Law Electives (3)

Total hours:         10 (4 COL; 6 COM)                               10 (3 COL; 7 COM)

Summer 4           Master's  Research (3)

Total hours:          3 (3 COM)



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