ACADEMIC ADVISING SESSION March 28, 2011

Contact Information Wayne Logan, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dean’s Suite, 2 nd Floor (850)

Contact Information Liz Boyette Law School Registrar Office of Admissions & Records Room 210 (850)

Contact Information Nancy Benavides Associate Dean for Student Affairs Office of Student Affairs Room 208A (850)

Graduation Requirements Credit Hours – 88 semester credit hours; at least 45 credit hours of approved course work must be completed at FSU GPA – a final cumulative GPA of 69 or better Graded Hours – ¾ of credit hours of course work at FSU must be graded hours Required Courses – Civil Procedure, Con. Law I and II, Contracts, Criminal Law, Legal Writing I and II, Property, Leg.-Regulation,* Torts, and Professional Responsibility.

Graduation Requirements (continued) Upper Level Writing Requirement (ULWR) Skills Training – (ST) certified class instruction Residence Credit – 6 credits required; earn 1 residency credit every semester enrolled in 12 or more credit hours Pro Bono Service – 20 hours

Resource for Info on Graduation Requirements and Other Issues The College of Law’s Academic Rules, Policies, and Procedures may be found at: Graduation RequirementsClass Attendance Employent LimitationsGrading System ExaminationsDirected Individual Study (DIS) Clinical ProgramsCo-Curricular Programs Outside CoursesRegistration WithdrawalAcademic Oversight & Dismissal Certificate ProgramsJoint Degree Programs Student Conduct Codes The College of Law’s Student Conduct Code governs the academic conduct of students at the Florida State University College of Law. All other conduct of students at FSU College of Law is governed by the Florida State University’s Student Conduct Code available at

Planning Your Schedule Become well-rounded: cover subjects that all lawyers are expected to have mastered Some “basic” courses  Corporations  Taxation  Gratuitous Transfers  Family Law or Dissolution of Marriage  Administrative Law  Criminal Procedure-Police

Bar Exam Courses: Multistate Evidence Criminal Procedure-Police (Adjudication to a lesser extent) Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts Sales & Leases (Article 2 of U.C.C.) Property Constitutional Law I & II

Bar Exam Courses: Florida Corporations Unincorporated Business Entities Family Law (or Florida Dissolution of Marriage) Florida Civil Practice, Florida Crim. Practice I State Constitutional Law Gratuitous Transfers (a.k.a. Trusts; Wills & Admin. of Estates) Land Transfers (or Real Estate Finance) Secured Transactions Commercial Paper “Florida Topics”

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