1. First Year Day Students Spring 2019
Curriculum advising
First Year Day Students
Spring 2019

2. What we’re covering today
1. Planning for your future.
2. Executing on that plan.
3. Completing the experiential requirement.
4. Beginning to think about the bar exam.

3. the bar diagnostic
At the conclusion of the spring semester, all first year full time day (and 2L evening) students will take a Bar Readiness Diagnostic during the exam period.
All 1L Day and 2L Evening students are required to participate
Although this assessment will not affect your grades, it will be scored to give you preliminary information about whether you are on track for success on the bar exam.
You do not need to study for this assessment. You should take the assessment seriously and use the results to focus your future study efforts. Academic advising will be available to help you make the best use of the results.
The Diagnostic is part of the law school’s initiative to help students succeed on the bar exam.

4. Remaining Curriculum Requirements
Professional Responsibility
Evidence
Constitutional Law II
Civil Procedure II
Scholarly Writing
Experiential
Live Client – 6 credits OR
Live Client – 3 credits PLUS Simulation – 3 credits
87 Credits
Do not wait until the last semester to take required courses.

5. Upper Level Required Course
Timing tips
Upper Level Required Course
Fall 2019
Spring 2020
LAW 601 Civil Procedure II
1 section
2 sections
LAW 651 Evidence
LAW 652 Professional Responsibility
LAW 655 Constitutional Law II

6. RULES AND REASONING GPA below 2.8.
Connected to a doctrinal subject (e.g., R&R: Remedies; R&R: Employment Law)
Will need to take in Fall 2019 or Spring Plan accordingly.

7. Experiential requirement --
6 credits
3 must be live client
Clinics, externships, and workshops
Timing Tip: Prereq & Coreq: Evid and PR
Attorney externship counts, but not 2d externship and not judicial externship

8. Planning resources
Degree Audit feature (called “Academic Requirements” on MyUB)
Curriculum Document
Academic advisors & Faculty/IL Mentors
Law School’s Academic Policies and Procedures Manual
Concentration plans (available under Forms on MyUB) – start planning for that now
What kind of lawyer do you want to be? (link on Semester page)
Concentrations: Business, Crim, Estate, Family Law, IP, Inter’l Law, Litigation & Advocacy, Public Service, and Real Estaten

9. Creating a roadmap FALL SPRING SUMMER 18/19 19/20
Add a skills or writing class so you don’t have 5 exams
Get out there and do an externship
Consider the flat rate tuition
Take a bar-tested course each semester – don’t leave them for the end
Your class has different requirements from those who started before 2015, so advice from upper level students may not always be accurate.

10. registration Read Registration instructions on Semester page
You will register on April 3 (0-28 credits)
Cross divisional date is April 9
Wait list tips
Check for HOLDS
Max credits
Section numbers (300=day; 400= eve; 500= all)

11. Where to find useful information:
The Current Students Tab on the School of Law website allows you to access
Semester information
Class Schedule, Registration Instructions
Academic Calendar
Course Descriptions
How-To Guides for Students available on Records and Registration web site

12. And announcing the ube Beginning July 2019.
The test: MEE, MPT, and MBE (& MPRE)
Getting ready? Courses to consider that are not required but are bar- tested: Business Orgs, Conflicts, Con Crim Pro, Family Law, Sales & Leases, Secured Trans, T&E.
Specific Bar Helpful classes: Summer MPT Class and Essential Skills for the Bar.

13. A Word about taking courses elsewhere
At Maryland Law & Other Law Schools
At other Graduate Schools
Online Courses
Abroad
Required Classes must be taken here. Can take electives at Md or other law school. Fill out IIR form. Can visit at another rlaw school but still must take required courses here. May take up to 6 preapproved classes at grad schools – must be at the 600 level or higher if at UB . Online – no more than 15 credits for distance ed. Offering COL Summer. Most likely another course this spring.

14. QUESTIONS? WHO CAN HELP? Dean Diamond (cdiamond@ubalt.edu)
Dean Harow
Dean Koller
Prof. Jane Murphy