Upper-Level Required Classes and Electives

1. Student Affairs Orientation – Part II Policies & Procedures January 31, 2017

2. Upper-Level Required Classes (1) COMMON CORE (26 HOURS REQUIRED): • LAW 602 Business Structures & Agency (3) • LAW 631 Constitutional Criminal Procedure (3) • LAW 683 Constitutional Law I (3) • LAW 684 Constitutional Law II (3) • LAW 531 Criminal Law (3) • LAW 652 Evidence (4) • LAW 691 Professional Responsibility (3) • LAW 621 Sales (2) • LAW 780PS Professional Skills Practicum* (2) (*see next slide)

3. Upper-Level Required Classes • Students then must select courses from two sets of electives. • Honors Students are exempted from this requirement. • *Students with a 2.8 GPA at the end of first year, for full-time students, or at the end of second year, for part-time students, are exempted from PSP requirement (on previous slide). • Honors eligibility: 1) Admitted into Honors Program Full Time – must have 3.0 at the end of first year Part Time – must have 3.0 at the end of second year; or (may grade back into program (see Policies and Procedures Manual)) 2) Top 25% of class Full Time - end of first year Part Time - end of second year

4. Upper-Level Required Classes (2) Limited Electives (9 hours required) 3 Choose at least three of the following courses: LAW 622 Secured Transactions (3) LAW 627 Negotiable Instruments/Payment Systems (3) LAW 661 Family Law (3) LAW 662 Wills, Trusts & Estates 3 LAW 746 Virginia Procedure* (3) LAW 758 State Civil Pretrial Practice & Procedure (3) LAW 783 Conflict of Laws (3)

5. Upper-Level Required Classes * Virginia Procedure is required for any student, except Honors Students, to be certified by the Law School to take the Virginia Bar Examination; however, non-Honors students who declare they do not plan to take the Virginia Bar Examination may substitute any of the other above courses for Virginia Procedure.

6. Experiential/Oral Skills • Six hours required. • Must take at least one course from Subpart A and a second course from either Subpart A or Subpart B, for a total of no fewer than six hours. • Appellate Advocacy and Advanced Appellate Advocacy can be used to satisfy either the Experiential/Oral Skills or the Written Rigorous Skills requirement, but a single course cannot be used to satisfy both. • See program checklist for complete course listings.

7. Rigorous Written Skills(must complete before final semester) • 1. Traditional Independent Study (LAW 590) • 1 credit: 18 pages • 2 credits: 30 pages • Special paperwork (Individual Study Form available online) • Must find full-time professor with content expertise to supervise • 2. Academic Legal Scholarship (LAW 748) • 2 credits • Available for members of the Regent University Law Review and Regent Journal of Global Justice & Public Policy • Must comply the specific journal requirements • Special paperwork (Individual Study Form available online) • Must find full-time professor with content expertise to supervise • 3. Seminar/Other Course Designated to Satisfy Rigorous Written Skills Requirement • Recent examples include Race and the Law, Gender and the Law, and International Trafficking in Persons.

8. Rigorous Written Skills(must complete before final semester) • 4. Thesis (GOV 699) • For Joint Degree Government students only • Special requirements apply • 5. One of the following courses: • LAW 755 Adv. Legal Research and Writing (3) • LAW 650 Appellate Advocacy (3) • LAW 778-79 Advanced Appellate Advocacy I & II (1-3)

9. Number of Required Credits 90 credits are required to graduate (83 for joint degree). Credits for Required Courses (No Exemptions): First Year 30 Upper Level (42 minimum) Total Required (72 minimum)   Credits for Required Courses (Honors): First Year 30 Upper Level (31 minimum) Total Required (61 minimum)

10. Concentrations • Areas of concentration are not specialization degrees; students need not declare a concentration in order to graduate. • Rather, they are curricular guides designed to help students focus their studies in particular areas. • Many courses are listed in more than one area. • For full listing, see http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/student_life/studentresources.cfm

11. Concentrations • VIRGINIA STATE BAR EXAM PREPARATION Recommended for those who want to practice in Virginia • CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL & TRANSACTIONAL • PUBLIC LAW For those who want to practice public interest law or to work in the public arena • LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION • FAMILY LAW • THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY & THE LAW

12. Repeating Courses • You must repeat a course if you receive: • “F” in any required course. • “D-” in a required nonsequential course • “D-” in a required sequential course or courses (e.g., Contracts I and II) except upon the granting of a petition showing “good cause” that the course or courses need not be repeated • You may elect to repeat a required course in which a grade of “C-” or below is received. • Courses are to be repeated the next time they are offered. • Both grades appear on transcript, but grades are averaged with the highest average GPA points that can be attained are for a “C” (2.0). • Will be academically dismissed if you are required to repeat and fail to receive a grade of “D” or higher in the retaken course.

13. Third Year Practice Certificate in Virginia • Courses required: • Criminal Law • Evidence • Professional Responsibility • Civil Procedure • Must have completed 60 credits (or very close to 60) • Authorized under VA rules • Many other states have similar programs

14. Special Courses • Externships • Judicial/Governmental Externship/Private • If new/out of state, submit application to Dean West by March 1 for Summer 2017 and June 1 for Fall 2017. • Legal Aid/Nonprofit Externship • If new/out of state, submit application to Prof. McKee by March 1 for Summer 2017 and June 1 for Fall 2017. • ACLJ Summer Externship (By application to Prof. Dysart by mid-February (specific date TBA)) • 10 positions expected for summer 2017 • Two or three credits (not available for one credit) • For all externships, students receive one credit for every 50 hours of field placement work. ACLJ is 60 hours per credit hour. • Civil Practice Clinic (By application to Prof. McKee)

15. Special Courses • LAW 763 Estate Planning (Prerequisites) • LAW 662 Wills, Trusts & Estates • LAW 671 Individual Federal Income Tax (offered only in fall) • LAW 772 Estate & Gift Tax • LAW 602 Business Associations/Business Structures & Agency—prerequisite to certain upper-level business law courses • Advanced Trial Practice/Advanced Appellate Advocacy • (By application to Instructor) • Right to Work Practicum (By application to Prof. Cameron) • Consult the University Graduate Catalog for course numbers and prerequisites: • See Student Resources website for Catalog, Policies and Procedures Manual, and other information: http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/student_life/studentresources.cfm

16. Summer Abroad Program

17. Center for Global JusticeSummer Internship Program • PURPOSE – to provide law students with legal experience through opportunities to seek justice for those in need around the world by serving in the field with frontline agencies and organizations • AWARD– grant awards will be given to approximately 20 students seeking a domestic or international placement in the summer of 2017 • APPLICATION • For grant – apply online at www.regent.edu/globaljustice • For internship site – apply via Pathfinder or per personal research to a qualified site • DEADLINE – Friday, February 5, 2017

18. Topic II - Registration

19. Registration • Check and clear the holds on your student account!

20. Selection of Faculty Mentors • Faculty mentors can advise you on curricular planning issues. • Students in Foundations of Practice will also meet with their mentors as part of the career planning roadmap development.

21. Summer Registration Information • Only students in good academic standing at the end of the Spring semester may register for Summer courses. • The signature of an academic mentor is not required for registration for summer courses. • Summer and fall registration begins February 20. Look for registration information via e-mail from the Records & Registration Office.

22. Fall Registration Information • Registration E-mail Packets • Read all instructions carefully. • Assigned faculty mentors will be listed on worksheet. • Contact Records & Registration Office with questions. • Make advising appointments! • Must obtain a signed certificate of advising from the mentor named on worksheet.

23. Fall Registration Information • Consult the course rotation schedule on the Student Resources page for courses (like LAW 683— Constitutional Law I) that will be offered only in fall or spring. • Can submit an academic petition to take a course if missing any prerequisite(s); petitions are more likely to be granted if the course is on a two-year rotation.

24. Fall Registration Information • Unofficial Add/Drop • Begins after all students have registered. • Done online through Genisys. • Requires no mentor’s signature.

25. Fall Registration Information • Official Add/Drop • Begins 1st day of classes. • 100% tuition refund first two weeks; no refund afterward • If withdraw after the first week, receive a “W” on transcript—will receive a “WF” if withdraw at a point when failing the course. • Done manually through the Records Office. • Must complete an official add/drop form during the second week. • May need signatures to add class during second week.

26. Topic III – Other Policies and Procedures

27. Contact Information • Check it and keep it updated in Genisys! • Current Address • Current Phone • You are responsible for checking your Regent e-mail! • Don’t rely on forwarding of e-mail.

28. Character & Fitness Issues • Keep school apprised of Character & Fitness information. • Talk to Juanita Hanke or Lori Hurley in RH 223; you may need to speak to Dean Van Essendelft. • Inform us soon after event occurs; the Bar Examiners may look negatively upon a student who waits to disclose information until right before graduation. • If you need character and fitness (or other academic) information released, you must complete a Student Information Release Form (available in Records Office). • Remember that you must work no more than 20 hours/week if enrolled in more than 12 hours. • Statement of Student Employment completed in Genisys

29. Visiting Another Law School • At discretion of Regent faculty • Must be approved by two faculty committees. • Only approved for summer school or under extraordinary circumstances • Requests to visit another law school must be submitted at least two months prior to other school’s deadline. • Must complete an academic petition and indicate the particular courses (with official course descriptions) you plan to take at the other school(s).

30. Academic Probation & Dismissal • If you are below a 2.0 after the fall semester, you are on academic probation • Cannot register for summer classes • If you are above but close to a 2.0 . . . • Do not get comfortable • Some first-year students have experienced their grades go down in the spring semester. • Build on your academic strengths but learn from your weaknesses from the fall. • Review all your exams, grading guides, and LARW papers • Seek assistance now • Meet with your doctrinal professors • Make an ASP appointment with Prof. Whittico

31. Prof. Whittico’s Contact Information • E-mail: gwhittico@regent.edu • Office Hours: • 11:45 to 2:45 on Mondays and Wednesdays,  with other times by appointment • Office RH 353D • Please use sign-up sheet on office door to make an appointment. • Academic Success Program will include workshop on advanced exam preparation and taking later in the semester.

32. Academic Dismissal • You must have a 2.0 or greater cumulative GPA at the end of the spring semester to continue. • It does not matter that you were above a 2.0 after the fall term; you can be academically dismissed without ever being on probation. • If you are academically dismissed, you must wait 9 months before you can petition for reinstatement. • Such petitions are granted only rarely. • See the Policies and Procedures Manual on-line for more information (look on the Student Resources page on the Regent Law website).

33. Bar Exam • Think now about where you want to take the bar exam • Check your state for— • Registration deadlines • Fees • Subjects tested • Consider the subjects tested as you plan your upper-level course schedule • For more information, look on— • http://libguides.regent.edu/barexam • http://www.abanet.org/legaled/baradmissions/bar.html

34. ExamSoft Issues • ExamSoft has reported an issue with MacBook compatibility. • Students may not be able to use MacBook Pro computers to take exams until the compatibility issues are resolved.

35. Ranks • All class ranks have been e-mailed to students. • Not ranked after summer term • After this spring (beginning in the fall) – 1L Full-Time will be combined with 2L Part-Time students • Size of class will fluctuate

36. Honor Code Remember that all students have an obligation to report violations to Dean Van Essendelft and normally to confront the other student involved before so reporting: 3.1 Duty to Report “(a) If any student has reasonable cause to believe that an Honor Code violation has occurred, the student must report such violation to the Dean for Student Affairs within 10 days of having such cause. “(b) It is recommended that, prior to reporting such violation, an Accuser encourage the Accused to report his or her own misconduct to the Dean for Student Affairs. Unless an Accuser shows good cause to the Dean for Student Affairs not to do so, an Accuser usually has the duty to confront the Accused directly before presenting an accusation to the Dean for Student Affairs pursuant to § 5.1 below. The Dean for Student Affairs shall have discretion to decide whether the Accuser must confront the Accused directly before a matter can proceed to the Honor Council. . . .”

37. Honor Code • Take note that we as a law school community are to conduct the Honor system at Regent in accordance with biblical principles: § 1.1 Preamble “In keeping with RUSL’s Christian mission, the Honor system shall be conducted in accordance with biblical principles.” • If an accused student “fully admits wrongdoing,” the Dean for Student Affairs imposes appropriate discipline consistent with the Code. § 5.1(a). • Code is available on Regent Law website under “Student Resources.”

38. Dress Code • The Law School desires to prepare students for the professional environment of the practice of law. Accordingly, in matters of dress, students should recognize that they are preparing for career placement and thus should present themselves in a manner consistent with professional standards. While modest casual dress is normally acceptable on campus, recreational and beach attire such as cropped, tank, or midriff shirts, hats, or short shorts are not in keeping with professional standards and are therefore discouraged.