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What are the requirements to graduate with a JD from UCLA Law?
- Units to Graduate: 87
- Units in physical classrooms: 64
- Required after 1L:
- Professional Responsibility Course (Law 312, other designated courses)
- Substantial Analytic Writing (SAW) Project (professor must certify with form)
- 6 units of “experiential coursework”
- Minimum Units per semester: 12
- Maximum Units per semester: 16 (17 with permission) (J-term can be added on)
- “Residency” Requirement: Students must be in residence at UCLA Law for at least six full-time semesters unless a transfer student or on an approved visit.
- Must graduate within five years of beginning legal study.
