Students may elect either course of study exclusively or set up a curriculum comprising elements of both. Hence, Loyola graduates are prepared to practice law in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Additionally, Loyola is the only law school in the state to offer an evening program. The part-time evening program offers the civil law curriculum exclusively. A limited number of courses are offered each summer in an eight-week session.
Schedules are available in the spring.
A maximum of six credit hours may be earned in New Orleans in a summer session. All students, after completion of their freshman year, are permitted to enroll in summer school classes. Students are permitted to complete summer school regardless of the nature of their spring records. As part of Loyola's civil law tradition and growing international emphasis, law courses are offered abroad in special summer sessions in eight countries located on five continents. Another five-week program is located in Kyoto, Japan.