The law school offers an evening program leading to a professional degree. The degree of Juris Doctor is conferred upon graduates who satisfactorily fulfill the requirements of the school. All students who graduate with the Juris Doctor degree who have previously registered with the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State of California as a law student, and who have passed the First-Year Law Students' Examination are eligible to take the California General Bar Examination. The curriculum requires four years of classroom work and study. The fall semester starts in late August or early September, the spring semester starts in January, and the summer session in June.
Students enroll in nine units of courses per semester.
The required summer courses are two units or three units of credit each. Students complete the required summer courses in two or three summer sessions. Students attend summer classes three evenings a week or less. Students study actual cases selected to illustrate particular problems of law and to demonstrate solutions to these problems and the reasons for the solutions. Instructors lead the discussion of the case material and present supplementary lectures.