Summer 2015 Registration

The law school has changed the way it offers upper-division required and bar courses.   As previously announced, Torts II will not be offered in Summer 2015.  Starting in the 2015-16 academic year, upper-division required and bar courses will be offered twice each academic year.  The following table reflects the scheduled required and bar course rotation for the 2015-2016 academic year. 

Online Registration for Summer 2015 will open Tuesday, March 24. 

Registration is based on your current class year: 3^rd year students have successfully completed 54 units, 2^nd year students have successfully completed 25-53 units, and 1^st year students have successfully completed less than 25 units.  There are no exceptions.

The registration schedule is as follows: 

• 3rd-year & LLM students: Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00am – Tuesday, March 31 at 11:00pm 
• 2nd-year students: Thursday, March 26 at 7:00am – Tuesday, March 31 at 11:00pm 
• 1st-year & visiting students: Thursday, March 26 at 7:00am – Tuesday, March 31 at 11:00pm

Need help planning your law school career? See the guide to planning law school for more information. 

Registration materials, course descriptions and other information.

• Summer 2015 Schedule (Subject to Change)
• Fall 2015 Schedule (Draft)
• Exchange Courses for Thomas Jefferson (Additional courses TBA)
• Course Descriptions
• SW & PRAC Course Designations, Pre- and Co-requisites
• Add/Drop Information
• Course Planner (For use in planning your schedule)
• Application to Graduate (If you will be graduating, you must fill this out and return it to the Registrar's Office before classes start.)
• Application to Graduate MCL and LLM only (must be completed and returned to the Registrar's Office)
• Application to Graduate LLM-TA (must be completed and returned to the Registrar's Office)
• Registrar's Calendar

Scholarly Writing Requirement (SWR):

If you are taking a course for SW credit, you must also be enrolled in the Legal Scholarship Training Seminar (course #240). If you will be satisfying the SW requirement by taking a scholarly writing option course, i.e., a course designated as SW/OP, SW/EO or EX/SW, you need to advise the professor that you are taking the course for SW credit.

Independent Study:

If you are planning to do an independent study, take the Independent Study Petition to the Professor who will be supervising the independent study for signature, then submit the form to the Office of the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. Once approved by Vice Dean Cox, the form will be forwarded to the Registrar's Office and you will be enrolled in the Independent Study.

Information regarding Registration for Trial Practice: If you are planning to take trial practice in the future please read this section carefully.

• Upper division law students at California Western present jury trials as their final assignment in Trial Practice.
• Students present a case from beginning to end, including opening statements, direct and cross examination and closing arguments. They then request a jury to return a verdict.
• After the verdict is delivered, the jury has the opportunity to critique the students' performances and offer them suggestions on how to improve.

We would like to know if you would be willing to serve as a juror in one trial. The trials will take place the last week of summer classes, at 5:00 p.m. Exact dates will be announced. The trials will last approximately four hours (including deliberations and critique).Note: Jury service is a prerequisite for taking Trial Practice.

To register for Trial Practice in the future, you will have had to have served as a juror in a Trial Practice trial. Please call Laurie Farid in the Office of the Vice Dean to sign up for juror service. The deadline to sign up will be announced. For questions, please contact Laurie Farid at (619) 525-1409.

Prerequisites for taking Trial Practice:

• In order to enroll in Trial Practice, you must serve as a juror in a trial practice trial before you register to take the course. PLEASE NOTE: Jury trials are scheduled during the week prior to the final week of classes and last approximately four (4) hours. If you have not yet completed this requirement but want to take Trial Practice next trimester, sign up for one of the trials this trimester. This will ensure that you will be eligible for the class during the next registration cycle.
• NOTE: There are specific attendance requirements for Trial Practice that apply to both enrolled students and wait-listed students.
• First-year students who plan to take Trial Practice in their third trimester must have a minimum grade point average of 76 at the time of registration.
• Evidence is also a prerequisite for Trial Practice. It may also be taken concurrently. Also, please note that the Trial Practice Lecture (#785) is a component of the course and must be taken in conjunction with the small section. If you have any questions, please call the Registrar's Office at (619) 525-1414.