Degree Programs

The School of Law offers three degrees for students at different stages of their academic career.

Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

First Year Curriculum | Law School Catalog 

The University of Baltimore School of Law's innovative curriculum bridges the gap between law school and legal practice. The required and core courses provide the substantive and procedural knowledge that all attorneys must have. A comprehensive writing program, beginning the first year with the Legal Analysis Research and Writing course and continuing throughout the curriculum, hones students' writing and language skills – a lawyer's primary tools.

The largely elective upper-class curriculum provides one of the most comprehensive sequences of lawyering skills courses of any law school in the country. Simulation courses help students develop the full range of skills, including trial and appellate advocacy; pretrial litigation; interviewing, negotiating and counseling; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; and planning and drafting. Students then have many opportunities to test their abilities in the 'real world' by participating in a large array of clinical and internship courses.

The most innovative part of the curriculum is a group of 9 upper-class concentrations that encourages students to explore an area of the law in-depth before choosing a career path. This in-depth study, while not intended to produce a 'specialist' in a particular area of the law, provides students with a sophisticated understanding of the area and with the complex lawyering skills that cannot be gained through a more general legal education.

The University of Baltimore School of Law's balanced approach to legal education provides graduates the confidence and expertise they need to practice law in the real world. Our graduates have a reputation as lawyers who 'hit the ground running' – because UB prepares each student not only to think like a lawyer but also to act like one.