Juris Doctor (J.D) degree:

Earn at least 84 credits (87 credits for students beginning at CUA in the Fall 2017 semester or later).
Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5

Successfully complete the following courses:
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law I
Constitutional Law II
Contracts Criminal Law
Lawyering Skills I
Lawyering Skills II
Property
Torts
Evidence Criminal Procedure: The Investigative Process
Professional Responsibility

Satisfactorily complete the upper-division writing requirement:
One "Practice-Oriented" writing course and One "Academic/Scholarly" writing course, or two "Practice-Oriented writing courses.
Practice-Oriented writing courses include:
Appellate Advocacy
Legal Drafting
Applied Portfolio course

Academic/Scholarly writing courses include:
Law Journal Writing
Directed Research (with Academic Legal Writing seminar)
Qualifying Course Paper (with Academic Legal Writing seminar)
Advanced Legal Research & Writing

For students who entered the Law School prior to the Fall 2016 semester, satisfactorily complete the Professional Skills Requirement and the Transition to Practice Requirement.

For students who entered the Law School in the Fall 2016 semester and subsequently, satisfactorily complete the Experiential Learning Requirement.

Satisfactorily complete at least six of the following "staple" courses:
Administrative Law
Agency or Agency & Partnership
Commercial Transactions
Conflict of Laws
Corporations
Family Law
Federal Income Taxation
Remedies
Sales and Leases
Trusts and Estates

Meet the minimum residency requirement.
Equivalent of 6 full-time semesters for full-time (day) students.
Equivalent of 8 part-time semesters for part-time (evening) students.

View 6 honor/ethics lectures.

LL.M (Domestic Program) degree:

Earn at least 24 credits hours while maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.15.
Complete at least 16 credits hours in courses directly related to the concentration area.
Satisfactorily complete one course with a writing component as part of its coursework.
Prior to commencing study, complete a written academic plan under the supervision of the faculty adviser.

LL.M (International Program with Jagiellonian University) degree:

Earn at least 22 credit hours.
Complete at least 6 credits in three courses taken within the Interational Business and Trade Law Program offered by CUA in Cracow.
Complete at least 9 credits in the American Law Program at Jagiellonian University in Cracow.
Complete 6 or 7 credits during a two-month stay in Washington, D.C.

M.L.S. degree:

Earn at least 26 credit hours.
Satisfactorily complete Introduction to American Law and Legal Methods.
Satisfactorily complete a final project.