5-Year Part-Time schedule (year-round)
Attend law school part-time for five years (60 months). WMU-Cooley’s five-year extended program is ideal for students looking to balance law school with long-term, time-intensive commitments. This program allows students to take five years to complete their Juris Doctor degree. This program requires students to attend year-round, earning six credits per semester, three semesters a year, for five years.
1st-Year Courses (3 semesters)
- Torts I and II
- Contracts I and II
- Personal and Professional Responsibility
- Civil Procedure I
2nd-Year Courses (3 semesters)
- Criminal Law
- Civil Procedure II
- Research and Writing
- Constitutional Law I
- Persuasion and Advocacy
- Criminal Procedure
3rd-Year Courses (3 semesters)
- Constitutional Law II
- Property I and II
- Business Organizations
- Secured Transactions
- Equity and Remedies
- Drafting
4th-Year Courses (3 semesters)
- Evidence
- Taxation
- Wills, Estates, and Trusts
- Electives
5th-Year Courses (3 semesters)
- Bar Exam Skills
- Electives
- Clinic/Externship