Year and Semester	Activity
*1st Year - Fall	Coursework related to dissertation research 8 total credits (7 coursework credits plus 1 credit hour for dissertation work) Begin research/writing dissertation
*1st Year - Spring	Coursework related to dissertation research 8 total credits (7 coursework credits plus 1 hour credit hour for dissertation work) Continue research/writing dissertation
1st Summer	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
2nd Year - Fall	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
2nd Year - Spring	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
2nd Summer	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
3rd Year - Fall	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
3rd Year - Spring	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation Oral Examination at KU Law Passage of Dissertation

* 1st Year must be in residence at the University of Kansas School of Law

Why KU

One-third of full-time faculty have written casebooks used at U.S. law schools
2 KU law faculty were U.S. Supreme Court clerks
KU’s Project for Innocence: 28 conviction reversals since 2009
7,300+ alumni live in all 50 states and 18 foreign countries
Routinely ranked a “best value” law school
12 interdisciplinary joint degrees
26th nationwide for lowest debt at graduation. — U.S. News & World Report
23rd nationally among public law schools. “When Lawyers Do the Grading,”
—U.S. News & World Report
70 percent of upper-level law classes have 25 or fewer students
37th: for number of law graduates who are partners at nation’s largest law firms

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