JD at University of Illinois Chicago

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. JD 405Contracts I.
  2. JD 415Contracts II.
• 1. JD 411Civil Procedure I.
  2. JD 401Expert Learning
  3. JD 405Contracts I.
  4. JD 406Property
  5. JD 407Torts
  6. JD 414Constitutional Law I.
  7. JD 416Criminal Law
  8. LAW 402Lawyering Skills I: Objective Analysis, Writing, and Research
  9. JD 415Contracts II.
  10. LAW 412Lawyering Skills II: Advocacy
  11. JD 439Real Estate: Transactions
• 1. JD 414Constitutional Law I.
  2. JD 401Expert Learning
  3. JD 405Contracts I.
• 1. JD 401Expert Learning
  2. JD 405Contracts I.
  3. JD 406Property

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate JD coursework.

• JD 415Contracts II.opens 66 courses (66 directly)
• LAW 412Lawyering Skills II: Advocacyopens 66 courses (33 directly)
• LAW 413Lawyering Skills II: Advocacy: Intellectual Propertyopens 66 courses (33 directly)
• JD 439Real Estate: Transactionsopens 14 courses (14 directly)
• JD 432U.S. Patent Lawopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• JD 540Clinic: Trademark Classopens 2 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate JD work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 81 JD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more JD course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in JD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at JD 538

  1. JD 405Contracts I.
  2. JD 415Contracts II.
  3. JD 432U.S. Patent Law
  4. TADR 494Clinic: Patent Class
  5. JD 538Clinic: Patent Advanced

• 4 courses deep, ending at JD 420

  1. JD 405Contracts I.
  2. JD 415Contracts II.
  3. JD 439Real Estate: Transactions

• 4 courses deep, ending at JD 450

  1. JD 405Contracts I.
  2. JD 415Contracts II.
  3. LAW 422Lawyering Skills III: Appellate Advocacy

• 4 courses deep, ending at JD 460

  1. JD 405Contracts I.
  2. JD 415Contracts II.
  3. JD 470Income Taxation

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JD yet.

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Department events

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