Your first year includes required courses that form the cornerstone of a legal education.
Fall
- Federal Civil Procedure
- Contracts
- Property I
- Torts
- Introduction to Lawyering
- Professional Success Seminar
Spring
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law
- Property II
- Introduction to Lawyering
- Contracts
All students take Introduction to Lawyering in their first year, when you will learn to read, write and conduct research as a lawyer. You experience the legal process by representing a simulated client from the first interview through litigation and the appellate process.
During your second and third years, you have the opportunity to shape your course of study and integrate a range of other experiences to help you reach your professional goals.
As the only law school within 90 miles, Albany Law offers more than 120 placements, in areas such as:
Students spend 12 hours per week working with supervising attorneys on site, and participate in weekly seminars related to their areas of practice.
