Academic Resources

College of Law Academic Calendars

2024-2025

Fall 2024

SPRING 2025

2023-2024

Fall Term

Spring Term

2022-2023

Fall Term

Spring Term

Course Schedules

Course schedules may be viewed in the Jacksonville University online course catalog or linked below.

2025 Spring Course Schedule

2024 Fall Course Schedule

2024 Spring Course Schedule

2023 Fall Course Schedule

2023 Spring Course Schedule

2022 Fall Course Schedule

2023 Spring Exam Schedule

Course Descriptions

The College of Law offers a variety first-year and upper level courses as part of the J.D. degree program. Explore the required and elective courses, and all graduation requirements in the College of Law Student Handbook.  

Definition of a Credit Hour

The College of Law adheres to federal law and ABA definitions of a credit hour. ABA Standard 310(b) provides a “credit hour” is an amount of work that reasonably approximates:

    • (1) not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and two hours of out-of-class student work per week for fifteen weeks, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
    • (2) at least an equivalent amount of work as required in subparagraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including simulation, field placement, clinical, co-curricular, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

The College of Law currently operates on 15-week semesters in the Fall and Spring and an 8-week Summer term, inclusive of reading days and final exams. For College of Law purposes, in-class time is calculated in 50 minute “hours” per credit over 15 weeks, or other equivalent for more-condensed courses. All faculty instruction time is calculated at this rate. All other academic time is calculated in 60-minute hours. This means that at least 42.5 total hours, accumulated through some combination of in-class and out-of-class time, are required for a "credit hour." 

More Policies and Resources

Law Student Handbook

College of Law Exam Policies

University Student Handbook

JU Blackboard

The Office of the Registrar

JU Virtual Care Counseling


Accreditation Information

Accreditation is the hallmark of quality and high standards for legal education and admission to the Bar. The Jacksonville University College of Law is provisionally approved by the American Bar Association (Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738), and, in accordance with ABA rules, will continue to pursue full accreditation. Law schools that are provisionally accredited are entitled to all the rights of a fully approved law school. Similarly, from an ABA perspective, graduates of provisionally approved law schools are entitled to the same recognition that is accorded graduates of fully approved law schools.

Jacksonville University
General Counsel
2800 University Blvd N, Jacksonville, FL 32211
904-256-7549