Jay Wang ’08
Senior Legal Counsel, Blizzard Entertainment, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Phone: (617) 203-7228
Email: FlexJD@northeastern.edu
FlexJD. Part-time, online and on-campus, JD delivery. Full-time Northeastern Law experience.
Northeastern Law’s full-time, on-campus trajectory to pursue a law degree doesn’t fit everyone. We get it. That’s why we are offering our part-time, online and on-campus FlexJD.
As a FlexJD student, you’ll learn complicated legal concepts, solve real legal problems and develop research, analysis, writing and debate expertise.
You’ll first immerse yourself in the fundamentals of the American legal system, taking required courses such as Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law and Property Law. Through the Legal Skills in Social Context course, you’ll also develop essential skills necessary for good lawyering— legal research, drafting, oral communication, and teamwork and collaboration — and have an opportunity to put those skills to use on behalf of a public interest organization.
Through upper-level electives, you’ll build expertise in the areas you’re most passionate about. Along the way, you’ll be mentored and taught by exceptional faculty who publish in leading law journals and are hands-on pro bono practitioners.
Sample Course Schedule*
| YEAR 1 | ||
| Term | Course | Format |
| Fall | Torts | Distance |
| Fall | Legal Writing Workshop | Distance |
| Fall | Legal Skills in Social Context Social Justice Component | Distance |
| Spring | Legal Writing Workshop | Distance |
| Spring | Legal Skills in Social Context Social Justice Component | Distance |
| Spring | Criminal Justice | Distance |
| Summer | Property | Distance |
| Summer | Contracts | Distance |
| YEAR 2 | ||
| Fall | Civil Procedure | Distance |
| Fall | Constitutional Law | Distance |
| Spring | Experiential Semester | |
| Summer | Professional Responsibility | Distance |
| Summer | Elective | Distance |
| YEAR 3 | ||
| Fall | Elective | LOC + Distance** |
| Fall | Elective | Distance |
| Fall | Elective | Distance |
| Spring | Elective | LOC + Distance |
| Spring | Elective | Distance |
| Spring | Elective | Distance |
| Summer | Co-op and Reflections | |
| YEAR 4 | ||
| Fall | Elective | Distance |
| Fall | Strategies for Bar Success | LOC + Distance |
| Spring | Strategies for Bar Success: Advanced Skills | LOC + Distance |
| Spring | Elective | Distance |
| Spring | Elective | Distance |
*Subject to change
**LOC = Law on Campus
FlexJD Curriculum
The FlexJD requires 83 credit hours of instruction for graduation over four years. The typical student course load is eight to nine credits per term. Your required first-year courses are spread out over four terms (rather than the two terms in the full-time JD program). In your first two terms, you’ll take part in the Legal Skills in Social Context program, along with one podium course each term. You will then take two podium courses in each of the next two terms.
Representative course sequence to begin the program:
Fall
Spring
Summer
Fall
For the remaining upper-level required credits, the curriculum maximizes flexibility for part-time FlexJD students. Additionally, you are able to take any currently offered courses available to full-time students.
Co-op Requirements
- One semester-long co-op, which will be a field placement with concurrent enrollment in a reflections seminar that total 8 credits
- One additional semester-long practical experience, which could be a co-op, field placement, or approved experiential project. Each practical experience must be for a minimum of 275 hours of work during the non-academic semester.
- An additional 1,000 hours of relevant work experience.
For more information about curricular, co-op and other requirements for the School of Law’s FlexJD program, visit the Northeastern University Academic Catalog.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the FlexJD, please schedule an appointment with an enrollment specialist.
