College of Law

McQuade Auditorium

Academics

Toledo Law delivers excellence in legal education and provides many paths to professional success – at an exceptional value. You will learn “to think like a lawyer,” but, more importantly, you will come to understand the law’s relationship to society and people’s lives and learn to become an active participant in the American justice system.

May I attend Toledo Law part-time?

Yes. Your Toledo Law experience can be tailored to a variety of professional goals and academic timetables. Three courses of study are available – full-time day, part-time evening, and part-time day.


What happens during my first year?

You’ll take the following required courses that are the substantive building blocks for your legal education. You will also take Lawyering Skills I and II, where you will learn legal research techniques and strategies, legal analysis skills, and how to write memos and appeals briefs.

  • Civil Procedure - Pleading and Practice
  • Constitutional Law - Structure
  • Contracts I and II
  • Criminal Law
  • Property - Fundamentals of Ownership
  • Property - Transactions and Land Use
  • Torts

What happens during my second and third years?

You will direct your course of study by selecting from a broad range of electives including substantive law courses, legal clinics, and flex courses (one- or two-credit classes that meet on breaks or weekends and feature renowned practitioners and academics who teach specialized areas of the law).

There are a few required courses below to fit into your schedule.

  • Civil Procedure - Jurisdiction
  • Constitutional Law - Rights
  • Evidence
  • Legal Ethics

In addition, you will complete two upper-level research and writing projects, with faculty supervision, in fields that interest you. You will also complete the college's experiential learning requirement.

Last Updated: 1/31/24