Professor Klein, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, sent a memo to the IU-Law student body yesterday detailing changes to the curriculum requirements and to the course schedule.

The most prominent of these changes apply to incoming 1L's next year: both Torts and Property requirements have been reduced to a 1 semester-long 4-credit course each. Each will be taught in the in Fall semester. Also, Constitutional Law has been made a mandatory course for 1L day students in the Spring.

These changes tend to bring the school in line with many of our peer institutions, few of whom require more than 1 semester of property or torts.

Other changes of note do impact current students. Morning classes will now begin at 8:30 a.m. rather than at 8:45, two new reserved blocks have been created for student meetings (Tuesdays at 12:40-2:10 and 4:25-6:00, and Thursdays at 12:40-2:10 and 4:25-5:30), and some courses have had their names changed to more precisely reflect the subject matter they cover.

For the complete memo, click here...