Beginning in January of next year, the Law School will offer classes during the January term.
"We decided for various pedagogical reasons to shorten semester to 13 weeks, so we had an extra week at the beginning of the spring semester," Thomas Nachbar, Law Professor and chair of the faculty curriculum committee, said. That "gave us a lot of freedom to develop what's missing in our curriculum right now -- which is short, intense classes. The classes will run the gamut from intro classes to really specific advanced classes."
Although occurring at the same time as the College J-term, the Law school offerings differ significantly.
J-term classes in the College generally last two weeks for four hours a day and students earn 3 credits for their work. The Law classes, however, will be worth one credit and run two hours a day for one week. Furthermore, many of College J-term offerings involve study abroad opportunities. Because of the nature of Law programs, all the class offerings will be located at the University. According to Nachbar, it is unlikely that abroad classes will be offered during the Law J-term.
Currently, 15 classes are planned for the inaugural J-term semester, although Nachbar says more may be added later.
"It'll be a learning experience for us," he said. "We're looking forward to it"
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