Bar Success Curriculum

Bar Success Curriculum Requirements

Seattle U Law has created a specialized curriculum to prepare students to pass the bar exam, a crucial step on the path to becoming a practicing attorney.

• Strongly encouraged for all students, as the curriculum covers essential content areas and skills tested on the bar exam.
• Mandatory for students with a GPA under 3.00 after their first year.

Required Courses:

• Second Year

  • Enhanced Analytical Skills Lab (LPRC-250, 1 credit)

• Third Year

  • Legal Reasoning and Writing for the Bar Exam (BSKL-300, 3 credits)
  • Legal Analysis for the Bar Exam (BSKL-305, 2 credits)

Prepare for the Bar

To learn more about preparing for the bar, you can see our guidelines for Bar Preparation from First-Year to Graduation.

Registration

• Students subject to the Bar Success Curriculum will receive registration priority for bar skills courses.
• Students can submit section preferences before registration appointments begin.
• Because registration occurs before spring class ranks are available, initial 2L registration will be based on the prior fall's class ranks.

Modification to or release from policy

A student may petition the Vice Dean to modify this policy if application of the policy would prevent the student from participating in an academic program that would be in the student's best interests. At a minimum, the student's petition should:

1. Identify the academic program the student wishes to participate in.
2. Explain the policy modification sought.
3. Explain how the modification is in the student's best interests. 
4. Include a recommendation from the Academic Excellence and Bar Success team
5. Include any other information the Vice Dean deems necessary.

A student may petition the Vice Dean for release from this policy, upon a showing of a substantial improvement in the student's academic performance in required and/or bar tested courses. At a minimum, the student's petition should:

1. Explain why release from the policy is in the student's best interests.
2. Include a recommendation from the Academic Excellence and Bar Success team
3. Include any other information the Vice Dean deems necessary.