Like any JD program, the Flex JD experience is rigorous and academically challenging. It will prepare you to become a skilled lawyer.
Flex JD’s admission requirements and application procedures are the same as for the traditional JD program.
Schedule
- Time to complete: 3.5 years (10 terms)
- Includes three summer terms
- Minimum 30 hours/week time commitment for class preparation, assignments, and participation
- Classes typically take place at or after 6 p.m. Pacific time
Flex hybrid courses
- Our professors use online tools to provide you with a learning experience that blends the best of our traditional campus-based education with the unique opportunities presented by online learning
- Weekly activities with multiple feedback and multiple assessment opportunities during each term help you measure your progress and ensure that you master critical knowledge and skills
- Weekly live online classes with faculty and fellow students that replicate the traditional law school classroom experience
- Regular video office hours with faculty ensure that if you need assistance, your professors are accessible remotely
Required on-campus sessions (for all hybrid-online courses)
- Each fall and spring semester throughout the program's 3.5-year duration will incorporate in-person classes over five weekends.
- In-person weekend dates for the 2026-27 academic year:
- August 20, 21, 22, 2026 (In-person orientation and first day of class)
- September 26, 27, 2026
- October 31, November 1, 2026
- January 23, 24, 2027
- March 13, 14, 2027
- Classes meet in beautiful Sullivan Hall, located on our lush and centrally located campus
- In-person sessions scheduled to coincide with a variety of social and extra-curricular opportunities to deepen your connection with Seattle U Law and the legal community.
Course delivery
Course work is delivered in a hybrid-online format, combining online learning and in-person classes:
- Asynchronous remote learning allows students to complete assignments on their own time.
- Synchronous classes (typically one hour per week, per class) provide live interaction with professors and classmates.
- Five in-person intensive sessions per academic year held at Sullivan Hall each fall and spring.
- Summer course work conducted entirely online.
