Fall 2020 Advance Registration: June 29 - July 17

Spring 2021 Advance Registration: Nov. 30 - Dec. 7

During advance registration you will enter your course requests using Penn InTouch. We will notify you via email when schedules are available (likely July 28).

During advance registration course requests are being collected. The course scheduler does not run until the advance registration period closes. Your chance of being placed in a course is not affected by when you enter your requests; however, we suggest that you not wait until the deadline to enter your requests.

Advance Registration Instructions - please review the instructions before you enter your course requests.

Review the registration materials carefully. Use the block schedule to avoid time conflicts, and request a full schedule of courses, up to or above your desired credit load. The scheduler will enroll you in no more than 15 credits, however, you can request enrollment in well over 15 credits of coursework. During add/drop, we can increase your credit max to 17; please email reg@law.upenn.edu to request this increase.

Be sure to choose alternate courses in case your primary requests cannot be satisfied.

Keep a copy of your course requests!

At the conclusion of advance registration, the scheduler will enroll you in no more than 15 credits; the scheduler will stop processing your requests when you have reached this max. The Registrar’s Office will approve requests to increase a credit max to 17 (max per term) after advance registration.

Each school at Penn has a priority scheme that gives preference to students based on their division and year of study. The Law School gives enrollment priority to 3Ls and LLMs (with a few exceptions).

The Registrar reserves the right to cap the number of students by class category (i.e., 2L, 3L, LLM, ML). Such decision will be made in consultation with the faculty member and Deputy Deans and communicated to students as soon as possible. We will post/update this information under the “Notes” column on the Course List spreadsheet.

How the scheduler works:

• The scheduler works through course requests in rank order. The system will look to satisfy your first primary request. If your first primary request closes, the scheduler looks to place you in your alternate request BEFORE it moves to your second request.
  • A note on multiple sections - if a course has multiple sections (e.g. Appellate Advocacy, Corporations, Professional Responsibility), the scheduler will look to place you in an alternate section (assuming the section you request closes) UNLESS you select “N” under any section.
• The scheduler will not enroll you in courses with time conflicts.
• If the alternate course is full, the system tries to place you in another section of the alternate course (unless you refuse this option). It will not create a time conflict with your other requests. The scheduler then moves onto your next primary request.
• Steps 1-4 are repeated for each course request until you reach your desired credit load (15 credit max) or until all of your requests have been considered.

Suggestions for getting the courses you want:

• Take advantage of Advance Registration to register for courses. Penn InTouch will not be available to you again until classes begin. If you fail to submit your course requests during advance registration, you will be permitted to request courses (via email to reg@law.upenn.edu) but will be enrolled in open courses only; you cannot add to the waitlist of a closed course until the start of the add/drop period.
• List alternate requests for each of your primary requests.
• Request courses in the order of their importance to you.
• Avoid time conflicts. However, an alternate request may be in time conflict with its primary request.
• Do not enter a course more than once as a primary request. You do not need to list a primary request as a subsequent, lower number primary request (e.g. first primary and then third primary); if you can’t get into a course using a higher ranked number, you won’t have success getting into it using a lower ranked number.

Hold on Your Account: You will not be able to enter course requests if you are on financial or student health hold. If you are on a financial hold, you will need to resolve your University financial obligations by calling the Student Financial Information Center at 215-898-1988. Likewise, the University’s Student Health Services requires that all full time students are fully immunized. Any student not complying with these requirements will have a hold placed on your account. The Law School cannot lift these holds!

Student schedules are available approximately two weeks after the close of advance registration. Once schedules are available, you can view your Law courses on Canvas; non-law courses are not hosted on the Law Canvas site. You can always confirm your full course roster on Penn InTouch.

The Registrar reserves the right to cap the number of students by class category (i.e., 2L, 3L, LLM, ML). Such decision will be made in consultation with the faculty member and Deputy Deans and communicated to students as soon as possible. We will post/update this information under the “Notes” column on the Course List spreadsheet.

• Add/Drop runs:
  • Full semester courses — first two weeks of the semester
  • Clinics/Externships - first week of the semester
  • Quarter courses (half-semester courses) - first week of the semester
  • Bok courses - first class
• During add/drop, you can add open course and drop courses using Penn InTouch.
• If a course is closed, you will be registered from the waitlist (see waitlist procedures below - waitlist procedures will be different for fall 2020 due to our limit on in person gatherings and remote attendance).
• After the end of add/drop, drops for all courses require the permission of the instructor. If you drop any activity (course, seminar, etc.) after October 15 (fall)/February 15 (spring), a W (withdrew) will be noted on your transcript next to the activity that was dropped.
• Students are not permitted to enroll in a course after the add/drop period.

• Course Planning Spreadsheet - Fall 2020 Courses/Seminars/Clinics/Externships
  • The Registrar reserves the right to cap the number of students by class category (i.e., 2L, 3L, LLM, ML). Such decision will be made in consultation with the faculty member and Deputy Deans and communicated to students as soon as possible. We will post/update this information under the “Notes” column of the course list spreadsheet (linked above)
• Block Schedules: Fall 2020 UL Block Schedule / Spring 2021 UL Block Schedule
• Clinical Courses - Enrollment Procedures for Clinical Courses (including procedures for LLMs)
• Externships - Enrollment Procedures for Externships
• Student Projects - Register for an Independent Student Project (Independent Study, Supervised Research, Research Assistant, and Teaching Assistant)
• Graduate Courses Outside of Law - Enroll in a non-law course
• Exams - Exam Schedules & Policies and Procedures

• Course Finder : to search and review the curriculum; review course descriptions, course concentration areas, and skills training options.
• Course Evaluations : on-line evaluations can be found through MyCourses.
• Academic Advising : resources on navigating the course selection process and planning of your legal education, including the Curricular Compass.
• Penn InTouch Mobile : access many features of Penn InTouch from your mobile device.
• Faculty Bios

Advance Registration Scheduler Results (lists closed courses/max enrollment and actual enrollment):

• Fall 2020
• Spring 2020
• Fall 2019
• Spring 2019
• Fall 2018
• Spring 2018
• Fall 2017
• Spring 2017
• Fall 2016

Any course, seminar, clinic, or externship which reaches its max capacity will generate a waitlist. The waitlist is comprised of students who requested the activity as a primary request during advance registration and were closed out. An alternate request will not generate a spot on the waitlist.

The waitlist is generated from the scheduler results and students are listed in priority order of the initial request.

For fall 2020, we will conduct all waitlist activity via email. We will not take any requests to add on to a waitlist and will not have to confirm your place on a waitlist.

We will work through all waitlists each day and send out emails (after 12:00 pm) to those who are able to be enrolled. You will have until noon the following day to accept your offer to join the class.

Once we have worked through the waitlist, the class will be open for students to register directly on Penn InTouch.

Eight courses are required to complete the Master in Law degree. The degree is structured for the completion of 4 ML foundational courses and 4 courses from the JD curriculum (excluding the 1L required curriculum). There is some flexibility between these two categories according to the below requirements. Coursework may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.

The ML foundational courses provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamental aspects of law and legal principles across disciplines and are specifically designed for non-law students.

The Upper Level JD courses taken to complete the ML degree provide the Master in Law degree students the opportunity to sit along side and interact with Law School JD students, enriching the entire classroom with unique perspectives and experiences while also enabling a better understanding of how lawyers approach and analyze legal issues in various disciplines.

Note: Members of the Penn community may take one or more ML courses either as stand alone courses of interest or before or without enrolling in the ML degree program. If accepted as a ML degree candidate, a maximum of two ML courses taken prior to matriculation into the ML degree program may be applied toward the ML degree if request is made and approval is given by the ML program. All individuals taking classes at the Law School are responsible for reviewing the rules & procedures of exams.

 

Three required ML core courses:

· LAWM 511 - U.S. Law and Legal Methods (recommended as the first class) · LAWM 528 - General Business Law · LAWM 529 - Navigating the Regulatory State

One ML elective (choose from the following):

· LAWM 505 - American Constitutional Law · LAWM 506 - Technology Law · LAWM 522 - Corporate Compliance · LAWM 530 - Health Law and Policy Fundamentals · LAWM 513 - Medical Negligence & Tort Law Fundamentals · LAWM 515 - Contracts and Negotiations · LAWM 525 - Entrepreneurship & Start-Up Law · LAWM 536 - Fundamentals of US Legal Research (online) · LAWM 576 - Patent Law (online)

Four JD electives (or a combination of JD & ML electives with a minimum of 1 JD course):

· JD Elective · JD or ML Elective · JD or ML Elective · JD or ML Elective

Click here for more details on ML course offerings.

To view courses in the JD curriculum, please visit COURSEFINDER.

While all members of the Penn Community are welcome to explore our classes and take any available ML courses, we give registration priority to ML degree candidates (those who have applied and been accepted into the ML degree program). Students who take ML classes and later apply and enter the ML degree program may request inclusion toward their ML degree requirements up to two courses/CUs from Penn Carey Law taken prior to matriculation into the ML degree program.

 

Master in Law courses are specifically designed to offer background and expertise to students and staff who are not pursuing a traditional law degree (JD, LLM, LLCM, SJD).

All Certificate and Master in Law degree students must take LAWM 511: U.S. Law and Legal Methods, offered each semester. Master in Law degree students must take additional required foundational courses for the degree.

To enroll in a course follow the instructions below under How To Request Enrollment in a Penn Carey Law Course.

Course descriptions are available on the Law School’s Course Finder.

Summer 2020:

Updated information will be available beginning February 2020. This course runs during special summer session commencing the first week of June 2020.

ML: U.S. Law and Legal Methods LAWM511301 TR 5:30-8:15 pm (Grogan)

ML: General Business Law LAWM528301 MW 5:30-8:00 pm (LiPuma)

ML: Entrepreneurship & Start-Up Law LAWM525301 TR 5:30-8:15 pm (Tecce)

Fall 2020:

ML: Fundamentals of U.S. Legal Research - Online LAWM536301 Online (Greenlee)

ML: Patent Law - Online LAWM576301 Online (Wagner)

ML: American Constitutional Law - LAWM505301 W 5:30-8:15 pm (Gerhardt)

ML: Corporate Compliance - LAWM522301 (Kandel) - Th 5:30-8:15

ML: General Business Law - LAWM528301 M 5:30-8:15 pm (Reavis)

ML: Health Law and Policy - LAWM530301 T 5:30 - 8:15 pm (Corbett)

ML: Technology Law and IP for Non-Lawyers - LAWM506301 Th 5:30 - 8:15 pm (Cloak)

ML: U.S. Law and Legal Methods - LAWM511301 T 5:30-8:15 pm (Soven)

ML: Navigating the Regulatory State - LAWM529301 W 5:30-8:15 pm (Petersen)

Spring 2021: (tentative)

Updated information on the Spring semester will be available beginning October 2020

ML: U.S. Law and Legal Methods - LAWM511301 (Rosengard) - M,W 9:00-10:20

ML: General Business Law - LAWM528301 (Cline) - W 5:30-8:15

ML: Navigating the Regulatory State - LAWM529301 (Howland) - M 5:30-8:15

ML: American Constitutional Law - LAWM505301 (Ruger) - M 5:30-8:15

ML: Technology Law and Ethics - LAWM506301 (Gowen) - W 5:30-8:15

ML: Medical Liability and Negligence - LAWM513301 (Guerrini/Bezar) - Th 5:30-8:15

ML: Contracts and Negotiations - LAWM515301 (Shaffer) - T 5:30-8:15

ML: Health Law and Policy - LAWM530301 (Fernandez-Lynch) - T 5:30-8:15

ML: Patent Law - LAWM576301 Online (Wagner)

Penn graduate and upper-class undergraduate students can request enrollment in upper-level JD courses (first-year courses are for JD students only) on a space available basis. You can review course offerings and course descriptions on the Course Finder .

How to Request Enrollment in a Penn Carey Law Course

• If you are enrolled in a degree program at Penn, or have previously taken a course at Penn Carey Law, please submit a Request to Take a Law Course Form.
• If you are Penn Staff/Faculty and are not enrolled in a degree program at Penn and have not previously taken a course at Penn Carey Law, please complete the Staff/Faculty request to Take a Master in Law Course Form .
• Course enrollment may, i some cases, require the permission of the Penn Carey Law faculty member. If so, you will be notified as to how to follow up once you submit your request.
• Students should consult with their departmental advisor about acceptance of Penn Carey Law credits.
• Enrollment will be based on a space available basis with priority given to degree candidates in the Master in Law program.

If you are interested in taking a summer class:

Complete the Summer Registration Form

If you are enrolled in a degree program at Penn, or you are Penn Staff/Faculty and have previously taken a course at Penn:

Submit a Request to Take a Law Course Form.

If you are Penn Staff/Faculty and are not enrolled in a degree program at Penn and have not previously taken a course at Penn:

Complete the Staff/Faculty request to Take a Master in Law Course Form

• Course enrollment may, in some cases, require the permission of the Penn Carey Law faculty member. If so, you will be notified as to how to follow up once you submit your request.
• Students should consult with their departmental advisor about acceptance of Penn Carey Law credits.
• Enrollment requests will be fulfilled based on the law school’s priority system.
• Graduate students at Penn can take JD courses without matriculating into the Master in Law program, if space is available.
• All individuals taking classes at the Law School are responsible for reviewing the rules & procedures of exams.