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offerings in Advanced Problems in Trademark Law,
Advanced Problems in Copyright Law, and Patent Law.
Commercial Law supports work in Secured Transactions,
Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Rights, Commercial
Paper, and Advanced Sales. Administrative Law and
Statutory Interpretation and Legislation support work in
Health Law and Health Care Fraud and Abuse, as well as in
Environmental Law and Hazardous Waste, Toxic Torts, and
Environmental Justice. Family Law can be followed with
Problems in Family Law and Practice, Estate Planning, and
a seminar on interstate child custody. It should be noted
that in some sequences outlined above the basic courses are
formal prerequisites to the advanced offerings, while in
others, they are recommended only as helpful and are not
required. Please check the descriptions of particular courses
to determine actual prerequisites.
The curriculum also offers a rich array of courses in
public international law and international human rights,
comparative law, and private international law, as well as
advanced courses in various areas of constitutional rights
and civil liberties, legal history, biomedical ethics, social
welfare law, law and economics, and jurisprudence.
The faculty has prepared academic advice memoranda,
available online through the law school web site,
http://www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/, on course selection, course
sequences, and various fields or concentrations of legal
practice, including business and corporate law and
litigation; commercial law; criminal law; environmental
law; family law; health law; labor and employment law;
and government, civil rights, and public interest practice.
Students are urged to consult these memoranda and
individual faculty knowledgeable in the various fields.
LAW JOURNAL
The Rutgers Law Journal is a professional publication
devoted to critical discussions of current legal problems.
Issued quarterly, it includes lead articles by practitioners
and scholars, as well as student contributions in the form of
notes and case comments. One issue of the journal each year
is devoted to a survey of state constitutional law. Participation
in the work of the Rutgers Law Journal affords opportunity
for intellectual and professional growth. Students are
eligible to receive academic credit for law journal service.
Invitations for staff positions are extended to a limited
number of first-year students on the basis of their academic
achievement in the first year of law school and a writing
competition. Other students are encouraged to compete for
open positions on the Rutgers Law Journal through subsequent
open-writing competitions. Details of the writing
competition are announced each year during the spring
term. Unique situations, such as transfer students and students
returning from leaves of absence, are handled on an
individual basis by the editorial board.
Members of the editorial board are selected by their
predecessors, utilizing the criteria of contribution to the
Rutgers Law Journal during the previous year and continued
academic excellence. Students also may compete for staff
and editorial positions on the Rutgers Journal of Law and
Religion. This journal is the world’s first online studentedited
law journal dedicated to the interaction of church
and state on a global scale. Students interested in policy
may participate on the Journal of Law and Urban Policy.
DUAL-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Students who qualify for admission to both schools offering
a dual degree may enter the program. The following programs
are currently offered:
J.D./Master of Public Affairs and Politics (M.P.A.P.),
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and
Public Policy
J.D./Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.),
Graduate School–Camden
J.D./Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.),
School of Business–Camden or Rutgers Business
School: Graduate Programs–Newark and New
Brunswick
J.D./Master of City and Regional Planning (M.C.R.P.),
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and
Public Policy
J.D./Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) in
Health-Care Management and Policy, Graduate
School–Camden with University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey
J.D./Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), School of Social Work
J.D./M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey
J.D./D.O., University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey–School of Osteopathic Medicine
INTERSCHOOL STUDIES
While enrolled in the law school, students may apply to the
Committee on Academic Petitions for permission to take
courses at other law schools or graduate schools, including
summer sessions. Students are advised that credit is not
granted for graduate course work completed prior to entering
Rutgers’ School of Law–Camden.
Under an agreement with Temple University Law School,
students may cross-register for up to three courses during
their law school career, while paying tuition to Rutgers, as if
the Temple course were offered at Rutgers, as long as the
course is not available at Rutgers. Special materials on the
cross-registration program describe this option in detail and
are available from the associate dean for academic affairs.
3-3 PROGRAM
A B.A./J.D. is also possible as part of a joint venture
between Camden College of Arts and Sciences and the
Rutgers’ School of Law–Camden. This program provides
the opportunity for highly talented and qualified students
to complete both a bachelor of arts and a juris doctor in six
years rather than seven. Dual B.A./J.D. students complete
all general education requirements and all requirements for
a major in the College of Arts and Sciences in three years. If
determined to be qualified, they then enter the law school.
Their first-year required law courses complete the requirements
for the bachelor of arts, which they receive at the end
of their fourth year of study. Applicants to Rutgers’ School
of Law–Camden from the dual degree program should present
evidence of strong analytical and writing skills.
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