Juris Doctor at University of Montana

The Juris Doctor is the professional law degree of the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana, which has trained lawyers since 1911. It is a three-year, full-time, in-person programme with entering classes of about 80 students. The school is nationally recognised for American Indian law and for environmental and natural resources law.

Faculty: Alexander Blewett III School of Law  |  Department: Alexander Blewett III School of Law  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 90 credits (95 credits with a certificate)  |  Intake: Fall; applications accepted September 1 to July 15 with rolling decisions  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Missoula, MT, United States

What you will study

The curriculum is competency-based and begins in the first year with Lawyering Fundamentals, with practical work across all three years such as drafting contracts, counseling clients, negotiating transactions, trying cases and arguing appeals. Degree requirements include an Advanced Writing Requirement course, an Oral Argument Requirement course and at least 4 clinic credits. Every student completes a third-year clinic representing real clients, chosen from four in-house clinics and 24 field placements.

Career pathways

Graduates enter the Montana and wider legal community; the school's Career Development Office provides workshops, mentorship, an online job board and on-campus recruiting. The school reports a 97% employment rate and a 97.5% two-year bar passage rate.

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