PLM Juris Doctor Curriculum

First Year
1st Semester
Subject
Criminal Law 1
Constitutional Law 1
Persons & Family Relations
Legal Profession
Introduction to Law
Legal Writing 1
Statutory Construction
Legal Research & Bibliography
Total

Units
3
3
4
1
1
2
2
2
18

2nd Semester
Subject
Constitutional Law 2
Labor Standards
Obligations & Contracts
Criminal Law 2
Legal Medicine
Legal Ethics
Legal Writing 2
Total

Units
3
2
5
3
2
2
2
19

Second Year
1st Semester
Subject
Labor Relations
Land Titles & Deeds
Special Penal Laws
Taxation 1: Fundamentals of Taxation & Income
Tax
Criminal Procedure
Sales
Property
Torts & Damages
Total
Summer

Units
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
19

2nd Semester
Subject
Negotiable Instruments Law
Civil Procedure
Credit Transactions
Administrative Law, Election Law & Law
on Public Officers
Public International Law & International
Law Research
Taxation 2: Transfer Taxes and Other
Kinds of Taxes
Total

Legal Internship Program

Units
3
4
3
3
3
3
19

Third Year
1st Semester
Subject
Business Organization 1: Partnership, Agency &
Trusts
Elective
Law on Public Corporation
Legal Writing 3
Provisional Remedies
Succession
Transportation
Trial Technique
Total

Units
3
2
2
3
2
4
2
2
20

2nd Semester
Subject
Business Organization 2: Corporation Law
Conflict of Laws
Evidence
Insurance
Legal and Judicial Forms
Legal Writing 4
Special Proceedings
Total

Units
4
2
4
2
2
3
2
19

Fourth Year
1st Semester
Subject
Civil Law Review 1
Commercial Law Review
Criminal Law Review
Labor Law Review
Practice Court 1
Elective
Total

Units
4
4
4
3
2
2
19

2nd Semester
Subject
Civil Law Review 2
Commercial Law Review
Practice Court 2
Problem Areas in Legal Ethics
Remedial Law Review
Taxation Law Review
Total

Units
4
4
2
3
4
3
19

Total Number of Units

152