The University of Manila

College of Law
Curriculum for
Juris Doctor (J.D.) Non-Thesis
Effective Academic Year 2018-2019
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
FIRST YEAR
Code Subject Units Prerequisite Code Subject Units Prerequisite
CVL 101 Persons and Family Relations 4 CVL 102 Obligations and Contracts 5 CVL 101

POL 101 Constitutional Law I (Government) 3 CRM 102 Criminal Law II 4 CRM 101

CRM 101 Criminal Law I 3 POL 102 Constitutional Law II (Bill of Rights) 3
NBS 101 Legal Research 2 LJE 101 Basic Legal Ethics 3
NBS 102 Legal Writing 2 NBS 104 Legal Technique and Logic 3
NBS 103 Statutory Construction 2 POL 103 Law on Public Corporations 2
Total 16 Total 20
SECOND YEAR
Code Subject Units Prerequisite Code Subject Units Prerequisite
CVL 203 Property 4 CVL 102 COM 201 Negotiable Instruments Law 3
CVL 204 Land Titles and Deeds 2 CVL 206 Credit Transactions 3 CVL 102

Administrative Law, Law on Public

CVL 205 Sales 2 CVL 102 POL 204 3 POL 101
Officers & Election Laws
REM 201 Criminal Procedure 3 CRM 101, CRM 102 REM 202 Civil Procedure 4 CVL 101, CVL 102

LAB 201 Labor Law I (Labor Standards) 3 LAB 203 Labor Law II (Labor Relations) 3 LAB 201

LAB 202 Agrarian Law and Social Legislation 2 POL 205 Public International Law 3
NBS 205 Human Rights Law 2 POL 102 COM 202 Intellectual Property Law 2
Natural Resources and Environmental
NBS 206 3 NBS 207 Appropriate Dispute Resolution 2
Laws
Total 21 Total 23
THIRD YEAR
Code Subject Units Prerequisite Code Subject Units Prerequisite
CVL 307 Succession 4 CVL 101, CVL 203 COM 306 Corporations Law 4
CVL 308 Agency, Trusts and Partnership 3 CVL 102 REM 303 Evidence 4 REM 201, REM 202

TAX 1 Taxation I (Income Taxation) 3 POL 101 CVL 310 Torts and Damages 2 CVL 102

CVL 102, CVL 203, CVL 205, CVL

COM 303 Transportation 2 CVL 102 LF Legal Forms 2 206, COM 201, CVL 308, CVL 204,
REM 201, REM 202

Taxation II (Transfer and Business

COM 304 Insurance 2 CVL 102 TAX 2 3 CVL 101, TAX 1, CVL 307
Taxes)
CVL 309 Conflict of Laws 2 REM 304 Special Proceedings 2 CVL 307

NBS 308 Legal Medicine 1 CRM 102 LJE 302 Problem Areas in Legal Ethics 3 LJE 101

Special Commercial Law & Banking Legal Counseling and Social LJE 101, LJE 302, REM 201, REM
COM 305 3 NBS 309 2
Laws Responsibility 202, REM 303

Total 20 Total 22
FOURTH YEAR
Code Subject Units Prerequisite Code Subject Units Prerequisite
REM 201, REM 202, REM 303,
REM 420 Remedial Law Review I 4 REM 304 REM 421 Remedial Law Review II 4 REM 420

CVL 420 Civil Law Review I 4 CVL 101, CVL 203, CVL 307 CVL 421 Civil Law Review II 4 CVL 420

CVL 308, COM 303, CVL 206, CVL

POL 420 Constitutional Law Review 4 POL 101, POL 102 COM 420 Commercial Law Review 5 306, COM 201, COM 304

CRM 420 Criminal Law Review 4 CRM 101, CRM 102 TAX 420 Taxation Review 3
LAB 420 Labor Law Review 4 LAB 201, LAB 203 NBS 411 Practice Court 2 (Trial Technique) 2 NBS 410

REM 201, REM 202, REM

NBS 410 Practice Court 1 (Pleadings) 2 303, REM 304, LF
LJE 420 Legal Ethics Review 1

Total 22 BMT Bar Methods and Techniques 1

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