Although many law schools still require students to take Constitutional Law during the first year, some have opted for students to take the class during their second. No matter when you encounter it, your introductory Constitutional Law course will probably be very different from what you expect, or may have even experienced in a high school or college course on Constitutional Law. In fact, many students are often disappointed to discover that the typical introductory Constitutional Law course they encounter in law school does not explore the controversial Supreme Court decisions defining individual rights (e.g., right to privacy, abortion, etc.) – those “hot topics” are often covered in a upper-level elective course called Constitutional Law II (individual rights). Instead, the introductory “Constitutional Law I” course asks students to interpret the often ambiguous and sweeping, but critical, phrases and concepts embodied in the U.S. Constitution that establish our system of government.
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- Columbia University School of Law
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- Northwestern University School of Law
- University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
- George Washington University Law School
- University of Texas School of Law