Degree Requirements

The degree requires:

  • The successful completion of 24 credit hours, including five required courses with no more than one grade of D and a cumulative average of at least 2.3 in all courses taken.
    • Full-time students must complete the degree requirements in two consecutive academic semesters
    • Part-time students must complete the degree requirements in no more than four years.
  • Completion of the Introduction to Tax Law Module
  • Fulfillment of the Legal Research and Writing Requirement

Introduction to Tax Law Module

Students will be required to complete an Introduction to Tax Law course prior to matriculating. This will be a non-credit course offered exclusively online.  Designed to introduce students to the basic concepts necessary to adjust to law school studies, it will consist of 5 modules covering the following topics:

  1. Introduction to the U.S. Legal System
  2. Introduction to Sources of U.S. Tax Law
  3. Introduction to Legal Research in Tax
  4. Introduction to Legal Methods, including how to read and brief a case
  5. Introduction to Legal Writing

Legal Research and Writing Requirement

Students will be required to earn at least 4 credits in classes focused on legal research and writing, such as:

  1. TX 982 Tax Seminar
  2. TX 985 Tax Law Research

Students will be required to write a paper or combination of shorter papers that, in the aggregate, satisfy a length requirement of 7,500 words, not including footnotes.  It is anticipated that a student will complete this requirement as part of the TX 982 Tax Seminar course.

Course Offerings

Required Courses

Course Descriptions and Prerequisites