At The University of Baltimore, we provide knowledge that works. Get real-world career preparation and the hands-on experience employers demand at a fraction of the cost of other universities. Pick courses that fit your schedule and create an education tailored to your vision and needs. Welcome to UBalt!
At the UBalt School of Law, our faculty will teach, guide, inspire and mentor you. With distinguished credentials and wide-ranging experience, they are scholars, judges and practitioners who are dedicated to you and your legal education.
While at UBalt, Ryan was vice president for UBalt Students for Public Interest, secretary for the International Law Society, a team member on the Gibbons Procedure Criminal Moot Court Team, and a student-attroney in the Immigrant Rights Clinic. Ryan received his bachelor of arts from Moravian College.
This education will take place in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center, a LEED Platinum-certified model of innovative architecture. You will learn the law in energizing classrooms full of natural light and leading-edge technology. These dynamic spaces enhance engagement and collaboration among students, faculty and staff, producing confident, skilled leaders in the legal community.
YEAR ONE AT UBalt:
Your first-year, full-time day curriculum includes the following courses:
Your first-year, part-time evening curriculum includes the following courses:
You're eager to dive in and make your mark as a lawyer.
The process begins with foundation courses in year one, after which you can pursue a more customized course of study to meet your career goals. Soon enough you will begin your practical learning in the community and participation in law school organizations, such as Law Review and UBalt Students for Public Interest, to deepen your connections to the law and your classmates.
In your first year at the UBalt School of Law, you will build a strong foundation in legal doctrine and theory. In subsequent years, you can focus your studies through one of nine concentrations or six dual-degree programs. Each concentration requires you to participate in at least one related experiential course or activity, through which you'll apply what you've learned in the classroom to a real-world setting.
Dual-degree programs—in areas such as taxation, business, public policy and criminal justice—allow you to take an interdisciplinary approach to the law while working toward an additional graduate degree.
Need more options? Combine courses to build your own individualized curriculum.
Students can choose a concentration or a practice track or take courses to customize
their focus. Our goal is to help you shape your law school experience to support your
personal and professional goals.
A concentration comprises substantive or doctrinal courses in a particular area of
the law. A practice track combines courses with practical activities like externships, moot court and co-curricular pursuits to develop the skills necessary for practice in a particular area of the law.
If you have an interest in taxation, you can pursue both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Laws in Taxation at the UBalt School of Law. The LL.M. degree can be earned by taking as few as 15 additional credits in the graduate tax program.
J.D./MBA
Through this joint program, you can earn a Juris Doctor and a Master of Business Administration
degree in an integrated sequence of courses over three to four years. The MBA program,
offered by UBalt’s Merrick School of Business, is accredited by AACSB International.
Online MBA courses provide flexibility and convenience.
J.D./M.P.A.
The Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration program is ideal if you want to work
in federal, state or local government agencies as well as in nonprofit or quasi-governmental
organizations. The M.P.A. program in UBalt’s College of Public Affairs is accredited
by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration. Online M.P.A.
courses provide you with flexibility and convenience.
J.D./M.S. in Criminal Justice
The joint Juris Doctor/M.S. in Criminal Justice program, offered by UBalt’s College
of Public Affairs, combines the J.D. with study of the criminal justice system. Because
criminal justice students come from many backgrounds—including law enforcement, field
administration, planning, research and casework—you will gain insight into the criminal
justice system from your classmates as well as from faculty.
J.D./M.S. in Negotiations and Conflict Management
This dual Juris Doctor/M.S. in Negotiations and Conflict Management provides you with
a thorough understanding of what conflict is, why it happens and how to manage it.
The M.S. program in UBalt’s College of Public Affairs will teach you how to facilitate
understanding, mitigate destructive aspects of conflict, and mediate and implement
structured resolutions.
J.D./M.P.P or Ph.D. in Public Policy
This dual degree is ideal if you are interested in using your law degree to influence
public policy. The graduate program is offered at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
County and is accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration.
Learn more about dual-degree programs.
Professor of Law
B.A., Grambling State University
J.D., New York University School of Law
Daniels joined the faculty at the UBalt School of Law in 2006. She teaches civil procedure, civil rights law and election law. Daniels is an expert on voting rights and the author of Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America (NYU Press, 2020). She served as a deputy chief in the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section in the Clinton and Bush administrations. Before beginning her voting rights career, Daniels was a staff attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights, representing death row inmates and bringing inmates’ rights cases.
DLA Piper Professor of Law
B.A., Hampshire College
J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Meyerson is director of the Fannie Angelos Program for Educational Excellence. He received the UBalt President’s Faculty Award for 2020. Meyerson joined the UBalt School of Law faculty in 1985 and teaches constitutional law, contracts and American legal history. He is the author of Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America (Yale University Press, 2012). He has written three other books and published numerous articles on constitutional law, contracts law and the First Amendment.