Lincoln is registered with the State Bar of California as a registered, unaccredited fixed-facility law school. The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program is principally in physical classroom facilities. Lincoln’s degree granting-granting authority in connection with its students qualifying to take the California Bar Examination and obtain admission to the practice of law in California is based on its registration as an unaccredited law school with the Committee of Bar Examiners. To ensure that prospective students of, applicants to, and students of a law school’s J.D. degree program are fully informed about the requirements and possible limitations associated with attending and graduating from an unaccredited law school, a law school must make certain disclosures of information. Lincoln’s required disclosure of information can be found under the admissions tab above.
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Classes at Lincoln Law School in San Jose take place in the evening to allow students to maintain their current career path. For this reason, Juris Doctorate students complete their degree in four years rather than three. Below is a breakdown of what each year entails.
Year 1
- Introduction to Law
- Contracts
- Torts
- Criminal Law
- Legal Writing 101 + 102
- Legal Research & Writing
Year 2
- Business Organizations
- Real Property
- Civil Procedure
- Professional Responsibility
- Legal Skills 201 + 202
- Personal Property
- Moot Court
Year 3
- Evidence
- Constitutional Law
- Community Property
- Legal Skills 301 + 302
- Negotiation & Mediation
- Elective
Year 4
- Wills & Trusts
- Remedies
- Criminal Procedure
- Trial Practice
- Advanced Legal Writing
- Legal Skills 401 + 402

Your student
journey
Classes at Lincoln take place in the evening to allow students to maintain their current career path. For this reason, Juris Doctorate students complete their degree in four years rather than three. Below is a breakdown of what each year entails.
Year 1
- Introduction to Law
- Contracts
- Torts
- Criminal Law
- Legal Writing 101 + 102
- Legal Research & Writing
Year 2
- Business Organizations
- Real Property
- Civil Procedure
- Professional Responsibility
- Legal Skills 201 + 202
- Personal Property
- Moot Court
Year 3
- Evidence
- Constitutional Law
- Community Property
- Legal Skills 301 + 302
- Negotiation & Mediation
- Elective
Year 4
- Wills & Trusts
- Remedies
- Criminal Procedure
- Trial Practice
- Advanced Legal Writing
- Legal Skills 401 + 402

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The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program is principally in physical classroom facilities.
Students enrolled in the J.D. degree program at this law school who successfully complete the first year of law study must pass the First-Year Law Students’ Examination required by Business and Professions Code § 6060(h) and Title 4, Division 1, Chapter 1 Rule 4.3(I) of the of the Rules of the State Bar of California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination. A student who passes the First-Year Law Students’ Examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it will receive credit for all legal studies completed to the time the examination is passed. A student who does not pass the examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it must be promptly disqualified from the law school’s J.D. degree program. If the dismissed student subsequently passes the examination, the student is eligible for re-enrollment in this law school’s J.D. degree program, but will receive credit for only one year of legal study.
Study at, or graduation from, this law school may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in jurisdictions other than California. A student intending to seek admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law.