Sample Get REAL Intensive Schedule

Throughout your four-year Online Hybrid J.D. experience, you will be required to come to the University of Dayton’s campus several times a year for Get Relevant Experience and Applied Learning (REAL) weekends.

Get REAL weekends will occur as follows:

YEARAugust TermJanuary TermMay Term
Year 1
1 Weekend
1 Weekend
1 Weekend
Year 2
1 Weekend
1 Weekend
1 Weekend
Year 3
1 Weekend
1 Weekend
None
Year 4
1 Weekend
1 Weekend
None

To help you get a sense of the types of labs and experiential work that you will complete while on campus, we have created a sample Get REAL weekend schedule, organized by day. Please note that this is only an example of the time commitment and offerings during Get REAL weekends, and that they are subject to change. This particular example focuses on your first Get REAL weekend.

Sample Get REAL Intensive Class Schedule

TimeSaturdaySundayMonday
8:15 – 10:00 a.m. (105 minutes)
Legal Profession I – Introduction to Library / Manual Legal Research
Legal Profession I – Debriefing from Library Exercises
Learning Skills Lab – Exam Prep. (starts at 8:00)
10:15 – 12:00 p.m. (105 minutes)
Legal Profession I – Library Research Exercises
Torts I – Intentional Torts Collaborative Review Exercises
Torts I – Intentional Torts Collaborative Review Exercises
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (60 minutes)
Dean’s Lunch and Registrar – Exam information
Student Organizations Lunch & Presentation
Lunch with Law Faculty & Staff
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (90 minutes)
Torts I – Anatomy of a Tort Action: Substance and Procedure
Legal Profession I – Introduction to Online Legal Research and Westlaw Training
Legal Profession I – Panel on Research Skills
2:45 – 4:15 p.m. (90 minutes)
Torts I – Focus on the Facts & Introduction to Essay Writing
Learning Skills Lab – Advanced Course Outlining (ends at 4:05)
Torts I – Practice Essay and Peer Review
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. (60 minutes)
Legal Profession I – Law Library Tour (ends at 5:15)
Legal Profession I – Online Research – Free sources and Lexis Training
n/a
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. (60 minutes)
Dinner with Administration – Strauss, Spina, and Benson
Outing with Student Organizations
n/a
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (120 minutes)
Torts I – “A Civil Action” viewing
n/a
n/a