Greetings and welcome to the Unviersity of Wisconsin Law School! Below you will find course schedule and registration information for the Fall 2026 term. Please read this information carefully.

Course Schedule

A full-time 1L Fall schedule includes the following four courses for a total of 15 credits:

First-year students are not permitted to take additional courses beyond those listed above without permission from the Assistant Dean for Student Affair. If you have questions about attending part-time, please contact the Law School Academic Advisor.

In late July, the Law School will email students their assigned course schedules. To maintain balanced class sizes, we are no longer accepting individual scheduling requests. 

Fall 2026 First-Year Course Schedules

Each first-year student will be assigned one of the four block schedules below (A, B, C, or D), plus one section of Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing I (LAAW I). Please note that the schedules outlined below are for informational purposes only and cannot be requested. 

Schedule A

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
711 001 Contracts 16573 Sidel MTW 9:00-10:20
714 001 Civil Procedure 16632 Meyn MTWR 1:10-2:05
726 001 Criminal Law & Procedure 16576 Glinberg MTWR 10:55-11:50

 Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing I (LAAW I) sections paired with Schedule A

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
722 001 LAAW I 29541 Dowell TR 2:40-4:00
722 002 LAAW I 30200 Wu MW 2:40-4:00
722 003 LAAW I 30201 Brown MW 2:40-4:00

Schedule B

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
711 002 Contracts 16574 Sidel MTW 10:30-11:50
714 002 Civil Procedure 17555 McDermott MW 4:35-6:35
726 002 Criminal Law & Procedure 16577 Glinberg MTWR 1:10-2:05

Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing I (LAAW I) sections paired with Schedule B

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
722 004 LAAW I 30202 Dowell TR 4:35-5:55
722 005 LAAW I 30203 Lucchesi TR 9:00-10:20
722 006 LAAW I 30204 Norman TR 3:30-4:50

Schedule C

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
711 003 Contracts 29737 Sharafi MW 9:50-11:50
714 003 Civil Procedure 19529 McDermott MW 1:10-3:10
726 003 Criminal Law & Procedure 19813 Klingele TR 9:50-11:50

 Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing I (LAAW I) sections paired with Schedule C

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
722 007 LAAW I 30205 Fox TR 1:10-2:30
722 008 LAAW I 30206 Lucchesi TR 1:10-2:30 
722 009 LAAW I 30207 Norman TR 1:10-2:30

Schedule D

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
711 004 Contracts 16575 Hendley TR 9:50-11:50
714 004 Civil Procedure 29738 Yablon MW 9:50-11:50
726 004 Criminal Law & Procedure 29774 Klingele TR 1:10-3:10

Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing I (LAAW I) sections paired with Schedule D

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
722 010 LAAW I 30375 Fox MW 1:10-2:30
722 011 LAAW I 30376 Wu MW 1:10-2:30
722 012 LAAW I 30377 Peterson TR 3:30-4:50

Registration Process 

You may begin to register for your assigned courses on Friday, August 7. You should complete your enrollment by Monday, August 17. After that date, faculty may begin emailing students important course information. You must be enrolled in your courses to receive class-list emails. 

You will not be able to register until:

  1. your designated enrollment time on Friday, August 7;
  2. you’ve completed the Pre-Enrollment Checklist; and
  3. if applicable, you’ve resolved any holds on your account.

You will need the five-digit “class number” to register for your assigned courses. The email with your assigned schedule will include class numbers, but for your reference the class numbers for all 1L Fall courses are noted above. You should register for all of the doctrinal courses on your assigned schedule, as well as the Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing I section to which you have been assigned. These are the only courses you will enroll in. 

Please follow these instructions for adding and enrolling in courses by class number via Course Search & Enroll. For more information about course enrollment, please visit the Office of the Registrar’s Enrollment Overview website.

After you register, you can view your course schedule in both Course Search & Enroll and in MyUW. 

Textbooks

You can view textbook information via the Course Search & Enroll App. Please note that textbook postings may not be available until closer to the start of the Fall term. Complete information about textbooks can be found in the Student Handbook.  

Initial Assignments

Before the semester starts, instructors may post an initial assignment on their course’s Canvas page for students to complete in preparation for the first day of class. Once you are enrolled in a course you can access its Canvas page by logging into Canvas with your NetID and password or via the Canvas app in My UW. Faculty may also communicate assignments and other important course information via their class-list email, so be sure to check your wisc.edu email regularly.

Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule

You’ll find the Law School’s academic calendar here. Final exam dates are available on the Fall 2026 Course Schedule.

Questions

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