Below you will find course schedule and registration information for the Spring 2027 term. Please read this information carefully.

Course Schedule

A full-time 1L Spring 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 October, the Law School will email students their assigned course schedules. To maintain balanced class sizes, we are no longer accepting individual scheduling requests for the spring term. 

Spring 2027 First-Year Course Schedules

Each first-year student will be assigned one of the three block schedules below (A, B, or C), plus one section of Legal Analysis, Advocacy & Writing II (LAAW II). 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
715 001 Torts 51098 McDermott TR 9:50-11:50
724 001 Property 51085 Sobel MW 9:50-11:50
731 001 Constitutional Law 51083 Dolan MW 1:10-3:10

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

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
723 003 LAAW II 51091 Brown TR 4:10-5:30
723 004 LAAW II 51092 Dowell TR 4:35-5:55
723 006 LAAW II 51094 Fox TR 1:10-2:30
723 008 LAAW II 51096 Peterson MW 3:20-4:40

Schedule B

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
715 002 Torts 51099 Ossorio MW 4:35-6:35
724 002 Property 51086 Atapattu TR 9:50-11:50
731 002 Constitutional Law 51084 Quraishi-Landes MW 9:50-11:50

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

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
723 001 LAAW II 51089 Brown TR 1:10-2:30
723 002 LAAW II 51090 Lucchesi TR 1:10-2:30
723 005 LAAW II 51093 Dowell TR 2:40-4:00
723 007 LAAW II 51095 Wu TR 3:20-4:40

Schedule C

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
715 003 Torts 51100 WhiteEagle TR 1:10-3:10
724 003 Property 51087 Turner MW 1:10-3:10
731 003 Constitutional Law 57497 Coleman MW 9:50-11:50

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

Catalog No. Section No. Course Title Class No. Instructor Days Times
723 007 LAAW II 51095 Wu TR 3:20-4:40
723 008 LAAW II 51096 Peterson MW 3:20-4:40
723 009 LAAW II 51097 Lucchesi TR 9:00-10:20
723 010 LAAW II 59057 Norman TR 9:00-10:20
723 011 LAAW II 59058 Strange TR 10:30-11:50

Registration Process 

You may begin to register for your assigned courses on Tuesday, November 10. You should complete your enrollment by Monday, January 4. 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 Tuesday, November 10;
  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 Spring 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 II 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 Spring 2027 Course Schedule.

Questions

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