Graduate Learning Outcomes

Alexander Blewett III School of Law

The Blewett School of Law’s Graduate Learning Outcomes include competency in the following areas:

Knowledge and practical understanding of the conceptual frameworks, procedural rules, and fundamental areas of substantive law;
Legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, and problem solving;
Effective written and oral communication in a legal context;
The development of a professional identity, and the ability to fulfill professional and ethical responsibilities to clients and the legal system;
Cross-cultural awareness and recognition of lawyers’ responsibility to improve access to justice and eliminate bias, discrimination, and racism in the law; and
Fundamental lawyering skills, which may include document-drafting, factual investigation and development, client interviewing and counseling, organization and management of legal work, and negotiation and dispute resolution.