MSU College of Law

Legal Education Reform: Selected Law Schools

CUNY

• Education; City University Law School Takes a New Approach (NY Times / 1982)
• Program/Mission Description

Detroit Mercy

• UDM's Innovative Changes Pay Off (National Jurist / Sept. 2007)
• Big Changes Polish Image (Detroit Free Press / Nov. 28, 2007)

Drake

• Trial Practicum Integral to First-Year Law School Curriculum (Judicature / Nov.-Dec. 2006)
• First-Year Trial Practicum Syllabus

Georgetown

• JD Program Structure
• First-Year Curriculum B
• Week One: Law in a Global Context (2008 Program Description)

Harvard

• Curriculum Version 2.0 (Harvard Law Bulletin, Winter 2008)
• HLS Faculty Unanimously Approves First-Year Curricular Reform (Oct. 2006)

Mercer

• Woodruff Curriculum Description

NYU

• The Lawyering Program
• The NYU Lawyering Program: Learning by Using the Law (Outline)
• Criminal Litigation Course Description

Northwestern

• Northwestern Law Announces Accelerated JD, Other Proposals (Jun. 2008)
• Accelerated JD Program (Details)

Southwestern

• Cutting-Edge Program Promises More Study Time, Electives and Professional Focus

Stanford

• A "3D" JD: Stanford Law School Announces New Model for Legal Education (Nov. 2006)
• Developments at the Law School - Memorandum from Dean Kramer (Feb. 2007)

University of Dayton

• Lawyer as Problem Solver Program
• Engaging Students to Educate Problem Solving Lawyers for Clients and Communities

University of New Mexico

• First-Year Curriculum
• First-Year Course Descriptions

Vanderbilt

• Curriculum Reform Initiative
• Reformed First-Year Curriculum & Concentrated Academic Programs

Washington & Lee

• Washington & Lee's New Third Year of Law School (Detailed Description)
• Video Q&A with the Dean
• Example Third Year Practicum Course Descriptions