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he first thing we do, let’s kill all lawyers”, the famous remark
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attitude of common people towards lawyers. The world today is
very opinionated which means if anyone is facing a problem; they know
how to approach it and find a solution. This might raise a question that,
‘when everybody can speak for themselves, do we need a lawyer’?
The world that people live in is filled with actions and decisions which are
deemed to be either right or wrong. These rights and wrongs are again
categorized by both the law and the society. Lawyers actually are needed
in every walk of life and everyone has a different legal situation. The
reason why a lawyer is important is because law is a vast complex body
which keeps changing, not even a lawyer has track of it. Laws set by the
society and judiciary were put in place to protect people. However, these
laws and guidelines can create confusions and dubious situations between
people. Lawyers settle such disputes and serve anyone in need of legal
assistance. When law treats everyone equally, it is a lawyer who helps
bring justice to individuals.
Thinking it differently, we can say that not having a lawyer on one’s side
can cost more damage. The reasons why people avoid approaching
solicitors might be financial or the unwillingness to run back and forth due
the number of dates given one after the other on a single case. In such
cases a commoner chooses to settle it in less time by opting for other
illegal methods. Lawyers are those social beings who are legally trained
for any situations needing legal assistance. They understand the levers of
power that society holds and ‘the rule of law’, which helps them hold the
authorities, government and anyone in power guilty, if found. An
attorney’s duty does not end with only crime, they shape the society and
hence most of the attorneys are also specialized in other legal practise
areas like property, tax, personal injury, real estate, business, family etc.
The safest and easiest way to ensure justice is seeking the help of a lawyer,
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Florida A&M University College of Law
An Exceptional Law College Elevating Diversity
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Howard University School of Law
Creating Accomplished Legal Professionals
LMU-Duncan School of Law
A Perfect Blend of Traditional and
Contemporary Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
An Institution Fostering Leaders with a
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A History of Tradition, Preparing the Lawyers
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8. aw affects everyone in one way or the other. Whether it is during getting a new job,
Lbuying a house, or claiming the insurance, law always has a vital role to play. It is because
of this, that a career as a lawyer is an extraordinary calling. The quote, “He who said that
‘talk is cheap’, has never hired a lawyer”, speaks volumes about who a lawyer is and what they
are capable of. Without doubt one can say that a lawyer intensely analyzes the written decisions of
the past and guides towards current decisions.
Being a competitive and highly popular career path, students want nothing less than the best. This
being the reason behind U.S.A being the most desirable study destination for future lawyers as it
has some extraordinary offers for students. World class education, the increase in number of job
prospects, exciting career path, and the promising and rewarding salaries are some of the perks of
studying in the US.
In this issue, “10 Best Law Schools in America 2018”, we have picked out few such institutions
who are in the forefront. These institutes nurture their students with a devotion to justice and
prepare them for the world stage.
To begin with the handpicked institutes, we have featured Boston College Law School (BC Law)
as the cover. BC Law educates aspiring law students and shape them to be the leaders of
tomorrow prepared to grapple the society’s issues.
The issue also features Duncan School of Law, Lincoln Memorial University, Florida A&M
University College of Law, Howard University School of Law, Loyola University, University of
Miami School of Law, and University at Buffalo Law School.
Also, this issue also articles penned educators including Ray English and Donald Lively. Hope
this edition of ours will give a detailed insight about these elite institutions and the glorious future
promised.
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11. Boston College Law School aims at educating lawyers through theory and practice, shaping leaders
prepared to grapple with society’s most important moral and ethical questions.
Boston College Law School (BC Law) is one amongst the six professional graduate schools at Boston
College. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the main Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Boston
College Law School is situated on a 40-acre wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts. The School offers
a full-time, three-year J.D. program, as well as a one-year LL.M. Master of Laws program primarily for
international students.
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12. A Culturally Vibrant Campus
At BC Law, a commitment to diversity is more than an institutional mandate: it is a cherished part of their
Jesuit heritage. A truly just community embraces and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives,
and recognizes the value that comes from listening to every voice. BC Law has an associate dean for diversity,
inclusion, and outreach that assists with recruitment, runs programs and workshops for a diverse student body,
and ensures that everyone on campus understands the importance of cultural competency. The school runs
hundreds of other programs each year as well, bringing speakers to campus on a multitude of topics.
At BC Law, challenging academics come with unparalleled support and encouragement. Faculty, staff and
alumni are dedicated to help students thrive, inside and out of the classroom. The professors, mentors offer
academic advice with an open-door policy, hosting extra-curricular activities which help the students both
personally and professionally. The strong alumni network of BC Law allows students to connect over shared
interests and gain information regarding the placement opportunities. The vibrant campus of this institution
allows students to study and socialize together by sharing notes, and form relationships that will last forever.
Such long lasting friendship has created a close-knit, inclusive community including more than 700 students,
13,000 alumni, and over 40 student organizations.
This renowned academy’s LAHANAS program celebrates the diversity of this institution. Welcoming students
from all walks of life this program conducts annual retreats, workshops and social events that enhances and
encourages the cultural competency and inclusion within all. The School is one of the only law schools in the
country that has an associate dean position and an office for diversity and inclusion. The Law School is also

13. About the Dean of BC Law
A vocal advocate for change in legal
educa on, Dean, Vincent Rougeau has
led a reorganiza on in leadership
structure at the law school that supports
a more holis c approach to student
services, expands the school’s na onal
and interna onal recruitment of a
diverse student body through the
Associate Dean for External Rela ons,
Diversity and Inclusion, and enhances the
school’s commitment to experien al
learning and global engagement. Dean
Rougeau serves as a member of the
Execu ve Commi ee of the American
Associa on of Law Schools, and on the
Council of the Boston Bar Associa on.
His teaching interests are in contract and
real estate law, as well as in law and
religion. Before entering the academy, he
prac ced law at the Washington, DC
office of Morrison & Foerster from 1988-
1991.
part of a dynamic research university, with many
services and programs available to diverse law
students.
Brilliant Academic and Infrastructural Facilities
BC Law welcomes students with a wealth of
professional and cultural opportunities. The campus is
a quiet retreat, with beautiful grounds and modern
classrooms. Students also take advantage of the
University’s Chestnut Hill campus and facilities just a
mile away. BC Law’s focus is on providing the

14. building blocks for any successful legal career, from
research and writing skills, to rock-solid case law
training, to courtroom experiences, and a focus on
experiential learning. The school is well known for its
strength in its innovation and business curriculum, tax,
immigration, public policy, and criminal and civil
litigation. The Rappaport Center for Law and Public
Policy provides a fellowship program, a dynamic
speaker series, and a distinguished visiting professor
position each semester, while the Center for Experiential
Learning provides some of the most wide-ranging and
exciting externships, clinical programs, advocacy
programs, and skills-based courses in the country. The
School’s new LEAPS (Leaders Entering and Advancing
Public Service) program provides a wealth of
experiences, both academic and extra-curricular, to
enhance students’ commitment to leadership and public
service.
Scholarship and Financial Assistance
The school not only provides quality education, but also
assists students with financial support. Students can
apply for financial assistance through a variety of
scholarships, loans, stipends, and work-study
opportunities. Loan repayment assistance programs also
help make their education more affordable.
BC Law is ranked consistently among the top schools in
terms of value provided—U.S. News has ranked the
school the #1 private law school whose graduates’
salaries most outweigh debt. The institute’s graduates’
2016 median private sector starting salary was $160,000,
over 50% higher than the national average.
The majority—88%—of the students receive financial
assistance, and 94% of the college’s incoming students
received scholarships in FY 2018.
The Gateway to World Stage
BC Law offers a number of opportunities for students to
study and work abroad, including the School’s flagship
Semester-in-Practice: Dublin/International program, in
which students are placed in Dublin in private
businesses, law firms, and public organizations and
participate in a weekly seminar. The program also offers
externships throughout Europe, where students use
videoconferencing to participate in the seminar. The
School also offers two dual degree JD/LLM offerings,
with the Sorbonne Law School and with Bucerius Law
School in Germany. Finally, the school offers the
following international exchange programs:
● Bucerius Law School Program (Hamburg,
Germany): This first private law school in Germany
offers a program in International and Comparative

15. Business Law during the fall semester. The
program is taught in English to a group of
90 students from all over the world. In
addition, students whose knowledge of
German is sufficient can take courses in the
school’s regular
curriculum. A
preliminary course list
can be found on
Bucerius’ website. BC
Law also offers a joint
JD/LLM program with
Bucerius.
● Paris HEAD
Exchange: Students
participate in an
exchange program
with HEAD law
school in Paris,
France, where they
can take courses and
have the option to
work at the placements
with businesses and law firms, and even participate in a
reflective seminar. The Program provides students with critical
insight into comparative legal institutions, and prepares them
with the academic knowledge and practical skills of international
law practice. Students develop further understandings of the
similarities and differences between European and American law
and institutions. The courses, seminar and externship experience
combined with the daily aspects of life in a European
environment broadens students’ legal education and global
know-how.
● Trinity College School of Law: Established in 1740, Trinity is Ireland’s oldest and most internationally renowned
law school. Trinity offers a broad range of law courses, from its advanced graduate offerings across law subjects
in the international, EU and Irish law spheres. The students at BC can opt for any course offered here.
● Renmin University Law School: Renmin University Law School was the first law school founded after the
formation of the People’s Republic of China. It is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in the country.
Students are able to take graduate level courses in either the English language program on Chinese Law or, if the
student is fluent in Mandarin, in the regular graduate-level law courses taught in Chinese.
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16. “I wanted to go to a law school that had a sense of community and could ignite
my passion for justice. BC had the academic rigor but it also had heart. I visited
in late April when everyone was cramming for nals, yet they were genuinely
cheering for each other.” – James Bor ‘17, Law Clerk, MA Supreme Judicial
Court
“BC Law has the reputation of being a friendly place. The mentality at BC tends
to be, “we’re all in this together” rather than all in competition. Classmates help
one another, creating a positive and effective learning environment.” – Erika
Craven ‘20, Summer Law Clerk, Richard & Sencabaugh, LLP
“Much of my clerkship involved applying the skills that BC Law taught me. First
thing on the job, I created a how-to guide like the one in my advanced legal
research course. I still use a template from Legal Writing & Research.” –
Alejandra Salinas ‘15, Associate, Susman Godfrey LLP; former clerk for U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
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17. Career Opportunities and Exposures
The Law School has a tremendously successful
career services operation, and consistently places
among the top 20 law schools in the percentage of
students who land real, JD-required or advantage
positions. The Career Services Office runs hundreds
of programs for students each year, from resume
workshops to networking events to interviews with
employers. The process begins almost immediately,
with mandatory meetings with career advisors, and
students have access to hundreds of potential
summer positions from big law firms to
corporations to public service and nonprofits.
The Success Roadmap
Consistently placed within the top 20 schools in the
country, BC Law has a glorious history of its JD
required/JD Advantage employment rates (i.e. real
law jobs). That rate for the Class of 2017 was
86.1%, with a 90.8% overall employment rate. This
school is currently ranked the #27 Best Law
Schools by US News and World Report. Above the
Law has ranked the school #20 in Top Law
Schools, while ‘Princeton Review’ has ranked it #9
for both “Best Classroom Experience" and "Best
Professors.”
Among the many other acclamations, Super
Lawyers magazine has ranked the school #1 in New
England for the number of “SuperLawyers” it has
produced. U.S. News and World Report have
ranked it as the #1 private law school where
starting salaries for graduates outweigh debt.
National Jurist/PreLaw Magazine has crowned the
college as one of the top schools for public interest
law.
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when 124 students of the academic year 2017-18
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19. URLName of the Institution Location of the Institution
Boston College Law School bc.edu
Duncan School of Law,
Lincoln Memorial University
lmunet.edu
Florida A&M University
College of Law
law.famu.edu
Howard University
School of Law
law.howard.edu
Loyola University luc.edu
Thurgood Marshall
School of Law
tsulaw.edu
University at Buffalo
Law School
law.buffalo.edu
Sandra Day O’Connor
College of Law
law.asu.edu
885 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459, USA
201 Beggs Avenue Orlando, Florida 32801,
USA
2900 Van Ness St NW, Washington, DC
20008, USA
25 E Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
111 E Taylor Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
3100 Cleburne Street, Houston, TX 77004,
USA
211 Putnam Way, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
University of
Miami School of Law
law.miami.edu
1311 Miller Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146,
USA
601 W. Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee
37902, USA
Indiana University Maurer
School of Law
law.indiana.edu
211 S Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN
47405, USA
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22. Prior to joining Sandra Day O’Connor
College of Law at Arizona State
University as the Assistant Dean of
Student Career Services, Ray English
used to serve as the Associate Director of
Career Services at Georgia State
University College of Law. Holding a
Bachelor’s degree in Science from The
Ohio State University and Juris Doctor
from Howard University School of Law,
Ray served as a Staff Judge Advocate in
the U.S Air force. After leaving army he
later served as an Assistant Professor of
Law at Appalachian School of Law
wherein he used to teach criminal law
and litigation skills. He has been
selected to serve on the National
Association of Law Placement Board of
Directors on the NALP Nominating
Committee.
About the Author
Making the Case for
ALLOWING PAID EXTERNSHIPS
at Your Law School
Ray English
Dean
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at Arizona State University
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23. In 2016, the ABA eliminated the
longstanding ban on law students
getting paid and earning academic
credit for externships, despite
significant opposition by the Clinical
Legal Education Association and the
Society of American Law Teachers.
Traditionally, law schools limited
externships almost exclusively to
government and public interest
entities, which were unpaid. The
underlying concern with allowing
externs to get paid was that the use of
externs by for-profit entities, for pay,
would in some way diminish the
externship experience. Nevertheless,
the new policy gave individual law
schools the ability to allow students
to receive pay for academic
externships; however, few schools
have embraced the change. This
article will make the case for
permitting paid externships by
providing methods for safeguarding
the educational mission of
externships and demonstrating how
these types of externships can enrich
the educational experience, and
expand future employment
opportunities and outlooks for
students.
The ABA defines field placements as
“a course that provides substantial
lawyering experience that (1) is
reasonably similar to the experience
of a lawyer advising or representing
a client or engaging in other
lawyering tasks in a setting outside a
law clinic under the supervision of a
licensed attorney or an individual
otherwise qualified to supervise…”
The general pushback on providing
credit for paid externships with for-
profit entities is the idea that a
student is just getting paid to work,
and getting academic credit as well is
simply a bonus. There are three
basic ways to combat this concern.
First, the ABA rules already prohibit
a student from doing a second
externship at the same place, unless
the work is substantially different.
Second, ensure that an externship
with a for-profit entity is held to the
same standards and requirements of
an externship with a non-profit entity.
Most schools require classes, journal
entries, evaluations, and more for
externships. Finally, limit the number
of externship credits a student can
acquire from an externship with a
for-profit entity. These actions would
greatly reduce the risk of abuse of
these types’ externships by students
and for-profit entities, while
maintaining the integrity of
externships.
Externships with for-profit entities
significantly broaden externship
opportunities for law students.
Traditionally, externships are with
government and public interest
employers, and although there are
many practice areas that involve
these types of entities, there are many
practice areas these traditional
externships don’t involve. For
example, government and public
interest employers don’t generally do
work in the areas of trust and estates,
compliance, or transactional/business
law. By allowing for-profit entities
the ability take on law students in
externships, law students have a
better opportunity to garner
“substantial lawyering experience” in
areas of law historically unavailable
via an externship.
Logically, the ability to gain
substantial lawyering experience in a
particular area of law enhances a
student’s post-graduate employment
opportunities in that area, as well as
generally. First, an externship with a
potential employer while in law
school creates an instant pathway to
potential post-graduate employment
with that employer. Moreover, the
experience gained by the student, via
the externship, also provides the
student a competitive advantage, if or
when that student applies for post-
graduate employment for similar
positions.
By not allowing students to pursue
paid externships with for-profit
entities, law schools are significantly
limiting experiential learning
opportunities for their students.
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24. To serve as a beacon of hope and catalyst for
change by providing access to excellent
educational training and opportunities to
generations of students seeking to serve the
needs of traditionally underserved people and
communities locally, nationally and internationally.
Located in downtown Orlando, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law is recognized
for its diversity. Drawing its strength from the multicultural community, the College of Law embraces its population of
students, faculty and staff who vary in age, gender, race, ethnicity, geographic background and collegiate experience. For its
extraordinary efforts towards establishing a diverse educational institution, it has won numerous recognitions from various
renowned media publications. The reestablished FAMU College of Law reaffirms the college’s historical legacy of excellence
and responsibility to serve as a transformative force for the public good. While continuing its historic mission of educating
African-Americans, the FAMU College of Law embraces persons of all racial, ethnic, and national groups as members of the
university community. In short, the institute claims, “We are dedicated to developing legal professionals and community
leaders committed to equitable justice and the rule of law.” The institute sincerely maintains its core values which includes
distinction in teaching, scholarship and service, excellence with caring, experiential learning, professionalism and diversity.
A Location to Boast About
With a dynamic skyline outside its back door and two courthouses outside its front, FAMU College of Law is ideally located
in downtown Orlando. The location of the College affords students easy access to major employers, affordable housing and a
variety of cultural venues. Downtown Orlando is booming with growth and the FAMU College of Law is poised to benefit
from the development of new business and educational ventures.
A Campus that Encourages Learning
With its 160,400-square-feet facility, the College promotes a sound learning environment for the growth and development of
its students, faculty and staff. The students have access to the FAMU Law student lounge and an outside patio area. The
College organizes special events which are frequently hosted in its ceremonial moot courtroom. The Court of Appeals for the
Armed Forces, the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal has held arguments in its
distinguished courtroom. The law school campus houses practice courtrooms, space for student organizations and meetings,
and a dedicated clinical program area. Campus technology supports wireless learning, including legal webinars and lectures.
The classrooms are videoconference capable and conducive to broadcasting.
Florida A&M University
College of Law:
An Exceptional Law College
Elevating Diversity to the
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25. The Curriculum that Turns a Student into a
Professional
FAMU College of Law offers flexible academic tracks,
including a Full-Time Day Program, which appeals to
recent college graduates as it requires three years of study.
In addition, it offers a Part-Time Evening Program, which
caters to working professionals or individuals seeking the
slower pace of four years of study.
Complementing its standard curriculum, FAMU College of
Law offers international legal opportunities that permit its
students to expand their knowledge by exploring the law
abroad and through other law schools. Most importantly,
the College is equipped with highly experienced faculty in
the sectors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Human
Rights, Immigration Law, International Law and Tax Law
among many others.
Most interestingly, the tuition for Florida residents is less
than $15,000.00 per year, among the lowest in Florida. It
also provides financial aid including institutional grants and
federal loans programs to help eligible students fulfill the
financial obligations attendant with a legal education.
An Alumni Base that Makes the Institute Proud
FAMU College of Law has an alumni base of more than
1,500 renowned lawyers who serve their respective
communities across the country at prominent law firms
including Holland & Knight, LLP, Morgan & Morgan, P.A.,
and Greenberg Traurig, LLP; major corporations such as
Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Verizon
Communications; along with governmental agencies such
as the Office of the State Attorney, Office of the Public
Defender, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Judge
Advocate Generals Corps (JAG) in the armed forces.
Among the notable alumni are Alcee Hastings, Class of
1963, Member of U. S. House of Representatives and
former federal judge; Ese Ighedosa, Class of 2013, Attorney
for the National Football League’s (NFL) Legal and
Business Affairs Division; Kelly Ingram, Class of 2008,
Brevard County Judge; Arthenia Joyner, Class of 1968,
Former Whip and Minority Leader Pro Tempore in the
Florida Senate Democratic Caucus and Former Member of
Florida House of Representatives and Carlos Woody, Class
of 2005, Deputy General Counsel for the Orlando Utilities
Commission.
“Words of Trust”
“The Foundations Boot Camp (New Student Orientation)
was one of my most memorable experiences at FAMU
College of Law. Without it, I would have been a fish out of
water.”
Brandon Acevedo will be a second-year law student
during the 2018-2019 academic year.
“The faculty and staff make me feel as if I am at home and
that I belong here. The intimate classroom environment was
another reason I chose FAMU Law. I actually feel as if I’m
being taught personally and not just a number in a big
classroom.”
Dyzhane Bellamy will be a second-year law student
during the 2018-2019 academic year.
LeRoy Pernell currently serves the law school as Interim Dean and
Professor of Law. Previously serving as Dean from January 2008
through June 2015, he is credited with providing the stability that led
to the law school acquiring full accreditation from the American Bar
Association in 2009 and reaccreditation in 2014. Dean Pernell is well
known for his scholarship in the area of criminal procedure.
Pernell recently joined the Amicus brief on the prevailing position
before the United States Supreme Court in Collins v. Virginia, which
shined a light on the protected right to privacy under the Fourth
Amendment. He was also selected to join the inaugural class of
CLEO EDGE Honorees for his outstanding contributions in the field
of Education. The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc.
(CLEO), the longest-serving national organization committed to
increasing diversity in the legal profession via legal education, is
celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year by honoring individuals
and organizations that have contributed to Education, Diversity, and
Greater Equality in the legal profession. He was selected from over
200 nominees to receive one of only 50 awards in the Education
category.
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27. echnological advancements have transformed the
Tway we perform our day-to-day activities. These
advancements help us in doing things better and
faster, while spending less money. They have revolutionized
the way we work and are bringing in even more changes
each passing day. Modern computer technologies have
made things easier for us. We have witnessed how
technologies like automation and AI have impacted various
businesses.
The legal sector has been highly affected by the advent of
smartphones, tablets, Wi-Fi and cloud computing. When we
look back a few years, we can realize that there has been a
considerable change in legal practices and the approaches
of the legal sector. Recent research states that technology
has refurbished the management of law firms and corporate
legal departments, relationships with clients, and practice of
law.
The Ground breaking Impact of Social Media
Professionals in the legal sector are exploring high-tech
tools and innovative procedures to enhance their
performance and properly manage their careers. There are
many lawyers and attorneys who are skeptic about
embracing social media because of concerns related to
privacy of client information. But still, there are many
attorneys and paralegals who are increasingly using social
media to expand their networks, develop new business
opportunities, and interact with clients.
st
Legal Professionals of the 21 Century
Legal professionals of this modern era are surrounded by
smartphones, tablets, computers, and cloud-based tools.
They carry all the necessary information/data like files,
documents, scanned images, and legal dictionaries, in their
electronic devices and data drives. This portability helps
lawyers to access data anywhere and anytime. They can
work from remote places and also interact with their clients
from home, while travelling, or from other public places.
Modern technology has also enhanced communication of
lawyers with their clients. Communication and response
times have been shortened with tools like e-mail, texting,
and videoconferencing. With the advent of these modern
tools, many clients also expect immediate responses to their
messages. With the cutting-edge technology in their reach,
the lawyers of this modern era can use them strategically
and judiciously to provide the best-possible client service.
Law firms are nowadays implementing various technologies
to enhance their operations and activities, reduce expenses,
and improve customer service. Many legal firms are
providing services online. They are also incorporating
technologies like cloud computing for knowledge
management, storing documents, powerful searches,
budgeting, planning, time management, docket
management, and invoicing. E-billing is also becoming
popular among clients; they are now demanding for e-bills
from the lawyers/firms. Moreover, e-discovery has also
emerged as an opportunity and a challenge for firms and
legal departments, as there is a drastic increase in the
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stored.
Towards the Future
Modern innovations in technology are emerging every year,
and firms are implementing them to their advantage. Clients
also demand quality service from their lawyers and expect
them to use technology efficiently. They want value, speed,
and innovation from the lawyers. In the days to come,
future automation will be used to perform tasks that are
time consuming, expensive, and currently performed by
humans. Moreover, further automation will help law firms
to be more innovative in providing service to their clients.
Lawyers will be able to concentrate on providing their
expert legal advice and services to their clients, instead of
being involved in time consuming administrative activities.
The advancements and technological developments have
reshaped the criteria law firms use to hire legal
professionals. Some of the most techno-savvy candidates,
particularly in the field of litigation and e-discovery have a
competitive edge in the job market these days. Lawyers and
other legal professionals should have the proper knowledge
of the latest soft wares, tools and systems to perform their
tasks, interact with the clients, and deal with the cases.
Legal professionals will have to be well acquainted with the
latest developments and constantly evaluate how to
properly utilize the latest devices to perform the work more
efficiently and deliver quality service to the clients. They
will also have to gain experience and be prepared for
working in high-demand areas like litigation and
e-discovery. Professionals will have to learn, explore, and
experiment with technology in order to contend and excel in
this age of cut-throat competition.
Technological competence has now become a matter of
utmost importance. It should now be at the forefront of the
professionals’ minds. Lawyers have to be tech-savvy as it is
becoming increasingly difficult to practice law without
proper knowledge and understanding of technology.
Lawyers have to be innovative and should accept and adopt
the latest developments in this fast changing legal sector.
They should always be alert and aware of the opportunities
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30. The school aims to educate and enable
students to develop their highest capabilities
and skills as lawyers.
Howard University School of Law was founded upon the principles of justice, fairness and diversity in the legal
profession. In 1931, the Law School was accredited by the American Bar Association. The School of Law admitted its
first class in 1869. An HBCU, the first 10 graduates from Howard Law included the nation’s first black woman law
student, who became the fourth woman admitted to practice law in the United States. Howard University School of
Law has retained a very special position for which it was expressly created: to offer educational advantages without
regard to race, creed, color or sex.
Howard University School of Law has produced more than 4,000 ‘social engineers’ and was ranked among the top 20
public service schools by the National Jurist Magazine in 2012. Howard University’s 13 schools and colleges prepare
its students to advance social justice and the preservation of human liberty. The University’s library system contains
more than 1.8 million volumes, including the Channing Pollock Collection. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
(MSRC) is recognized as one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the
history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas and other parts of the world. The law school is
located on Howard University’s West campus, where it sits on 22-acres, surrounded by the Cleveland Park
neighborhood, with convenient access to the Van Ness/UDC Metro station.
Promoting Cultural Diversity along with Educational and Research Excellence
th
Founded in 1869, Howard University School of Law celebrates its 150 anniversary in 2019. Like Howard University
itself, the School of Law employs cultural diversity, research intensity and dedicated faculty to produce compassionate
graduates empowered to develop solutions to human problems in the United States and throughout the world. The Law
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31. Danielle Holley-Walker is the Dean and
Professor of Law at Howard University School of
Law. She earned her B.A. from Yale University
and her J.D. from Harvard University. After law
school, she clerked for Chief Judge Carl E.
Stewart of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit. She also practiced civil
litigation at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP in
Houston, Texas. Prior to joining the Howard
faculty, Holley-Walker was the Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor
of Law at the University of South Carolina.
About the Dean
School calls this producing “social
engineers,” Charles Hamilton
Houston’s term for “highly skilled,
perceptive, sensitive lawyers” who
know how to use the law to “solve
the problems of local communities”
and to “better the conditions of the
underprivileged.”
Exceptional Infrastructure
The school’s law library, opened in
2001, houses the Juan Williams
Collection of Thurgood Marshall
Materials. The new Thurgood
Marshall Civil Rights Center is
poised to connect the 21st Century
Civil Rights Movement to the
community, maximize its impact and
ensure its legacy.
The law school’s clinics, established
in 1969, supervise students who
submit U.S. Supreme Court amicus
briefs, free the wrongly-convicted
from prison, fight for fair housing,
protect intellectual property, reunify
families, represent defrauded
investors and mediate employee
disputes at the World Bank.
Today, Howard Law students fill the
halls, the classes and their hearts,
reminded each day of their special
charge to care for, nurture and direct
the next generation of social
engineers.
Career Opportunities and
Financial Support
The school provides financial aid for
the betterment of the students. Fifty
percent of each incoming class at the
Howard University School of Law
receives scholarship assistance. The
school also provides a wide variety
of career opportunities to the
students. In the year, 2017, 86 out of
103 graduates were employed. Out of
them, 30 are working as associates at
a large firm (101+ attorneys), 10
working in Public Interest Positions,
13 are holding Government/ Public
Sector Positions, four graduates each
are working in federal and state/local
clerkships, and nine of them are
working in the business and industry
sectors.
The school had a lot of success with
employer partnerships this year. On
the public service side, Howard Law
successfully teamed up with the
Legal Aid Society of New York
(LAS) to create a spring break pro
bono program. On the private sector
side, Adobe brought on two of the
school’s students (one JD/MBA and a
1L) to work in their in-house
program, which will be a feeder for
entry-level positions.
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32. Our mission is to provide solid, competent, and
practice-focused legal education to students of
widely disparate socio-economic backgrounds
with the goal that those students successfully pass
the Bar and return to and serve those communities
from which they originate.
Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law (LMU Law) offers legal
educational opportunities for the people of the underserved regions of the United States. Situated in an 1848 structure on the
National Register of Historic Places in the downtown, the school opened in 2009. Traditional opportunities such as moot
court, mock trial, school-sponsored events, and a variety of student organizations are designed to contribute to the cultural
and professional development of its students. LMU Law includes a diverse student body, made up of individuals from over
twenty states and ten foreign countries, with an unprecedented level of commitment to community service.
By design, the Law school is small and focuses on developing its students into future leaders and advocates for their
communities. LMU Law prides itself on its academic success and bar passage programs. It also offers a wide variety of
classes designed to prepare its students for success in the profession. LMU Law’s faculty and staff strive to form personal
relationships with each of its students. Groups such as the Student Bar Association, Black Law Students Association,
Hispanic Law Students Association, Immigration Law Society, and Women of the Law are among some twenty student
organizations intended to enhance the student experience.
Distinct facilities and Course the Institute Offers
Having been granted provisional approval by the American Bar Association in December 2014, LMU Law has consistently
been chosen as the Best Value Law School by eminent magazines. As a reward for graduation, each student receives cost-free
enrollment in the school’s summer extended bar prep classes.
At LMU Law, the teaching model uses interactive software to help students interpret, analyze, and apply legal concepts.
Since lawyers spend much of their time finding information, LMU Law’s curriculum emphasizes mastering the art of legal
research in the 21st century. Just as mechanics need their tools, law students and lawyers require a mix of core competencies.
These include the ability to read large volumes of material, identify and analyze relevant pieces of information, conduct
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33. thorough legal research, produce high-quality written work,
and present effective oral arguments on issues of law.
Unlike most law schools, the school’s librarians do not sit at
circulation desks. They are positioned throughout the law
school and are constantly available to support students and
faculty. LMU Law is confident that offering unique
combinations of technology, intimacy, and academic rigor
will help its alumni become leaders in law, business, public
interest advocacy, government, and anywhere else they
pursue.
Scholarships LMU-Law Offers
LMU Law is generous with its scholarship offerings; this
makes it a student’s favorite institution to pursue a legal
education. In 2017 LMU Law placed second among the
private law schools in the United States in terms of value.
97% of students who started in fall 2017 received either
merit- or need-based scholarship awards.
Opportunities and Exposures
From 2013 to 2016, LMU Law graduates had the highest
overall employment rate of any law school in Tennessee.
The school’s success is based on a two-step approach:
=Providing an outstanding experiential learning
program; and
=Matching students in externship program with firms
considering new hires.
By offering classes in law office management, the school
provides instruction to those who desire to set up a solo
practice.
“Words of trust”
“I’m an older student with a family so the thought of going
back to school scared me to death. The professors at LMU
go out of their way to help you in any way that they can.
They know our names and ask about our lives. They
genuinely care about us and want us to succeed. If you are
considering Law school, it would be a mistake not to put
LMU Duncan School of Law at the top of your
list.”—Shonda Duncan (Class of 2018)
“My experience at LMU Law has exceeded all of my
expectations. As a non-traditional student with two young
daughters I often doubted my ability to complete the
required credits in three years; however, I received so much
support and encouragement from faculty, staff, and recent
graduates that those doubts eased with time. As graduation
is nearing, I hope to be able to offer support and
encouragement to others like me who choose to attend
LMU Law.”—Tegan Couch (Class of 2018)
The Dean of LMU Law is Gary Wade, who joined the Law
school in September 2015. Judge Wade retired after nine years
on the Tennessee Supreme Court, where he served a term as the
Chief Justice. Prior to his tenure on the Tennessee Supreme
Court, Judge Wade spent 19 years on the Tennessee Court of
Criminal Appeals, the last eight as Presiding Judge.
During his tenure, Judge Wade has placed special emphasis on
legal writing and enhanced the academic success program with
additional resources and personnel. Additionally, he has
increased the profile of LMU Law in Knoxville by partnering
with the East Tennessee Historical Society. In furtherance of
the University’s mission, Judge Wade helped secure funding for
the relocation of Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) to the
campus. LAET provides free legal services to citizens of 26
counties in East Tennessee and offers opportunities for its
students to volunteer services.
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The ABA and the Law School
Accreditation Process:
Perpetuating a Legacy of Exclusion
About the Author
Donald Lively is a Co-founder of Florida Coastal School of Law, the crea on of
which reflected his interest in helping to diversify the na on’s least diverse
profession and making legal educa on more relevant to contemporary law
prac ce. Previously he was a tenured law professor at University of Toledo. He
has authored numerous books and ar cles and established legal services
programs to serve underserved communi es.
Lack of diversity in the legal profession is a sad but long-standing norm. Exclusion on the basis of group status prior
to the Civil War was achieved by the formalities of slavery in the South and prohibitive laws in the North.
Opportunities for African-Americans were seriously constrained through the middle part of the 20th Century due to
official segregation and intimidation. Affirmative action programs in the late 20th Century aimed to open doors for
more minorities but encountered legal headwinds. Today, the legal profession remains the nation's least diverse
profession. African-Americans and Hispanics respectively constitute 13.4% and 18.7% of the nation’s population but
only 4.6% and 3.8% of the legal profession.
Responsibility for this condition rests in large part with legal education. Pronouncements of the value of diversity and
criticism of society’s management of racial realities are widespread in the field. The American Bar Association (ABA)
itself states that one of its four goals is “to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.” Legal education’s and the
accreditation process’ priorities and actions, however, speak louder than words and actually impair diversity.
From 2011 through 2014, African-American law school enrollments dropped slightly from 10,352 to 10,245. What is
especially notable about these numbers is that they registered at a time when matriculates overall were declining and
law schools, to maintain their enrollments, admitted more persons with lower incoming quality indicators. Persons in
this subgroup come disproportionately from historically disadvantaged groups (i.e., African-Americans and
Hispanics). It thus is not that these individuals are unqualified. In normal times, they are excluded because policy-
making tends to be the function of persons whose experience is more likely to reflect elitist orientations and
experiences than immersion in environments of disadvantage.

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Much of legal education is organized
and driven by a set of priorities
inimical to diversity. First and foremost
is a focus upon rankings that, for many
institutions, have become an obsession.
Law schools that prioritize rankings
invariably trade off diversity. Although
these same institutions would be swift
to deny this reality, the truth is they
have made a choice that directly
implicates them in the profession’s
homogeneity.Because persons of color
(with the exception of Asian
Americans) perform more poorly on
the Law School Admission Test, and
rankings in significant part are based
upon a student body’s LSAT profile,
the fixation has profound exclusionary
consequences.
The accrediting agency for American
law schools is the ABA.
Notwithstanding its accreditation
standards that exhort law schools to
provide opportunity for members of
historically disadvantaged groups, the
handful of law schools prioritizing
diversity over rankings increasingly
have been targeted by the ABA for
sanctions up to and including
revocation of accreditation.
The experience of Arizona Summit
Law School (Summit) is a case in
point. In 2016, Summit was placed on
probation in large part because the
ABA contended its admission
standards and academic attrition were
too low. The school’s bar passage rates
also had dropped, although it remained
in compliance with the relevant
accreditation standard requiring a
minimum passage rate of 75%.
Despite a history of excellence in bar
passage and aggressive response to
ABA concerns, Summit was placed on
probation and disaccredited after two
years. This decision overlooked the
fact that, because of the matriculation
period for a legal education, it would
take three years for change to be
reflected upon outcomes.
Notably, schools with lesser admission
requirements and weaker outcomes
(sometimes over a longer period of
time) were lightly sanctioned or not
sanctioned. The animus directed
toward Summit is difficult to
understand as anything other than the
function of a bias against for-profit law
schools, probably driven in part by
some media reports that were grounded
in data which was easily debunked.
Missing in the narrative is that Summit
and its companion schools were
founded and developed by persons
who left traditional legal education
frustrated by its contentment with
rhetoric rather than achievement with
respect to diversifying the legal
profession. Countering sentiments that
for profit status means an inferior value
proposition are the facts that it has a
strong ultimate bar pass rate and the
best student loan default rate (1.5%) in
the state. Assumptions grounded in
stereotypes that for profit means
predatory are rebutted by the reality
that $26 million dollars were invested
in Summit, yet the investors have
realized no return on their investment.
Incidentally, it is doubtful that the
nation’s few for-profit law schools
would exist if legal education’s
rhetoric was matched by its priorities
and actions.
(A primary example of the ABA’s
prioritization of elitism over diversity
the ABA’s emphasis upon first-time bar
passage rates., which reflects its
blindness to disadvantage and what it
takes (e.g., more time to pass the bar
examination) for persons in catch up
mode. Accreditors are smart persons,
so it is unlikely they are oblivious to
the impact of their choice. Persons
from disadvantaged backgrounds are
less likely to pass the bar examination
the first time, but the vast majority
eventually will be successful. Proof
lies in Summit’s compliance with bar
pass standards. Perhaps more
impressive are outcomes at privately
owned Florida Coastal School of Law
(Coastal) which, with a 62% first time
bar pass rate this year and a median
LSAT score of 144 approached the
University of Florida’s bar passage rate
of 67.9% with a median LSAT score of
157. The wages of Coastal’s success in
enabling students, especially
minorities, to outperform their
incoming indicators has been
probation).
The ABA’s actions are a classic case of
regulatory abuse, which now is being
challenged in the federal court system
and likely has the unspoken support of
other law schools. Litigation outcomes
can be difficult to predict. The ABA
probably hopes to have the cases
dismissed on grounds that courts
should defer to its accreditation
expertise. Failing that, it could face
two significant challenges. First, as
membership in the organization has
plunged, its funding has declined to the
point that it could be difficult to finance
costly litigation or bear a heavy
damages award. Second, discovery
could uncover multiple abuses and due
process violations that might
undermine its credibility and viability
as an accrediting agency.
If this result ensued, the undoing of
schools like Summit would be a
Pyrrhic victory. Putting the ABA out of
the accreditation business, or at least
reforming it, not only would do a big
favor for legal education. It also would
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38. To educate diverse and talent students to be responsible
leaders in a rapidly changing, interdependent world; to
prepare graduates who will be ethical advocates for
justice and the rule of law; and to contribute to a deeper
understanding of law and legal institutions through a
commitment to research, scholarship and public service.
Situated at the heart of Chicago’s famous Magnificent Mile, Loyola University Chicago School of Law is one of the leading
law schools of the city. Known for some of the leading law firms, research, non-profit and cultural institutions, government
agencies and corporations, this city is the ideal location for up-and-coming lawyers. Loyola University Chicago School of
Law has seized this opportunity and occupies the position of leadership among American law schools. From prestigious
interdisciplinary Centers of Excellence in Advocacy, Children’s Law, and Health Law, to innovative new academic programs
and teaching methods, Loyola has unparalleled offers for law students.
Globally Renowned Academia
Putting aside the ‘specific major’, one of the most vital features influencing the students while choosing the universities is its
reputation. A leading center of law, commerce, and government, Chicago offers unlimited opportunities for you to advance
your professional goals. Chicago is home to many of the nation’s top trial and transactional lawyers, and the city’s juvenile
law system is one of the largest in the country, making it the suitable city for law students. The law facility of this university
is designed in such a way that it sustains the part of Jesuit educationalsense of collaboration and community. Being a
heritage the university welcomes students and faculty of all faith and traditions. The cutting-edge curriculum of this institute
encourages active, collaborative study. This excellent legal educator has made learning the law work for everyone. Apart
from challenging classroom learning, the students can take advantage of multiple hands-on experiences in the school’s clinics
and through externships. The six clinical programs, new practice offerings of Loyola reflects the school’s social justice
mission which is to provide students with vital practical experience under close faculty supervision, and help participants
develop an understanding of professionalism and ethics. Alongside, students have many opportunities to connect with
Loyola’s strong alumni network of more than 12,000 JD graduates, many of whom practice in Chicago. Students who
graduate from this institute are prepared for the future and equipped with skills that will help them succeed in practice.
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39. Michael Kaufman, Dean of Loyola University
Chicago School of Law, is a beloved professor
and dedicated leader who has been committed to
Loyola students since day one. He has also
published dozens of books and countless law
review articles in the areas of his expertise,
including education law and policy, securities
regulation and litigation, civil procedure and
jurisprudence. Kaufman also delivers bar
examination review lectures in the areas of civil
procedure, federal jurisdiction, agency and
business organizations.
The Astute Educator and Trailblazer of Loyola
Multiple Options
Academic excellence, service to others
and a focus on values and ethics are the
foundation of this law school. Loyola
prepares students for successful careers
as legal professionals, offering both
graduate degree programs and
programs for non-lawyers. .
The acclaimed curriculum of Loyola
University Chicago School of Law
includes:
Ÿ Juris Doctor (Full- time and Part-
time)
Ÿ Master of Jurisprudence
Ÿ Master of Law
Ÿ Dual Degree Programs
Through support from the University,
Loyola awards a number of merit
scholarships to highly qualified
applicants who are selected by the
admission committee. The institution
also offers need-based scholarships to
incoming students considering their
financial need. Several other special
interest scholarships and fellowships
are also granted to the students.
Loyola’s Office of Career Services
helps law students and alumni to assess
career goals exploring the varied
applications of legal education, and
making transitions from school to a
professional career.
The graduates of this institute work in
law firms, business, government and
public interest, the judiciary, and
academia. Loyola offers a full range of
career services, including a year-
round, on-campus employer interview
and recruitment program; online access
to postings of employment
opportunities for legal and public
service/ pro bono positions; seminars
by practicing attorneys, alumni, and
faculty; résumé preparation, review,
and critique; interviewing techniques
and strategies; one-on-one counselling;
job search strategies; lawyer-to-lawyer
mentoring program; and programs on
career choices in the public, private,
and alternative sectors.
“Words of Trust”
“Loyola faculty and administrators are
incredibly welcoming and supportive.
The professors are enthusiastic and
willing to answer questions in class
and during office hours, and the
administration is accessible and
helpful in providing guidance. While
law school is a constant struggle to
find the 25th hour in the day, it makes
it a lot easier to know that there are
people who believe in you and have
your back.” -Ben Horwitz (JD ’18)
“I love the fact that everyone at Loyola
is so supportive and wants me to do
well. The professors are extremely
approachable and well-connected. In
fact, I’ve received emails from faculty
members who’ve offered to put me in
contact with practitioners in the
community or forwarded information
about health care-related programs I
might want to attend, just because they
know I’m passionate about this area of
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42. The institute aims to transform students
into highly skilled legal professionals
Founded in 1887, the University at Buffalo School of Law (UB School of Law) is a professional school. It is the only law
school within the State University of New York (SUNY). The University is located on an international border and situated on
the flagship campus of a premier public university. It provides many programs and services to support its diverse student
body, and is amongst the most internationalized schools in the United States. The School of Law shares this commitment, and
welcomes students from wide-ranging backgrounds to its vibrant and collegial community. This makes the law school
stronger and showcases it through a multicultural lens.
A Quick Glance at the Academic Programs
The school draws on over one hundred and thirty years of experience and innovation in legal education, making it one of the
oldest law schools in the State of New York. The school has a long history of pro bono service. This provides the students
with a compassionate view of the world, regardless of their future areas of practice. The various programs offered by the
School of Law are:
JD program: This flexible program offers students a broad range of interdisciplinary options in areas that include criminal
law, cross-border legal studies, intellectual property and privacy, international law, environmental law, family law, and
finance and development.
Dual-Degree programs: These programs permit students to earn credit toward a Master’s or PhD degree with one of the
University’s many other graduate and professional schools while pursuing their JD.
LLM programs: UB offers four LLM programs for students who already hold a first degree in law, including the General
LLM, the Criminal Law LLM, the Cross-Border Legal Studies LLM, and the Environmental Law LLM. These programs
offer special courses designed to introduce international students to American law and to prepare them for the New York State
Bar exam.
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Preparing the Lawyers
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43. Aviva Abramovsky is the school's 19th permanent Dean. She is
the first woman to hold the position and was appointed in July
2017. An expert in insurance law, commercial law, regulation
of financial entities, and legal ethics, she has written many
articles and legal treatises, including authoring McKinney’s
Uniform Commercial Code forms for New York.
In the last year, she has focused on building relationships,
including establishing a partnership with SUNY’s Rockefeller
Institute of Government, a public policy think tank, to create a
new Center for Law & Policy Solutions. She has also overseen
the expansion of the law school’s clinical legal education
program. This program includes the recent addition of a
veteran’s legal practicum, and the Puerto Rico Recovery
Assistance Legal Clinic, established in the aftermath of
Hurricane Maria.
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Advanced Standing JD program: A
Two-Year JD program for
Internationally Trained Lawyers which
allows professionals who already have
a first degree in law from outside the
United States to earn a JD in two years.
Career Opportunities and World
Exposure for the Students
The law school offers various career
opportunities and world exposure that
aid students in harnessing the skills for
relevant field work.
Advocacy Institute: The law students
have the opportunity to develop and
practice their skills in the courtroom,
with the utmost guidance of
distinguished members of the local bar
and bench.
Clinical Programs: Students serve
clients and conduct research and
fieldwork in areas such as animal law,
civil liberties and transparency,
community justice, environmental law,
family violence and women’s rights,
health justice, law and social work, and
mediation.
New York City Program in Finance
and Law: The semester-long program
in Manhattan provides students with an
introduction to New York City’s
financial markets and a gateway to its
highly competitive financial-sector job
market.
Externships and judicial clerkships:
Students work in a variety of
government and non-profit
organizations and receive academic
credit for doing the same.
Financial and Scholarship Aids
UB School of Law does not award
scholarships that depend on academic
performance in law school. All of its
merit scholarships last throughout the
academic program provided the student
remains in good academic standing.
Nearly eighty percent of the fall 2017
entering class received merit
scholarship assistance, ranging from
$2,000 to full tuition.
“Words of Trust”
Nothing can describe a school better
than its students’ testimonials.
“We had guest lecturers every day,
talking about everything from bitcoins
to the trading floor to stocks. I learned
so much from experts in the field, most
of them UB alums. It was a great
experience.” – Melissa K. ’19, JD
student and participant in the law
school’s New York City Program in
Finance and Law.
“I’ve become much more confident in
my own abilities through the clinic. We
are the lawyers on the case. The
professor helps when we get stuck, but
we’re doing the work.” - Jessica G.
’19, JD student and participant in the
Civil Liberties and Transparency
Clinic.
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44. A andLaw Degree
Downpourof Choices
You can do anything with a law degree!” Any aspiring student planning to graduate in law has most likely
come across a variant of this legendary phrase, promising a full case of career prospects upon completion
of this degree. This is a fact that several law professionals and recruiters would attest. But it is not quite
glorious as they promise neither is it very bleak.
Be it a student who is trying to choose a college major after completing their secondary-school, or is a fresh
graduate from a law school, ‘what next?’ is a question that wonders all equally. Below mentioned
points is a mere attempt to answer such an exclusive question. In spite of exploring the
career graph of a lawyer, it answers questions about the possibilities and the
opportunities lying ahead for those pursuing legal studies and also for those
who have already graduated.
The Classic Choices in Legal Sector
Generally, law graduates begin their legal careers in junior positions, in
spite of whether or not they have completed their graduation. Whereas
there is wide selection of careers in law that one can pursue once they
have gained enough expertise. The typical junior roles can vary with
the increase in experience and the amount of direct involvement
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45. they have with law proceedings. Some of the junior legal jobs include court legal advisor, calendaring clerk, legal
transcriptionist, mailroom clerk, court clerk, file clerk, legislative assistant, document coder, junior barrister’s clerk,
and paralegal or hybrid paralegal.
Alternatively, students can benefit from the comparatively new field of legal apprenticeships that involves enterprise
coaching at a law firm instead of studying in a university. Typically, however, legal career hopefuls complete
graduation in law and undertake “articling”, a placement with a law firm, operating as trainee attorney, judicial clerk
or associate, articled clerk.
The Career Outlook of a US Attorney
In the US, law graduates (students who have completed the postgraduate-level Juris Doctorate) can start procedures
to achieve admittance to the bar, which can permit them to become active attorneys. Students wishing to pursue a
legal career in federal courts or the Supreme Court of the US will have to pass the admission necessities, as well as
pay fee and take a spoken or written oath. Once the procedure is completed the attorneys can proceed from state
supreme courts to the federal courts.
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46. Other legal jobs within US embody outside counsel at law firms, in-house counsel within a company’s legal
department, prosecutors within the district attorney, litigator attorneys, defense attorneys, workers attorneys,
litigators who advise clients in and out of court, trial attorneys, legal proceeding attorneys who argue the law
and corporate attorneys who rarely got to court.
Further legal careers in US also include serving at Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps as a military lawyer
or as a patent lawyer. However, to serve in this position one needs to attain special permission from the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Once the permission is granted they can also serve as an
examiner or designer, agent, and clerk within the Intellectual Property Law.
Alternate Law Careers
Alternative legal careers embrace roles that are benefitted from the information and skills gained by the students
from the law school. The careers include teaching law, becoming a tutor at legal trainee program, turning into a
legal career advisor/consultant at law school, turning into a seamless Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
specialist, writing for law journals and magazines, operating within the administration department of a law
school, recruiting as a head-hunter for legal jobs, legal analyst, applying to the Law Commission’s recruitment
campaign for a research assistant position, and legal clearance officer.
Further law-related jobs involve a variety of careers that need collaboration with lawyers. Such legal careers are
operating as a pre-trial services officer; as associate asylum officer or customs officer; working in prisons;
operating as a legislative associate; operating within the trust department of banks; becoming a
civil/immigration rights analyst, lobbyist, conflicts analyst or public interest advocate; turning into a compliance
officer, a victim compensation officer, or law-makers affairs specialist; operating in government, civil authority
or political positions; and turning into a diplomat or going into negotiation.
People with legal expertise are in demand in most walks of life and the career opportunities lying ahead of them
do not end here. Legal jobs in courtrooms, law firms, businesses, and other non-law careers, etc. the list goes on.
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48. We foster intellectual discipline, creativity, and critical
skills, which will prepare our graduates for the highest
standards of professional competence in the
practice of law.
Situated in the magnetic coastal city of
exotic beauty and world-class
ambience, University of Miami
School of Law is set on to fulfill the
legal profession’s historic duty to
promote the interests of justice. It is “a
multicultural mecca reflecting an array
of colorful influences and its
unparalleled setting” make it an
extraordinary place to learn, believes
the Dean. “Miami Law vividly reflects
the one-of-a-kind metro area it calls
home.”Miami Law’s student activities
include more than 55 other diverse
student organizations. Some of the
organizations include: diverse groups
(Black, Hispanic and Asian/Pacific
American law student organizations;
OUTLaw; Miami Law Women); legal
thought or political groups (Federalist
Society, Democratic Law Students
Association, Republican Law Student
Association); legal practice area
groups (International Law Society,
Entertainment and Sports Law Society,
Intellectual Property Law Society); and
advocacy groups (Student Advocates
for Veterans, Child Advocacy Family
Law).
Unique Courses & Academic
Programs
Miami Law provides a solid
foundation in all the traditional
subjects’ basics, to understanding and
practicing the law. Miami Law’s course
offerings in inter-American,
international, arbitration, and
transnational law are outstanding.
Taught by experts from around the
world, Miami Law offers a plethora of
innovative compressed courses. It has
expanded interdisciplinary programs
and collaborative joint degrees with
other departments within the
University and offers an array of joint
degrees:
• General LL.M. Program: J.D./
LL.M. in U.S. & Transnational Law
for Foreign-Trained Lawyers
• Specialized LL.M. Programs:
• J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts
& Sports
• J.D./LL.M. in International
Arbitration
• J.D./LL.M. in Estate Planning
• J.D./LL.M. in Maritime Law
• J.D./LL.M. in Real Estate
Development
• J.D./LL.M. in Tax or Taxation of
Cross-Border Investment
• J.D./M.A. in Latin American
Studies
• J.D./M.A. in Arts Presenting &
Live Entertainment Management
• J.D./M.S.Ed. in Science in
Education in Law, Community and
Social Change
• J.D./Ph.D. in Environmental
Science and Policy
• J.D./Masters in Music Business
and Entertainment Industries
• J.D./Masters in Communications
• J.D./M.P.A. in Law and Public
Administration
• J.D./M.D. program in Law and
Medicine
• As well as triple degree offerings
for undergraduate business majors
– J.D./M.B.A./ LL.M. in Taxation,
University of Miami
School of Law:
Fostering Unparalleled Legal
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49. Patricia D. White came on board as the Dean in 2009. She is the
University Of Miami School Of Law's eleventh dean. Her legal career
spans over four decades as an attorney and educator. She was the
first woman law school dean in Arizona, and the longest serving one
in the history of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor
College of Law.
Dean White has continued her longstanding commitment to students,
the transformation of legal education and public service. She
transformed Miami Law’s student services program, adding the
unique Student Development Program, and the the AskUs Fellows
initiative, and expanding the Academic Achievement Program and the
Office of Professionalism to name a few. She established the ‘Law
Without Walls program’, linking students and faculty from over 30
academic institutions around the world to examine issues and develop
new solutions in legal education and practice. In addition, Dean
White was selected to serve on the Commission on the Future of
Legal Education founded by ABA President Hilarie Bass, J.D. ‘81, in
2017.
A Sought After Leader and Educator
Estate Planning, or Real
Estate/Property Development – which
can be earned in just four years.
Miami Law is at the forefront in
training legal professionals for this
rapidly changing world. It is accredited
by the ABA, is a member of the AALS,
and has a chapter of the prestigious
scholastic society, the Order of the
Coif. The Legal Services Innovation
Index ranked the University of Miami
Law in the top four for law schools
delivering innovation and technology
programs in 2017.
An Extravagant Campus Offering
Increased International Exchange
Offerings — Miami has added several
new study abroad options in
Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China,
Colombia, France, Germany, India,
Ireland, Israel, Spain, Switzerland and
Vietnam.
More Innovative Programs and
Conferences — Miami Law boasts of
its Law Without Walls™,
interdisciplinary Hospital Course,
and Black Lives Matter course
offerings that provide a
multidisciplinary perspective to
complex issues. Miami’s LL.M. in
International Arbitration is headed by
one of the world's most powerful
international arbitrators, Jan Paulsson
Campus & Location — Miami Law is
on the 260-acre main campus of one of
the largest private research universities
in the United States. The law school is
situated in Coral Gables, next door to
Miami, a burgeoning international
center for trade and finance and the
nation’s gateway to the Americas.
Scholarships &Fellowships Miami
Law Offers
All academic scholarships for
incoming students are awarded by the
Office of Admissions. Scholarships are
highly competitive and are granted to
students on a rolling basis. Each year
the School of Law awards renewable
Dean’s Scholarships to entering law
students who have strong academic
records and possess other outstanding
qualifications for the study of law
The Harvey T. Reid Scholarship
program and the Soia Mentschikoff
Scholarship awards provide full law
tuition. These prestigious scholarships
are awarded to the outstanding
members of the entering class who
possess exemplary academic records,
demonstrate leadership qualities, and
exhibit the potential for making
substantial contributions to the legal
profession and society. For LL.M.
study, some scholarships are available
to outstanding applicants on the basis
of skills and achievements.
Applications for admissions and
scholarships are considered on a
rolling basis by each LL.M. program
director.
“Words of Trust”
“The UM faculty provides mentorship
and training from the world's leading
minds in various areas of International
Law. Professors like Jan Paulsson and
Albert Jan van den Berg gave me the
solid grounding required for the fast
moving world of arbitration today. All
of this in a beautiful environment that
constantly teaches you to think
globally.”Diogo Pereira, J.D. ‘10
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