Concordia University School of Law is dedicated to graduating the students we enroll with the skills necessary to be successful on the bar and in practice. Our core mission includes service to students and, through them, to a society in desperate need of affordable legal services.
Through our rigorous academics we are committed to provide you the skills necessary to be successful in the legal profession:
- You will be treated and graded as an individual and your success is our success. Professors use their judgment to set grades, and the school does not impose mandatory curves on professors. We like to develop pre-set standards for success. Your academic achievement is our core goal.
- Entrepreneurial faculty with focus on student success and outcomes. Concordia faculty are passionate about teaching and they prepare you from their academic and professional experience in practice. They have years of experience in trials and appeals. They know, first hand, what it takes to help you pass the bar and to practice law.
- We're committed to training practice-ready lawyers. Although our core faculty are committed to the law school full time, we work closely with practicing lawyers to mold our curriculum and teaching methods for the next generation of lawyers and clients. In your first year, you will draft practice complaints, motions, and discovery requests and practice depositions. Practicum classes are offered during the same semester as many of our upper-level classes. These practicums are coordinated with the doctrinal classes so you will immediately apply technique to develop the art and science of law.
Unique programs at Concordia Law
Legacy Mentorship Program
The mission of the Legacy Mentor Program is to give Concordia students insight into how the foundational legal education taught in the classroom can be applied to real experience, and show them how they can use their skills to create change, serve others, and become active citizens in our community.
The Legacy Mentorship Program allows us to pair each student with an attorney or judge who can introduce that mentee to the broad range of legal and judicial experience, while reinforcing the importance of skills, ethics and community.
Advantages of this program include
- Hands-on experience with the mentor in observation of lawyers and judges at work in a variety of settings.
- Guidance to the student to achieve their professional development goals.
- A resource on a wide variety of issues, including skills development, coursework and career decisions, and ethical dilemmas.
- Networking opportunities for future employment.
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes are the lawyering skills that students are expected to obtain through the completion of a legal education. Please visit Learning Outcomes for more information.