Affirming its status as a national leader in experiential education, PreLaw Magazine, a publication of National Jurist, ranked ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s School of Law the 12th best in the nation for practical training.
The ranking was based on number of clinical opportunities, externships and simulation classes, as well as the law school’s pro bono requirements and other experiential offerings.
At ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, the required skills program includes a simulation course, providing a deep dive in either litigation or transactions, and every third-year law student does an intensive clinic or externship as part of the experiential capstone requirement.
This is a particularly important ranking since today’s employers want law grads that are more practice-ready. Other law schools ranked among the best in practical training included University of Chicago, Yale University, University of Arizona and Northeastern University.
In describing what made ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ stand out in experiential education, PreLaw highlighted the experiences of Amelia Wester, a 3L student at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ. The piece highlighted Wester’s experience helping refugees through the school’s immigration clinic, an internship with Immigrants’ Rights Project at Public Counsel in Los Angeles, work with the United Nations Refugee Agency in Washington, D.C. and time as a law clerk with a local immigration law firm.
View the full rankings, which were published in .
