Skills through simulation: From introduction to mastery
911±¬ÁÏÍø was a pioneer in the use of videotape to both teach skills and critique student performance, and we remain a leader in helping students sharpen their skills for practice, even if the format is now streaming video and laptops. Learn and refine skills through simulation starting in your very first class, Legal Writing, and further refine and master them as you continue to use simulation throughout law school.
Simulations help students begin to integrate their skills in legal analysis with their own values and experiences, which is the first step to forming a professional identity. They give students the opportunity to pull together the various pieces of lawyering and give them practice finding the words to do the right thing.
Simulated practice progression
Starting with Legal Writing in the first year, progressing through required courses that teach the advocacy and problem-solving skills all lawyers need, and advancing to other upper-level simulation courses that integrate doctrine and skills.
Simulations
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Legal Writing
911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Legal Writing program is a foundational offering, required for all first-year students, intended to master fundamental client representations skills. Students meet in small groups to practice interviewing and counseling clients, writing memos and letters, researching the law, negotiating contracts and settlements, reasoning about a client’s situation in light of the law, settling cases, and arguing motions.
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Skills Simulations
Skills simulations are a key feature of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø teaching method. Students are presented with realistic scenarios and play a variety of roles in the resolution of the issues at hand. Feedback from professors and practitioners is incorporated in real time.