Learning Outcomes
In accordance with American Bar Association guidelines, Northeastern Law has established learning outcomes for its JD program.
JD Learning Outcomes
- Know and Understand the Law: What Lawyers Comprehend
- Analyze, Reason and Solve Problems: How Lawyers Think
- Apply the Means and Modes of Effective Communication: How Lawyers Communicate
- Demonstrate Awareness of and Recognize the Roles and Ethical, Professional and Business Norms of Law: What Lawyers Do
- Demonstrate Team Lawyering Skills, Manage Conflict, and Forge Relationships: How Lawyers Work Together
- Understand Law in Social Context: How Lawyers Situate Their Work to Mitigate Systems of Historical Injustice
- Demonstrate Aptitude for Factual and Legal Investigation and Research: How Lawyers Gather and Organize Information
- Incorporate Interdisciplinary and International Thinking into Legal Analysis: How Lawyers Utilize Other Disciplines and Global Perspectives
Other Learning Outcomes
LLM
- Know and Understand the Law: What Lawyers Comprehend
- Analyze, Reason and Solve Problems: How Lawyers Think
- Apply the Means and Modes of Effective Communication: How Lawyers Communicate
- Demonstrate Awareness of and Recognize the Roles and Ethical, Professional and Business Norms of Law: What Lawyers Do
- Demonstrate Team Lawyering Skills, Manage Conflict, and Forge Relationships: How Lawyers Work Together
- Understand Law in its Social Context: How Lawyers Situate Theair Work
- Demonstrate Aptitude for Factual and Legal Investigation and Research: How Lawyers Gather and Organize Information
- Incorporate Interdisciplinary and International Thinking into Legal Analysis: How Lawyers Utilize Other Disciplines and Global Perspectives
MLS
- Gain an understanding of the American legal system (local, state, federal), legal reasoning and the vocabulary of the law.
- Learn how to conduct legal research and analyze and distinguish between various legal sources, including case law, statutes, and regulations.
- Develop the skills to determine when it is appropriate to turn to legal counsel, and how to communicate with counsel verbally and in writing.
- Understand how laws and regulations affect your workplace and how your workplace can respond strategically to the regulatory environment and any legal challenges.
JD x Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificate in Health Law and Policy
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of laws and policies related to health and health care.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how health law and policy are shaped by the perspectives offered by one or more other academic disciplines.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to compose a substantial written work in the area of health law and policy.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of laws and policies related to health and health care in experiential settings, such as a co-op placement.
Graduate Certificate in Legal Design
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of design methods as applied to legal and social problem-solving.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how legal design is shaped by the perspectives offered by one or more academic disciplines.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to either compose a substantial written work in the area of legal design, or significantly advance a legal design project through their contributions.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their legal design knowledge and skills in experiential settings, such as a co-op placement.
Graduate Certificate in Poverty Law and Economic Justice
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of laws and policies related to poverty and economic justice.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how policy related to poverty and economic justice is shaped by the perspectives offered by one or more other academic disciplines.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to compose a substantial written work in the area of poverty law and economic justice.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of laws and policies related to poverty and economic justice in experiential settings, such as a co-op placement.
Graduate Certificate in Privacy Law
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of laws and policies related to information privacy and data protection.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how information privacy and data protection law and policy are shaped by the perspectives offered by one or more other academic disciplines.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to compose a substantial written work in the area of information privacy and data protection.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of laws and policies related to information privacy and data protection in experiential settings, such as a co-op placement.
Graduate Certificate in Human Rights
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of human rights law norms and processes.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how one or more other academic disciplines utilize human rights law and contribute to its development.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to compose a substantial written work in the area of human rights law or international comparative law.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of laws and policies related to human rights law and international comparative law in experiential settings, such as a co-op placement.
Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, Sexuality and the Law
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of laws and policies related to sexuality, gender, and the law.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of how policy relating to sexuality, gender, and the law is shaped by the perspectives offered by one or more other academic disciplines.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to compose a substantial written work in the area of sexuality, gender, and the law.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their knowledge of laws and policies related to sexuality and gender in experiential settings, such as a co-op placement.