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Learning at Chapman
Juris Doctor
Learning at Chapman
Juris Doctor
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Program Learning Outcomes
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ยป Juris Doctor Learning Outcomes
- Graduates will know basic principles of the substantive and procedural law covered in the following courses: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations/Business Associations, Criminal Law, Evidence, Federal Income Taxation, Professional Responsibility, Property and Torts.
- Graduates will be able to engage in legal analysis and reasoning as required for the competent practice of the law.
- Graduates will research legal issues effectively and efficiently.
- Graduates will demonstrate the ability to write effectively as needed for the competent practice of law.
- Graduates will orally communicate in a professional manner that is audience appropriate.
- Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to engage in the professional conduct expected of practicing attorneys, and the ethical standards set out in the ABA model rules, required to competently represent clients and to provide for an effectively functioning legal system.
- Graduates will be able to diagnose problems confronting clients, understand clients’ objectives, and generate strategies to achieve those objectives.