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AS A TOP STUDENT, YOU’RE NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. You set your personal bar higher, and you expect the same of your law school. At Liberty University School of Law, we embrace this. We aren’t like every other law school. We provide a smaller, more intimate environment that supports our students and helps them grow in their convictions while immersing them in the tenets of law. Through our uniquely tailored program, we provide experiential learning opportunities where you’ll move beyond books into actual courtrooms for solid practical experience that will enable you to start making a difference right away. At Liberty Law, we’re dedicated to your success. We will equip you to inspire your peers, innovate the profession, and impact the world on the first day of your career. Join us and learn how Liberty Law can help you find your passion for law and purpose for life.
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ACADEMICS AT LIBERTY LAW, we’re committed to making sure you have the strong academic foundation that will help you to become a confident and compassionate lawyer. At Liberty, we provide a quality legal education by integrating traditional courses of law with practical skills — all in a faithbased context.
In our nationally recognized Lawyering Skills program, you’ll learn to write clearly, think critically, and provide practical legal solutions — skills that equip you to walk into any law office in the country and go right to work. Our rigorous curriculum is just one reason why Liberty Law graduates achieved the second highest Bar Exam passage rate in Virginia among first-time test takers in July 2016.
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CENTERS AND CLINICS • Center for Prosecution • Center for Trial Advocacy • Constitutional Litigation Clinic* • Liberty Center for International Human Rights • Prosecution Clinic* *In conjunction with Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys
LAWYERING SKILLS AT LIBERTY LAW, we integrate the theory behind the law with the skills necessary to apply it effectively. Our comprehensive practical skills curriculum is an innovative, six-course program that prepares you to practice law from day one. You’ll develop expert communication skills as you learn to read comprehensively, write clearly, and speak persuasively. And, we’ll challenge your analytical and problem solving skills through litigation and dispute resolution simulations. 5
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION • Advocacy • Appellate Advocacy • Business Law • Constitutional Law • Criminal Justice • Family and Juvenile Law • International Law • Planning • Property • Taxation • Trial Advocacy • Wealth Management and Financial Planning
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DUAL DEGREES EXPAND YOUR CAREER OPTIONS with an additional degree through Liberty University. With eight dual degree programs to choose from, you can earn both a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and a master’s or doctoral degree in another program of study in as little as three years.
Programs include:
• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) • Education Specialist (Ed.S.) • Master of Arts in History (M.A.) • Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling (M.A.) • Master of Arts in Public Policy (M.A.P.P.) • Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.) • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) • Master of Education in Teaching and Learning (M.Ed.)
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ACCESSIBLE, EXPERIENCED FACULT Y AT LIBERTY LAW, YOU’RE MORE THAN A NUMBER. Our professors devote substantial time to serving students as mentors, coaches, and professional role models. All faculty have open-door policies and value opportunities to consult with students one-on-one. A community of scholars, they are deeply committed to the search for knowledge through meaningful legal scholarship, but never at the expense of their devotion to the academic success and professional development of each student. Teaching your classes are professors who have held various esteemed positions, such as:
• Authors • District attorneys • Experienced trial lawyers • JAG attorney • Nonprofit leaders • State and federal law clerks • State appeals court and administrative law judge • State attorney general 8
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CENTER FOR CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CCPD) YOUR LIBERTY LAW EXPERIENCE will start with knowledge, but that’s just the beginning. We’re also committed to helping you land your dream position, which is why the Center for Career and Professional Development exists — to equip students and alumni with the tools essential for career development.
Benefits for you include:
• Individual counseling sessions • Interviewing techniques and strategies • Job fairs • Practice interviews • Résumé preparation, review, and evaluation • Information on law firms, corporations, clerkships, government agencies, and more
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LIBERTY LAW TAKES YOU BEYOND TEXTBOOKS with a wide variety of opportunities that can help you gain experience in the field of law. In addition to getting real-life training through our practical skills program, you can get hands-on THE experience through our INpublishing opportunities, externships, competitions, and more.
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Hit the ground running when you graduate from Liberty Law. Through our experiential learning options, you'll develop skills in the following areas:
• Legal thinking • Research • Speaking • Writing
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WASHINGTON FELLOWSHIP Explore Washington, D.C., build connections, and gain valuable experience with our Washington Fellowship. This program offers students for-credit externship opportunities in placements across our nation’s capital, such as Capitol Hill, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney. Through the Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH) program, Liberty Law also pays for housing for approved externships to ensure our students can participate in these important, careerbuilding opportunities.
EXTERNSHIPS GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN DAY-TO-DAY PRACTICE, while delving deeper into a particular legal field or area of interest. Practice locally, regionally, or nationally in a variety of legal settings with Liberty Law’s comprehensive for-credit externship programs.
Get real-world legal experience with externships in:
• Business • Constitutional law • Finance • Government • International law • Judicial clerkships • Media and entertainment • Prosecution • Public defense • Public policy
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FINANCIAL AID AT LIBERTY LAW, we believe your investment in a quality legal education will last a lifetime, but your student debt shouldn’t. We’re committed to making your Liberty Law education affordable — we have one of the lowest tuition rates among private law schools so our graduates walk away with lower-than-average debt. Our generous merit-based scholarship assures that virtually every admitted student is awarded a scholarship.
• Scholarships are awarded up to 100 percent of tuition. • Scholarship awards are renewable for subsequent terms based on continued eligibility. • Law students can also apply for FAFSA and Grad PLUS loans.
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SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFY FOR A FULL OR PARTIAL scholarship award, you must be accepted into the School of Law, meet scholarship criteria, submit your confirmation deposit, and enroll in our J.D. program.
As a scholarship recipient, you must accept any institutional and private grants for which you are eligible. Institutional and private grants, when combined with scholarships, cannot exceed tuition. If an excess occurs, your scholarship will be reduced.
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ACADEMIC SUPPORT ACHIEVE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL with the academic support program. The program offers one-on-one tutoring and is designed to help you better understand class content and apply that understanding to law exams. Tutors work with you in the areas of class preparation, class participation, and post-class review.
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