In 2016, the college?revised its first-year (1L) curriculum, which now focuses?on practical training, legal writing, and career planning.?Experience-focused opportunities are?available through courses in civil procedure and torts and a lab course in transactional lawyering. Plus, the college?s introductory criminal law and legal process courses connect and reinforce theoretical concepts in a more active, writing-focused experience.?

In addition, a course in lawyering and professionalism provides students with basic training in essential attorney skills while introducing the values of the legal profession.?The new curriculum also gives all students hands-on experience with both litigation and transactional lawyering in the first year, providing them with an early opportunity to consider either of those fields as a career path.