preLaw - Back To School 2008 - (Page 25) that have clinical programs in that area. But he also advises that going to a school with a large number of clinical opportunities provides the chance for students to explore different areas of law. “This allows them more opportunity to figure out what area of law they want to be in,” Scherr said. Across the board, Gotlieb said law schools are doing better. “I am extremely impressed with what people are doing across the country,” he said. “As sort of one of the old guys, I marvel at what some of the kids are doing.” What kind of a lawyer will they be? “For me the most important experience was the summer of 1967 during the civil rights movement,” Milleman said. “I got a sense of what I wanted to do, and I hope they will also.” ■ Michelle Weyenberg is associate managing editor for preLaw magazine. See yourself in a diverse and supportive atmosphere. Seattle University School of Law is described as one of the law schools where students are “most likely to encounter classmates from different racial or ethnic groups.” Almost 30 percent of the students are persons of color, and faculty and staff represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds. To learn more about our school, please contact Seattle University School of Law Office of Admission 206-398-4200, toll-free 1-800-471-1767 E-mail: lawadmis@seattleu.edu Web: www.law.seattleu.edu What’s in the future? Struck said she’s always been a big advocate of students getting the most experience they can before going to law school. Internships at courts and law firms and shadowing attorneys are always encouraged. Sixty-eight percent of law applicants are college graduates already in the work field for one to three years. Only a third of applicants are college seniors. Drake is just one law school with plans to expand its clinical programs to allow students the opportunity to participate in more than one. Depending on the opportunities available, most law schools offer at least one clinical opportunity before graduation. Many students find that their clinical experience allows them to fit all of the pieces together to understand how the substantive and procedural law they learn in the academic classes really work together to provide meaningful representation to clients, Foxhoven said. “Most students who have a clinical experience indicate that they would appreciate a second opportunity to hone their legal skills in an additional area of the law,” he said. “Expanding the clinical programs to allow more students to ‘double up’ in the clinical experience will allow our students to be even more capable of moving directly into the practice of law from the day of graduation.” Before school resumes this fall, the five Maryland law students currently in Mississippi will have put some of their learned legal skills to the test. Their work along the Mississippi Gulf Coast is important, not only to the people they are helping but for themselves. Seattle University School of Law Standing for excellence. Reaching for justice. A great place to start your legal career. • Oldest law school in Orange County • Located in the heart of Southern California’s dynamic legal job market • 10,000 alumni – on the Bench, in private and public practice • Strong career services guidance and placement record To speak with an Advisor, call 714.459.1101 or 800.WSU.4LAW or email us at adm@wsulaw.edu. www.wsulaw.edu WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW 1111 North State College Boulevard | Fullerton, CA 92831 © Western State University College of Law 2008 08-WSU-2856 – 6/08 Back to School 2008 25 http://www.law.seattleu.edu http://www.law.seattleu.edu http://www.wsulaw.edu http://www.wsulaw.edu
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