preLaw Magazine - Winter 2008 - (Page 30) “Access to the law is important for all of to ensure part-time students feel they are experience,” Garon said. Part-time students are the bread and society (but) for the vast majority of people, getting their money’s worth. They bring in the ability to step away from their work the same speakers for both day and night butter of Thomas M. Cooley, a law school and family and invest in a full-time sched- students. The same professors who teach based in Lansing, Michigan’s state capital. ule simply doesn’t exist,” Garon said. “Part- the full-time courses rotate to work the In fall 2007, 86 percent of the 3,696 students chose to follow time programs creone of several possiate more space for ble part-time schedqualified students, ules, Miller said. so it’s a win-win all Students at Cooley around.” following a part-time At Hamline, stuprogram may attend dents can complete year-around and the law school’s graduate in three or full-time curricufour years, attending lum by coming in any of the school’s on Saturdays and —Dean Jim Rosenblatt, Mississippi College School three Michigan camSundays over a puses. four-year time periof Law They register in od. Students within groups based on the a reasonable driving distance also can supplement these week- weekend shifts. The law school also arrang- number of credit hours earned, Miller said. end sessions with additional courses in the es clinics for part-time students — recent This gives part- and full-time students with early morning or evening during the week, examples include clinics on non-profit similar credit hours access to courses at the same time. If students cannot be on camsmall businesses and health law. he said. “They really do get the entire law-school pus for registration, they can do so in the Garon said Hamline goes out of its way “ We will limit the program to a small number of participants who have clearly demonstrated they have the drive, intellect and time-management skills to be successful in this program. ” 30 preLaw http://www.hamline.edu/law http://www.hamline.edu/law
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