Experiential Program Student Learning Outcomes

The NYU Law experiential learning program (1L Lawyering, clinics, externships, labs and simulation courses) is designed to ensure that every graduate has entry-level professional competence in the following foundational lawyering skills:

1. Problem solving
2. Interviewing
3. Factual investigation
4. Counseling
5. Negotiation
6. Collaboration
7. Legal writing
8. Understanding of litigation and other dispute-resolution procedures
9. Cross-cultural competence and the ability to recognize and address bias and racism
10. The development of a professional identity

The first-year Lawyering course develops the basics of these skills.  In upper-level experiential courses, students deepen their abilities in some of these skills and in additional skills specific to the course subject-matter and design. 

For a more detailed description of the goals of the experiential program and the content of the learning for each of these skills, see the Experiential Learning Program: Its Goals and Foundational Skills.