Prepare to Practice
Experiential Learning
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is well known for its longstanding commitment to building practice-ready lawyers. In addition to our litigation clinics, we offer students the opportunities to develop their transactional skills, helping start-up businesses through the Entrepreneurship Project. Environmental Law & Policy Lab students engage in policy development, legislative drafting, and advocacy for local individuals and community groups.
The Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic
In the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic, third-year law students practice under the supervision of experienced clinic faculty in areas including immigration, family, civil litigation, child welfare and domestic violence, criminal defense, youth defense, and disability justice.
Experiential Course Offerings
Loyola also offers a number of courses with an experiential component to help you develop your practice skills in a more traditional class environment.
Environmental Policy Lab
This is a unique course in which students, individually or in teams, work under the supervision of skilled attorneys with years of city, state, federal and in…
Entrepreneurship Project
Through the Entrepreneurship Project, students help local start-ups organize their legal entities, develop contracts, and prepare for outside financing. …
Externships
The Externship Program is an experiential course in which students earn 1, 2, or 3 academic credits for legal work performed at a court, government agency, or…