Our Mission
The mission of the Loyola University College of Law Skills Curriculum is to provide law students with the opportunity to develop the skills that they will need to effectively perform the work of their lifetime. In addition to the law school academic requirements, all students are required to participate in workshops where they are introduced to courses that cover the ten practical lawyering skills that were outlined in the 1992 ABA MacCrate report. Those skills are problem solving; legal analysis and reasoning; legal research; factual investigation; communication; counseling; negotiation; litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures; organization and management of legal work; and recognizing and resolving ethical dilemmas.
The Skills Curriculum was first approved by the
