Curriculum

The New England School of Law curriculum rests on a foundation of 10 required courses:

• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure I
• Evidence
• Law and Ethics of Lawyering
• Legal Research and Writing I and II
• Property
• Torts

These are supplemented by electives chosen from nearly 150 courses, which include clinics and simulation courses. A list of courses is available at http://www.nesl.edu/academics/descriptions.cfm

The curriculum is designed to combine theory and practice and to include discussion of ethical issues within all courses.

Graduation requirements include courses from approved lists in the following areas:

• Professional skills
• Public law
• Seminar

The clinical program includes 17 clinics that place students in a variety of professional settings and link their placements with classroom experience. Information on the clinical program can be found at http://www.nesl.edu/academics/clinics.cfm

The law school's three academic centers reflect areas of focus within our faculty: international/human rights law, business/corporate law, and public interest law. The centers support faculty members' scholarship and professional activities, as well as focusing and coordinating projects involving students. This structure helps integrate students' academic and practical experience. For more information on the centers, go to http://www.nesl.edu/centers/allcenters.cfm

Co-Curricular Activities

Students may supplement their academic courses by participating in co-curricular activities, some of which offer credit:

Advocacy teams

• Environmental Moot Court
• Frederick Douglass Moot Court "comments by 2003-2004 team member"
• National Appellate Moot Court
• National Tax Moot Court
• National Trial
• Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court

Scholarly publications

• New England Law Review
• New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement
• New England Journal of International and Comparative Law

Internships

• Honors Judicial Internship Program
• Summer Internship Program
• Volunteer Superior Court Internship

For more information about the academic program, go to http://www.nesl.edu/academics/academics.cfm

Academic Support Programs

New England School of Law strives to ensure the success of its students. An important element of that effort is the Academic Support and Excellence Program, an optional program that provides supplemental instruction and supervised skills practice for first-year students. Programs are scheduled in both the fall and spring terms:

Fall - Weekly sessions include exercises that reinforce skills learned in first-year classes, including preparation for class, analysis of cases, interpretation of statutory law, and review for examinations.

Spring - The program concentrates on legal reasoning and writing exercises based on examination questions.

Others programs at New England School of Law also focus on honing academic skills:

• The Charles Hamilton Houston Enrichment Program
• A writing clinic, staffed by a trained writing professional, that assists students in all years of law school who need help with written work
• The Bar Assistance Program, which provides graduating students with a review of subjects that are heavily tested on the bar exam and with training in taking multiple choice questions and writing bar exam essays
• Small-group sessions and individual tutorials tailored to specific student interests

All students may participate. For first-year students, the programs are coordinated with required courses.