Doing While Learning: How Business Programs Can Integrate Beneficial Experiential Learning Opportunities for Pre-Law Business Students (original) (raw)

IntroductionThe mission of many undergraduate legal studies or pre-law programs is to provide the skills and knowledge base to be successful in the legal profession. Pre-law programs make a conscious effort to incorporate student learning outcomes that are specifically tailored for the student aspiring to attend law school. Other undergraduate programs also boast a significant number of law school aspirants and programs with these pre-law students should be acutely aware of the expectations placed on law students. They must take measures to acclimate students to the rigors of their next academic endeavor, as they would with other post-graduate forms of education.In recent years, law schools have made a noticeable shift away from an entirely lectureoriented, traditional law school curriculum and towards an emphasis on experiential learning. The traditional approach focuses on the use of the case method to teach legal doctrine. In doing so, it reinforce the notion that students need t...