Outstanding lawyers need cutting-edge practical skills to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Suffolk Law also prepares students with 21st-century knowledge and skills. PreLaw Magazine lists Suffolk among its Top 20 Most Innovative Law Schools, and the National Jurist Magazine recently listed Suffolk Law as the No.1 legal tech program in the country for two years in a row.
In an era that requires increasing specialization, Suffolk Law offers multiple academic concentrations and areas of focus, coupled with real-world learning opportunities through clinical programs and internships, and the professional coaching needed for a transformative educational experience. Suffolk University's juris doctor program meets the educational requirements qualifying graduates to sit for the bar exam in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Suffolk University Law School's learning outcomes identify the desired knowledge, skills, and values students should master upon their successful graduation, and are guided by the Law School's mission to provide an excellent legal education as well as the Law School's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Concentration, youll learn from experts with years of experience as judges and litigators. A solid foundation prepares you for a career as a trial attorney in the public or private sector.
The concentration offers:
A comprehensive curriculum in civil and criminal procedure, evidence, advocacy skills, alternative dispute resolution, and legal research and writing, Thirteen nationally ranked practice clinics in which students can represent clients in court, plus additional transactional clinics, Externships with law firms, judges, government and non-government agencies coupled with a seminar on reflective lawyering, Participation in small Trial Advocacy classes, A long history of champion moot court and national trial teams
Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, The requirements for the Concentration are rigorous, and those students who take the challenge will be among the best-trained law school graduates in the courtroom.