Learning Outcomes

Pursuant to ABA Standards 301 and 302, the faculty of American University Washington College of Law has reached consensus on a list of measurable objectives for our students including promoting and ensuring the development of the following:

• Knowledge and skills necessary for admission to the bar and immediate and increasing success within the legal profession

• Preparation for practice in an increasingly diverse and dynamic legal profession

• Intellectual and cognitive development, including legal analysis and reasoning, critical thinking, problem solving and practical reasoning

• Mastery of substantive legal knowledge

• Wellness and balance between personal and professional goals

• Professionalism and ethics (including integrity, community involvement, promotion of the public interest, commitment to service, networking, entrepreneurship and business development)

• Proficiency in research, fact and other information-gathering skills (including client interviewing)

• Communication skills, including written and oral advocacy, negotiation, persuasion and engaged listening techniques