Learning Outcomes 302(a)
This tab contains language of law school learning outcomes associated with Standard 302(a) – competency in (a) Knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law.
This database is searchable by the specific learning outcomes identified below. Thus, using this database, you may select a learning outcome to see which law schools state that specific learning outcome in their list of student learning outcomes. Each law school's link will take you directly to that school's learning outcomes web page. To the right of the law school's name is a description of where you may locate that specific learning outcome within a given law school’s learning outcomes.
| Law School | Location of Legal System |
| Albany | Aspirational Goals: first bullet. |
| Arkansas Little Rock | A(1) & (3). |
| Barry | I(b). |
| Brooklyn | Substantive and Procedural Law. Third & fourth bullet points. |
| California Irvine | |
| California Western | Knowledge: B. |
| Cleveland Marshall | I |
| CUNY | |
| Concordia | A(3). |
| Dayton | Outcome 1: Criterion 2. |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Duquesne | |
| Elon | Page 1. Cognitive Abilities. Problem Solving. |
| Faulkner | 1. c. |
| Fordham | 2. |
| Georgetown | |
| Gonzaga | |
| Hofstra | Category 3(a)–3(c). |
| Illinois | |
| Indiana Bloomington | 3. |
| Iowa | |
| Kansas | |
| Kentucky | |
| Loyola Chicago | |
| Loyola Los Angeles | |
| Maine | |
| UMass | PC1.1.4. |
| Memphis | Learning Outcome 1. Criterion 1. |
| Mercer | Legal Literacy. |
| Michigan | |
| Minnesota | |
| Missouri | Substantive goals. Fourth bullet point. |
| Nevada | Legal and Law-Related Knowledge. |
| North Dakota | |
| Pace | |
| Penn State Dickinson | |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Roger Williams | 1. a & b. |
| Saint Louis | |
| Santa Clara | |
| Seattle | Outcome 3. First bullet point. |
| Southwestern | |
| St. Thomas (FL) | |
| Syracuse | Outcome 1. Fourth bullet point. |
| Temple | |
| Tennessee | 2(a) & (c). |
| Texas A&M | |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 1, Criterion 3. |
| Washburn | 1.3. |
| Widener | I. |
| Willamette | 2(a). |
| Wisconsin-Madison |
| Law School | Location of Practical Knowledge |
| American | |
| Barry | I(c). |
| Duquesne | |
| Missouri | Substantive Goals. Third bullet point. |
| Montana | Learning Outcomes: first bullet. |
| Ohio State | 2. |
| San Diego | |
| Seattle | Outcome 1. Third bullet point. |
| South Carolina | Goal 1: Outcome 2. |
| Tennessee | 2(e). |
| Thomas Jefferson | I(B). |
| Law School | Location of Specialty Areas |
| Belmont | I: seventh bullet (international law). |
| Brooklyn | Substantive and Procedural Law. Second bullet point. |
| California Hastings | |
| Duke | |
| Duquesne | |
| Florida Coastal | |
| Fordham | |
| Hofstra | |
| Indiana Bloomington | 2. |
| Kansas | |
| Kentucky | |
| Maine | |
| McGeorge | |
| Memphis | |
| Montana | Learning Outcomes: second bullet ("Rocky Mountain West" law). |
| Penn State | |
| San Diego | |
| South Carolina | |
| Syracuse | Outcome 1: Second bullet. |
| Vanderbilt | |
| Virginia | Outcome 1(b). |
| Willamette | 1 (b). |
| Law School | Updated |
| Akron | January 2017 |
| Alabama | August 2018 |
| Albany | January 2022 |
| Appalachian | January 2022 |
| Arizona | January 2017 |
| Arizona State | January 2017 |
| Arkansas-Fayetteville | January 2022 |
| Atlanta John Marshall | January 2022 |
| Ave Maria | January 2017 |
| Baltimore | January 2017 |
| Baylor | January 2022 |
| Boston College | January 2022 |
| Boston University | June 2017 |
| Brigham Young | January 2022 |
| California Berkeley | January 2017 |
| California Davis | January 2022 |
| California Western | January 2022 |
| Campbell | June 2017 |
| Capital | January 2022 |
| Case Western Reserve | January 2022 |
| Chapman | January 2022 |
| Charleston | August 2018 |
| Chicago | January 2022 |
| UConn | January 2022 |
| Creighton | January 2017 |
| Boston College | January 2017 |
| CUNY | January 2017 |
| Chicago | January 2017 |
| Chicago Kent | January 2022 |
| Colorado Boulder | January 2022 |
| Cornell | January 2017 |
| Denver | January 2022 |
| DePaul | January 2022 |
| Emory | January 2022 |
| Florida A&M | August 2018 |
| Florida Coastal | January 2017 |
| Florida International | January 2017 |
| Florida Levin | January 2017 |
| Florida State | August 2018 |
| George Washington | January 2022 |
| Georgia | January 2022 |
| Harvard | January 2017 |
| Houston | August 2018 |
| Idaho | August 2018 |
| Illinois | August 2018 |
| Indiana Bloomington | January 2022 |
| Indiana (Indianapolis) | August 2018 |
| Iowa | January 2022 |
| Liberty | October 2018 |
| Lincoln Memorial | January 2022 |
| Loyola Marymount | August 2018 |
| Maryland | January 2017 |
| McGeorge | January 2017 |
| Michigan | June 2017 |
| Michigan State | January 2022 |
| Mississippi College | January 2017 |
| Mississippi | January 2022 |
| Missouri-Kansas City | January 2022 |
| Mitchell-Hamline | June 2017 |
| NC Central | January 2022 |
| Nebraska | June 2017 |
| New England | August 2018 |
| New Hampshire | August 2018 |
| New Mexico | January 2017 |
| New York Law School | January 2022 |
| Northeastern | August 2018 |
| Northern Illinois | August 2018 |
| Northern Kentucky | January 2022 |
| Northwestern | January 2022 |
| Notre Dame | January 2022 |
| Nova Southeastern | January 2017 |
| Ohio Northern | January 2022 |
| Oklahoma | January 2022 |
| Oklahoma City | January 2022 |
| Pepperdine | January 2017 |
| Pittsburgh | June 2017 |
| Regent | January 2022 |
| Rutgers | August 2018 |
| Samford | January 2022 |
| San Diego | August 2018 |
| Seton Hall | January 2022 |
| SMU Dedman | January 2017 |
| South Dakota | January 2017 |
| Southern California Gould | January 2017 |
| Southern Methodist | January 2022 |
| South Texas - Houston | June 2017 |
| Southwestern | January 2017 |
| Stanford | January 2022 |
| St. Thomas (FL) | August 2018 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | January 2017 |
| Suffolk | January 2022 |
| Texas | January 2017 |
| Texas A&M | January 2017 |
| Texas Southern | January 2017 |
| Toledo | January 2022 |
| Touro | January 2022 |
| Tulane | April 2020 |
| Tulsa | January 2022 |
| UIC John Marshall | January 2022 |
| Valparaiso | August 2018 |
| Vanderbilt | January 2017 |
| Vermont | January 2022 |
| Villanova | January 2022 |
| Virginia | January 2022 |
| Wake Forest | January 2017 |
| Washington & Lee | August 2018 |
| Wayne State | August 2018 |
| Western New England | June 2017 |
| Western State | August 2018 |
| West Virginia | January 2022 |
| Widener-Commonwealth | January 2022 |
| Widener-Delaware | January 2022 |
| Wisconsin-Madison | January 2022 |
| WMU Cooley | January 2022 |
| Yale | January 2022 |