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 Fundamentals & Bar Exam |
| Arkansas Little Rock | A(2) & (5). |
| Barry | I(d). |
| Belmont | I: first–third & eighth bullets. |
| Brigham Young | Expected Learning Outcomes - JD: first bullet. |
| Brooklyn | Substantive and Procedural Law. First bullet point. |
| California Western | Knowledge: A(1). |
| Chapman | 1. |
| Charleston | I. |
| Chicago Kent | 1(a). |
| Columbus | 1. |
| Concordia | A.1.1–1.4 |
| Dayton | Outcome 1: Criterion 1. |
| Elon | Page 1. Cognitive Abilities. Bar Exam Proficiency. |
| Faulkner | 1. a. |
| George Mason | 1. |
| Hawaii | 2(4). |
| Hofstra | Categories 1 & 2. |
| Indiana Bloomington | 1. |
| Kansas | Objective 1. |
| Marquette | 2. |
| UMass | PC1.1.1 & PC1.1.2. |
| Missouri | Substantive goals. First bullet point. |
| New York Law School | Second line. |
| Northern Kentucky | Specific Outcome "Know, recall, and state law ..." |
| Ohio State | 1. |
| Penn State | I: Categories 1 & 2. |
| Penn State Dickinson | 1 & 2. |
| Roger Williams | 1. c. |
| Seattle | Outcome 1: Second bullet point. |
| Seton Hall | (a). |
| South Carolina | Goal 1: Outcome 6. |
| Stetson | 1 (a). |
| St. John's | 1(a) & (b). |
| St. Mary's | Legal Principles. First bullet point. |
| Syracuse | Outcome 1: First bullet. |
| Temple | Criterion 1.1. |
| Tennessee | 1(a) & (b). |
| Thomas Jefferson | I(A). |
| UCLA | 2. |
| UMASS | PC1.1.1 & PC1.1.2. |
| Villanova | Outcome 2: 1–3. |
| Virginia | 1(a) & 1(c). |
| Washburn | 1.1. |
| Washington | First bullet point. |
| Willamette | 1 (a). |
| Law School | Location of Legal Policy & Trends |
| Belmont | I: fourth bullet. |
| California Western | Knowledge: A(2). |
| Chicago Kent | 1(b). |
| Cleveland Marshall | I. |
| Concordia | A(2). |
| Faulkner | 1. c. |
| George Mason | 4. |
| GSU Law Learning OutcomesGSU Law Learning OutcomesGSU Law Learning OutcomesGSU Law Learning Outcomes | Outcome 1. Criterion 2. |
| Hawaii | 2(1). |
| Hofstra | Category 3(d). |
| Indiana Bloomington | 4. |
| Loyola New Orleans | Knowledge of substantive law and processes. |
| UMass | PC1.1.1 & 1.1.2. |
| Minnesota | 1(iv). |
| Missouri | Substantive goals. Second bullet point. |
| Ohio Northern | 2 & 3. |
| Penn State | I: category 3. |
| Seattle | Outcome 3. Second & Third bullet points. |
| Syracuse | Outcome 1. Third bullet point. |
| Temple | Criteria 1.2 & 1.3. |
| Tennessee | 2(b) & (d). |
| UCLA | 3 & 4. |
| Whittier | 1: third bullet. |
| Willamette | 2(b). |
| 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 Western | Knowledge: B. |
| Cleveland Marshall | I |
| Concordia | A(3). |
| Dayton | Outcome 1: Criterion 2. |
| Elon | Page 1. Cognitive Abilities. Problem Solving. |
| Faulkner | 1. c. |
| Fordham | 2. |
| Hofstra | Category 3(a)–3(c). |
| Indiana Bloomington | 3. |
| UMass | PC1.1.4. |
| Memphis | Learning Outcome 1. Criterion 1. |
| Mercer | Legal Literacy. |
| Missouri | Substantive goals. Fourth bullet point. |
| Nevada | Legal and Law-Related Knowledge. |
| Roger Williams | 1. a & b. |
| Seattle | Outcome 3. First bullet point. |
| Syracuse | Outcome 1. Fourth bullet point. |
| Tennessee | 2(a) & (c). |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 1, Criterion 3. |
| Washburn | 1.3. |
| Widener | I. |
| Willamette | 2(a). |
| Law School | Location of Practical Knowledge |
| Barry | I(c). |
| Missouri | Substantive Goals. Third bullet point. |
| Montana | Learning Outcomes: first bullet. |
| Ohio State | 2. |
| 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. |
| Indiana Bloomington | 2. |
| Montana | Learning Outcomes: second bullet ("Rocky Mountain West" law). |
| Syracuse | Outcome 1: Second bullet. |
| Virginia | Outcome 1(b). |
| Willamette | 1 (b). |
| Law School | Updated |
| Akron | January 2017 |
| Alabama | August 2018 |
| Arizona | January 2017 |
| Arizona State | January 2017 |
| Ave Maria | January 2017 |
| Baltimore | January 2017 |
| Boston University | June 2017 |
| California Berkeley | January 2017 |
| Campbell | June 2017 |
| Charleston | August 2018 |
| Creighton | January 2017 |
| Boston College | January 2017 |
| CUNY | January 2017 |
| Chicago | January 2017 |
| Cornell | January 2017 |
| Florida A&M | August 2018 |
| Florida Coastal | January 2017 |
| Florida International | January 2017 |
| Florida Levin | January 2017 |
| Florida State | August 2018 |
| Harvard | January 2017 |
| Houston | August 2018 |
| Idaho | August 2018 |
| Illinois | August 2018 |
| Indiana | August 2018 |
| Liberty | October 2018 |
| Loyola Marymount | August 2018 |
| Maryland | January 2017 |
| McGeorge | January 2017 |
| Michigan | June 2017 |
| Mississippi College | January 2017 |
| Mitchell-Hamline | June 2017 |
| Nebraska | June 2017 |
| New England | August 2018 |
| New Hampshire | August 2018 |
| New Mexico | January 2017 |
| Northeastern | August 2018 |
| Northern Illinois | August 2018 |
| Nova Southeastern | January 2017 |
| Pepperdine | January 2017 |
| Pittsburgh | June 2017 |
| Rutgers | August 2018 |
| San Diego | August 2018 |
| SMU Dedman | January 2017 |
| South Dakota | January 2017 |
| Southern California Gould | January 2017 |
| South Texas - Houston | June 2017 |
| Southwestern | January 2017 |
| St. Thomas (FL) | August 2018 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | January 2017 |
| Texas | January 2017 |
| Texas A&M | January 2017 |
| Texas Southern | January 2017 |
| Tulane | April 2020 |
| Valparaiso | August 2018 |
| Vanderbilt | January 2017 |
| Wake Forest | January 2017 |
| Washington & Lee | August 2018 |
| Wayne State | August 2018 |
| Western New England | June 2017 |
| Western State | August 2018 |