Learning Outcomes 302(b) and (d)
This tab contains language of law school learning outcomes associated with Standard 302(b) and (d) – competency in (b) Legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral communication in the legal context, and (d) Other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession. This includes some “other professional skills” to the extent they are associated with communication and problem-solving, such as client interviewing, fact investigation, document drafting, negotiation, trial advocacy, etc.
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 Advocacy |
| American | |
| Arkansas - Fayetteville | |
| Arkansas Little Rock | B(4)(b)(2). |
| Ave Maria | |
| Belmont | |
| CUNY | (b)(8): fourth bullet. |
| California Western | II. D. |
| Campbell | |
| Capital | |
| Chapman | Lawyering Skills Curriculum |
| Chicago | |
| Cincinnati | |
| CUNY | |
| Drake | |
| Elon | |
| Emory | |
| Florida Coastal | |
| Fordham | |
| George Mason | |
| Indiana Bloomington | |
| Louisville | |
| Loyola Chicago | |
| McGeorge | |
| Minnesota | 3(iii). |
| Nevada | |
| North Dakota | |
| Northern Illinois | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Richmond | |
| Seattle | |
| Seton Hall | |
| South Carolina | Goal 2: outcome 4. |
| Southwestern | |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Syracuse | |
| Temple | 4.3. |
| Tulsa | |
| Virginia | |
| Washburn | 4.4. |
| Law School | Location of Analogize/Synthesize/Distinguish |
| Arizona | (a). |
| Arkansas Little Rock | B(2)(b). |
| Barry | II(f). |
| Baylor | |
| Belmont | II: first bullet. |
| Capital | |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| Concordia | B(8). |
| UConn | |
| Dayton | Outcome 3: criteria 2 & 5. |
| Denver | Legal Analysis: lines 4 & 5. |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Drexel | |
| Duke | |
| Duquesne | |
| Elon | |
| Emory | |
| Florida Coastal | "Critical thinking, legal analysis, and problem-solving." |
| Golden Gate | |
| Illinois | |
| Indiana Bloomington | |
| UMass | 1.3.2–1.3.4. |
| Memphis | |
| Minnesota | |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Ohio State | |
| Pace | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Samford | |
| Santa Clara | |
| South Dakota | |
| Southwestern | |
| St. John's | 2(d). |
| Suffolk | |
| Temple | |
| Tennessee | 4(b). |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 2: criteria 5 & 6. |
| Thomas Jefferson | II(A). |
| Texas Southern | first bullet. |
| Toledo | |
| Touro | |
| Tulsa | |
| South Dakota | Outcome 2:2. |
| Washburn | |
| West Virginia | |
| Widener | Other Professional Skills: II(C) & II(E). |
| Willamette |
| Law School | Location of Citation/Format Compliance |
| Barry | II(d). |
| California Irvine | |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| Drake | |
| Emory | |
| Golden Gate | |
| Minnesota | 2(iv). |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Pace | |
| Santa Clara | |
| South Dakota | |
| St. John's | 4(e). |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 3: criterion 3. |
| Tulsa | |
| South Dakota | Outcome 4:5. |
| Villanova | Outcome 5.1. |
| Widener-Commonwealth | Other Professional Skills: III(B) & IV(A). |
| Widener-Delaware |
| Law School | Location of Client Interviewing |
| Albany | Aspirational Goals: fourth bullet. |
| American | |
| Belmont | II: sixth bullet. |
| CUNY | (b)(6): first bullet & (b)(8): third bullet. |
| California Western | Knowledge I. |
| Capital | |
| Chapman | Outcome 1. |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| Concordia | B(11). |
| UConn | |
| CUNY | |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Duke | |
| Duquesne | |
| Elon | |
| Emory | |
| Hofstra | 6(f). |
| Louisville | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:7(b) & 7(c). |
| Minnesota | 3(ii). |
| Montana | Outcome 2: seventh bullet. |
| Nevada | |
| North Dakota | |
| Northern Illinois | |
| Northern Kentucky | "Conduct interviews." |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Penn State | 7(g). |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Seton Hall | |
| South Carolina | |
| South Dakota | |
| Thomas Jefferson | VII(A)(1)(a). |
| Texas Southern | fifth bullet. |
| Touro | |
| Washburn | 4.3. |
| Whittier | Outcome 4: third bullet. |
| Widener | Other Professional Skills: IV(C). |
| Law School | Location of Counseling |
| Appalachian | |
| Baylor | |
| Belmont | II: sixth bullet. |
| Boston University | |
| California Western | Knowledge I. |
| Chicago Kent | 4(a) & 4(c). |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| UConn | |
| CUNY | |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Drake | Outcome 3. |
| Drexel | |
| Duke | |
| Duquesne | |
| Emory | |
| Fordham | Outcome 6. |
| Hofstra | 6(e). |
| Louisville | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:7. |
| Minnesota | 3(iv). |
| Montana | Outcome 2: seventh bullet. |
| Nevada | |
| New Hampshire | |
| North Dakota | |
| Northern Illinois | |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Ohio State | 3. |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Seattle | |
| Seton Hall | |
| South Dakota | |
| Suffolk | |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Temple | 4.2. |
| Tennessee | 6(c). |
| Toledo | |
| Villanova | Outcome 4.3 & 4.5. |
| Washburn | 4.3. |
| Whittier | Outcome 4: third bullet. |
| Widener-Delaware | Other Professional Skills: IV(C). |
| Law School | Location of Document Drafting |
| Alabama | |
| Arkansas Little Rock | |
| Barry | |
| Brooklyn | |
| California Western | |
| Capital | |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| CUNY | (b)(7): first bullet. |
| Charleston | |
| Chicago | |
| Chicago Kent | 3(a)–3(g). |
| Cleveland Marshall | |
| Concordia | B(14). |
| UConn | |
| Drake | Outcome 3. |
| Duke | |
| Duquesne | |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Elon | |
| Emory | |
| Faulkner | |
| Hofstra | 4(b). |
| Kentucky | |
| Lincoln Memorial | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:6. |
| Loyola New Orleans | |
| Marquette | Outcome 1: second bullet. |
| UMass | |
| Mercer | |
| Mississippi | |
| Missouri | |
| Montana | Outcome 2: twelfth bullet. |
| Northern Kentucky | "Draft a contract," "Draft a lease," &c. |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Pace | |
| Penn State | 5(b). |
| Penn State Dickinson | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Samford | |
| Santa Clara | |
| South Carolina | Goal 2: outcome 3. |
| South Dakota | |
| St. John's | 4(a)–4(c). |
| St. Mary's | |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Toledo | |
| Touro | |
| Virginia | |
| Washburn | 4.5. |
| Washington University | |
| Whittier | Outcome 4: fourth bullet. |
| Widener-Delaware | Other Professional Skills: I(B). |
| Willamette |
| Law School | Location of Identifying Authority |
| Alabama | |
| Barry | II(d). |
| Belmont | |
| Capital | |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| CUNY | (b)(5): fourth bullet. |
| Chicago Kent | 2(a) & 3(b). |
| Cleveland Marshall | |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| UConn | |
| Cornell | |
| Dayton | Outcome 5: criterion 2. |
| Denver | Legal Analysis: line 3. |
| DePaul | |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Drake | Outcome 4. |
| Florida Coastal | |
| Fordham | Outcome 2. |
| Georgia State | |
| Golden Gate | |
| Idaho | |
| Iowa | |
| Kentucky | |
| Lincoln Memorial | |
| Marquette | |
| UMass | 2.3.4. |
| Minnesota | |
| Nevada | |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Saint Louis | |
| Samford | |
| St. John's | 3(c) & 3(d). |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 2: criterion 4 & Outcome 3: criterion 1. |
| South Dakota | Outcome 3:4. |
| St. Thomas (MN) | Outcome 5. |
| Temple | |
| Texas Tech | |
| Villanova | Outcome 3:2. |
| Wayne State | |
| Widener-Delaware | Legal Methods: I & III. |
| Law School | Location of Live/Simulated Representation |
| Brooklyn | |
| Creighton | 10. |
| Duke | |
| Florida Coastal | "Law practice readiness." |
| Golden Gate | |
| Willamette |
| Law School | Location of Mediation/Conflict Resolution |
| Appalachian | |
| Baylor | |
| Chicago Kent | |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| CUNY | (b)(6): second bullet. |
| Dayton | Outcome 6: criterion 3. |
| Drake | Outcome 3 |
| Drexel | |
| Faulkner | |
| Idaho | |
| Kentucky | |
| Lincoln Memorial | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:9. |
| Loyola New Orleans | |
| Maryland | 5. |
| Montana | Outcome 2: eleventh bullet. |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Pace | |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Saint Louis | |
| Samford | |
| Seattle | |
| Seton Hall | |
| South Carolina | Goal 2: outcome 4. |
| St. Mary's | |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Syracuse | |
| Tennessee | 6(d). |
| Thomas Jefferson | IV(A) & VII(A)(2)(e). |
| Tulsa |
| Law School | Location of Negotiation |
| American | |
| Boston University | |
| Brooklyn | |
| CUNY | (b)(8): third bullet. |
| California Western | Knowledge I. |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| Chicago | |
| Chicago Kent | 4(d). |
| Columbus - Catholic | |
| Concordia | B(13). |
| UConn | |
| CUNY | |
| Drake | Outcome 3. |
| Drexel | |
| Duke | |
| Elon | |
| Emory | |
| Fordham | Outcome 6. |
| George Mason | Outcome 3. |
| Hofstra | 6(d). |
| Lincoln Memorial | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:8. |
| Minnesota | 2(i). |
| Montana | Outcome 2: tenth bullet. |
| North Dakota | |
| Northern Illinois | |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Pace | |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Saint Louis | |
| Seattle | |
| Seton Hall | |
| South Carolina | Goal 2: outcome 4. |
| Suffolk | |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Temple | 4.2. |
| Tennessee | 6(a). |
| Thomas Jefferson | VII(A)(2)(b) & –(3)(b). |
| Toledo | |
| Touro | |
| Tulsa | |
| Villanova | Outcome 7.3. |
| Virginia | |
| Washburn | 4.4. |
| Washington University | |
| Whittier | Outcome 4: third bullet. |
| Widener-Delaware | Other Professional Skills: IV(F). |
| Law School | Location of Online Research/Technology |
| Alabama | |
| Barry | II(c). |
| California Hastings | |
| Chicago Kent | 4(f). |
| Columbus - Catholic | 4.5. |
| Denver | Legal Research: line 1. |
| Drake | Outcome 4. |
| Drexel | |
| Duke | |
| Emory | |
| Hofstra | 6(n). |
| Mississippi | Outcome 3. |
| Mississippi College | |
| Montana | Outcome 2: thirteenth bullet. |
| North Dakota | |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Ohio State | |
| Oklahoma | |
| Pace | |
| Penn State Dickinson | |
| Quinnipiac | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Seton Hall | |
| South Carolina | Goal 2: outcome 1. |
| South Dakota | Outcomes 3:2 & 3.3. |
| Stetson | 3(b). |
| St. Mary's | |
| Tennessee | 6(i). |
| Thomas Jefferson | III(A). |
| Tulane | second bullet. |
| Villanova | Outcome 3:3. |
| Widener | Other Professional Skills: III(A). |
| Law School | Location of Policy Arguments |
| Arizona | (a). |
| Baylor | |
| Belmont | |
| California Davis | |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| Columbia-Catholic | |
| Concordia | B(7). |
| Drexel | |
| Hofstra | 5(j). |
| Idaho | |
| Illinois | |
| Loyola New Orleans | |
| Maine | |
| UMass | 1.3.6. |
| Mercer | |
| Minnesota | I(iv). |
| Nevada | |
| New York Law School | |
| Penn State Dickinson | |
| Samford | |
| Santa Clara | |
| Seattle | |
| South Dakota | |
| Temple | 2.1–2.4 & 4.2. |
| Thomas Jefferson | II(A). |
| Toledo | |
| Washburn | 2.2b. |
| Western State | |
| Widener | Other Professional Skills: II(H). |
| Law School | Location of Precise Language |
| Alabama | |
| Arizona | (c). |
| Arkansas Little Rock | B(4). |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| Chapman | Outcome 3. |
| Chicago Kent | 3(g). |
| Cincinnati | |
| Columbus-Catholic | |
| UConn | |
| Cornell | |
| Creighton | 3. |
| Dayton | Outcome 4: criterion 1. |
| Detroit Mercy | |
| Drake | Outcome 2. |
| Drexel | |
| Florida Coastal | "Communication/Advocacy." |
| Fordham | Outcome 5. |
| Golden Gate | |
| Idaho | |
| Kentucky | |
| Lincoln Memorial | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:6(f). |
| Maine | |
| Marquette | Outcome 1: second bullet. |
| UMass | 2.1.1–2.1.4. |
| Memphis | |
| Minnesota | 2(iii). |
| Missouri | |
| New York Law School | |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Pace | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Samford | |
| Santa Clara | |
| Southwestern | |
| St. John's | 4(d). |
| Temple | 3.1. |
| Tennessee | 4(a). |
| Thomas Jefferson | V(B). |
| Texas Southern | second bullet. |
| Toledo | |
| Tulsa | |
| South Dakota | Outcome 4:1. |
| Villanova | Outcome 5.1. |
| Washburn | 3.1. |
| Widener-Delaware | Other Professional Skills: I(A)–(C). |
| Willamette |
| Law School | Location of Public Speaking/Oral Argument |
| Alabama | |
| Arkansas Little Rock | |
| Atlanta John Marshall | |
| Barry | II(g). |
| Baylor | |
| Belmont | II: fourth bullet. |
| Brooklyn | Legal Analysis and Reasoning. Seventh bullet point. |
| Case Western Reserve | |
| Charleston | |
| Chicago Kent | 3(h). |
| Cincinnati | |
| Columbia | 4.1. |
| Denver | Legal Communication. Fourth Outcome. |
| Drake | Outcome 3. |
| Duke | |
| Faulkner | |
| Florida Coastal | |
| Florida International | |
| George Mason | Outcome 3. |
| Hofstra | 5(h) & 6(m). |
| Indiana Bloomington | Lawyering Skills. Outcome 1. |
| Liberty | |
| Loyola New Orleans | Communication. |
| Marquette | Outcome 1: third bullet. |
| McGeorge | Outcome 4. |
| Missouri | Procedural and Skill-Based Goals. Second bullet. |
| Northern Kentucky | "Make an extemporaneous oral presentation." |
| Pace | |
| Penn State | 6(f) & 7(n). |
| Roger Williams | |
| St. John's | 4(f). |
| Stetson | 4(b). |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Temple | 3.2. |
| Tennessee | 4(f). |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 4: criterion 2. |
| Texas Southern | sixth bullet. |
| Toledo | |
| Touro | |
| UMass | PC2.1.3 & PC2.1.4. |
| South Dakota | Outcome 4:3. |
| Vanderbilt | |
| Villanova | Outcome 5.5. |
| Washburn | 3.2. |
| Widener | Other Professional Skills: I(C). |
| Willamette | 5(d). |
| Law School | Location of Time Management/Planning |
| Alabama | |
| Arizona | (e). |
| Arkansas Little Rock | B(1)(c), –(d), & B(3). |
| Atlanta John Marshall | |
| Belmont | II: sixth bullet. |
| Brooklyn | |
| Cleveland Marshall | |
| Concordia | B(10.3). |
| CUNY | (b)(5): second bullet. |
| Dayton | Outcome 5: criterion 1 & Outcome 6: criterion 2. |
| Drexel | |
| Duke | |
| Duquesne | |
| Elon | |
| Florida Coastal | |
| Georgia State | |
| Hostra | |
| Illinois | |
| Loyola Chicago | I:3(c) & 11. |
| Loyola New Orleans | |
| Maine | |
| Marquette | Outcome 4: first bullet. |
| Minnesota | 3(v). |
| Missouri-Kansas City | |
| Mitchell-Hamline | |
| Montana | |
| Nebraska | |
| Nevada | |
| New Hampshire | |
| New Mexico | |
| North Dakota | |
| UNT Dallas | |
| Nova Southeastern | |
| Ohio Northern | |
| Oklahoma City | |
| Pace | |
| Saint Louis | |
| San Diego | |
| Seattle | |
| South Dakota | |
| South Texas - Houston | |
| St. Mary's | |
| SUNY Buffalo | |
| Stetson | |
| Syracuse | |
| Tennessee | 5(h). |
| Texas Tech | Outcome 3: criterion 2. |
| Toledo | |
| South Dakota | Outcome 3:1. |
| Villanova | Outcome 3:1. |
| Wayne State | |
| Widener-Commonwealth | Other Professional Skills: III(C). |