Willamette Law. Opportunity Excellence. Success. Degree Programs. Partnership Programs

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1 Experiece. Willamette Law At Willamette, you ca begi your career or give it a boost through a rage of full-time, part-time ad joit degree programs Viewbook Degree Programs J.D. A three-year professioal degree ecessary for takig the bar exam ad practicig law i the Uited States. Accredited by the America Bar Associatio (ABA). J.D./M.B.A. A four-year program combiig the resources of the College of Law ad the Atkiso Graduate School of Maagemet that results i two professioal degrees: the Juris Doctor ad the Master of Busiess Admiistratio. Accredited for law by the ABA ad busiess by AACSB Iteratioal. The program is also a member of NASPAA, for public maagemet. LL.M. A oe-year, advaced law degree for law school graduates or lawyers traied iteratioally to gai expertise i a specialized field of law. Willamette offers the LL.M. i Dispute Resolutio ad Trasatioal Law. M.L.S. A oe-year master s program for o-lawyers whose job ivolves workig withi a legal or regulatory framework. A bachelor s degree is required. Success Opportuity Excellece Partership Programs 3+3 Program Allows studets to complete a bachelor s degree ad law degree i six years rather tha the usual seve. Available through Willamette Uiversity College of Liberal Arts, Orego State Uiversity ad Uiversity of Alaska, Achorage. Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program A partial law school scholarship offered through a partership betwee the College of Law ad the Peace Corps. Available to retured Peace Corps voluteers who complete a degree-related itership i a uderserved America commuity while they pursue their studies.

2 At Willamette, your educatio will iclude the close relatioships ad collegial support of faculty, staff ad studets who are metors ad frieds. At Willamette Uiversity College of Law a legal educatio is more tha lectures ad textbooks. Here top scholarship, excellet teachig ad metorig go had-i-had. Studets at Willamette fid: A Colleges-that-Chage-Lives eviromet Experiece what it meas to atted the oly law school i the coutry associated with oe of 40 Colleges that Chage Lives. We are oted for professors dedicated to metorship, hads-o academic experieces ad lively, diverse opportuities for growth. Top legal mids: Award-wiig faculty Lear from the best. Our faculty iclude atioally-recogized scholars, seasoed practitioers ad former or curret members of the judiciary who serve as great teachers ad metors. I additio, legal scholars from aroud the world participate i the law school s lecture series, symposia ad guest lectures. A sese of commuity: Colleagues istead of competitors Develop friedships as well as critical thikig skills ad powers of persuasio i our small classes. With a average size of approximately 45 studets, our classes have the feel of semiars ad workshops. Legal research ad writig classes are smaller. Excellece

3 At Willamette, you ll experiece the issues, challeges ad work of lawyers as a itegral part of your legal educatio. Here opportuity abouds. Our studets have access to: Law-makig cetral: State Capitol, Supreme Court, Departmet of Justice Lear the law by participatig i its creatio. Our locatio just across the street from the Orego Capitol, Supreme Court ad multiple state agecies is a advatage that caot be matched aywhere i the regio. Lear by watchig the Supreme Court i actio, iterig for a state legislator, clerkig for the Departmet of Justice, or servig as a exter at ay umber of earby govermet agecies. Specializatio: Certificate Program Gai uique ad comprehesive traiig i oe of five specialty programs offered through Willamette s Certificate Program: Law ad Busiess, Dispute Resolutio, Law ad Govermet, Sustaiability Law, ad Iteratioal ad Comparative Law. Hadle real-life legal work uder the supervisio of Willamette faculty through our legal cliics, icludig: Busiess Law, Child ad Family Advocacy, Huma Rights ad Immigratio, Law ad Govermet, ad Trusts ad Estates. Help the uder-represeted through the Willamette Uiversity Public Iterest Law Project (WUPILP), a studet orgaizatio that supports public iterest itership, fellowship ad employmet opportuities. Law reform efforts: Orego Law Commissio Cotribute to improvig state law with the Orego Law Commissio, a uique public/private partership betwee Willamette s College of Law ad the Orego Legislature dedicated to law reform, revisio ad improvemet. A global perspective: Study Abroad Program Ope doors to legal uderstadig through participatio i Willamette s uusual law study abroad program oe of the few i the Northwest. Law studets have a choice of programs i a rage of coutries. Willamette s proximity to state govermet a advatage that caot be matched aywhere else i the regio also provides studets with a uique ability to work with state officials while pursuig their studies. Experiece. Opportuity Hads-o experiece: Cliical Law Program Public iterest law projects: WUPILP

4 At Willamette, you ll grow i cofidece i yourself ad what you ca do with your law degree. Here the tools for success surroud you. From your first day of orietatio you ll beefit from our: Placemet Office: Helpig set your course Map your career with oe-o-oe help from our Placemet Office advisors. We work with you to idetify where you wat to go ad what experiece you eed to get there. Extership Program: Developig practice-ready skills Work i the fast-paced world of the practicig lawyer. Exterships are available i private practice, busiess, district attorey offices, ad o-profit ad govermet agecies across the coutry. Professioal developmet traiig: Job hutig ad etworkig Polish your resume ad iterview skills; participate i job-hutig semiars ad mock iterviews; ad etwork with members of a rage of professioal legal orgaizatios. Attorey metors ad alumi etwork: Opeig doors From leadig law firms to state capitols ad corporate boardrooms of iteratioal busiesses, Willamette law frieds ad alumi are promiet ad willig to led a had. Types of Employmet Five-year averages, Judiciary 5% Public Iterest/ Academia/Other 9% Success Prepare yourself for job-hutig success with practical skills traiig through Willamette s: Extership Program Cliical Law Program Practical skills courses: Civil Trial Practice, Orego Crimial Procedure, Legal Research ad Writig ad more Moot Court Board Law Review Govermet 14% Busiess/Idustry14% For complete America Bar Associatio ad NALP 2014 employmet reports, visit our website: willamette.edu/law/careers. willamette.edu/law

5 At Willamette, you ca pursue practice-ready experiece ad professioal cotacts i the regio where you hope to practice. First i the Pacific Northwest; first i employmet outcomes. As the first law school i the Pacific Northwest, Willamette Uiversity College of Law has bee at the forefrot of legal educatio sice our doors opeed i Today we cotiue to excel i preparig tomorrow s lawyers. We raked first i the Pacific Northwest for job placemet for the class of 2014 ad first i Orego for the classes of 2012, 2013 ad 2014.* Located i Salem, Orego, across the street from the State Capitol, we are a small commuity committed to the advacemet of kowledge through excellet teachig, scholarship, metorig ad experiece. * Full-time, log-term, JD-preferred/JD-required jobs, accordig to statistics compiled by the America Bar Associatio Employmet Outcomes % 80% Total employmet JD required, JD preferred ad professioal 70% 60% Employed full-time, log-term JD required, JD preferred ad professioal 50% Employed full-time, log-term JD required ad JD preferred 40% For the class of 2014 Willamette raked first i the Pacific Northwest for graduate employmet i full-time, log-term, JD-required ad JD-preferred jobs. Our employmet outcomes cotiue a strog tred. Here careers begi. Willamette extership ad clerkship opportuities have icluded: Columbia Sportswear (iteratioal sportswear compay), geeral cousel s office, Portlad, Orego Office of Admissio 245 Witer Street SE Salem, Orego law-admissio@willamette.edu willamette.edu/law Seator Lisa Murkowski s Office (U.S. Seator from Alaska), Washigto, D.C. Rio Grade Legal Aid (Texas legal aid office), Rio Grade, Texas Port of Portlad, Portlad, Orego Orego Supreme Court, Salem, Orego Orego Departmet of Justice (all divisios), Salem, Orego Metor Graphics (multiatioal corporatio), geeral cousel s office, Wilsoville, Orego Schwabe Williamso ad Wyatt (165-lawyer busiess law firm), Portlad, Orego Washigto Couty District Attorey s Office, Hillsboro, Orego Kig Couty Prosecutor s Office, Seattle, Washigto

6 At Willamette, your law school experiece is about more tha studyig. Here you ca live life while you lear. Studets at Willamette fid that life i Salem, Orego offers: Breathig room i your budget ad the commuity Ejoy large-city ameities like shoppig, theaters, ad lively restaurats ad pubs, but relax with our affordable ad pletiful housig, low cost of livig, ample parks, bike paths, ad safe ad friedly eighborhoods. Access to the beach, the moutais or the big city Get away from school for the eveig or the weeked. Willamette is a hour s drive from the Orego Coast, the Cascade Moutais, ad Metropolita Portlad. Iterested i bikig or wie tastig? It s just a short jaut beyod the outskirts of tow. Welcomig eviromet Strog friedships, safe eighborhoods ad good schools form the backdrop for life i Salem. Our Parets At Law School (PALS) studet orgaizatio eables studets with families to share support ad ideas. Whether you re joiig us o your ow, with a fried or with family, you ll all fid a big welcome i Salem, Orego. Experiece. Willamette Law for Yourself. Come for a visit! Call: or law@willamette.edu Check us out: willamette.edu/law