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The University of Denver Sturm College of Law will launch its new Experiential Advantage Curriculum this fall, which will allow students to spend a full year of law school in real or simulated practice settings. By the time they graduate, students will have a year’s worth of legal practice experience.

“Denver Law is committed to creating practice-ready law school graduates,” says Denver Law Dean Martin Katz. “This is a major milestone in achieving that goal.”
 
The new Experiential Advantage Curriculum combines live client clinics, high-quality externships — including a new Semester in Practice Externship — and legal simulation courses.

Students who opt into the program will take 24 credit hours of experiential learning courses in their second and third years in addition to their 6 credit first-year Lawyering Process course. The result is that at least a third of their three-year law school career will consist of experiential learning opportunities.

“Experiential courses put our students in the shoes of practicing lawyers in real and simulated legal matters,” says Professor Roberto Corrada, the Mulligan Chair of Modern Learning at Denver Law. “Getting to do this for a full year during law school, guided by expert professors and mentors, provides unparalleled opportunities for our students to develop as lawyers.”
 
The Experiential Advantage Curriculum will be available to all Denver Law students arriving in the fall of 2013 or later. While the program is optional, all Denver Law students are required to take at least one experiential learning course during their second or third year.

“Employers have told us repeatedly that they are looking for graduates with real or simulated practice experience, and the skills and perspective that come from such experience,” says Dean Katz. “We believe that the Experiential Advantage Curriculum will provide our graduates with a significant advantage in the job market.”

Denver Law also is looking into the possibility of creating an Experiential Advantage certificate, which would formally distinguish graduates who undertook a year of experiential learning while still in law school.

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