Diversity in the Admissions Process

RWU Law Non-Discrimination Policy

The law school seeks to admit a class of students well qualified to complete the academic program successfully. In doing so, the school considers each applicant's undergraduate record and LSAT score. Within the group of students deemed qualified, the law school, for several reasons, seeks to admit a class of students with varying backgrounds and experiences. First, in its judgment, a diverse group of students enhances the educational experience by ensuring an intellectually enlightening and challenging exchange of ideas both inside and outside the classroom. Moreover, in the law school's judgment, exposure to widely diverse people, ideas, cultures, and viewpoints helps prepare students to develop the skills and sensitivity necessary to succeed in today's increasingly diverse and global community. Finally, the law school recognizes that lawyers often assume leadership roles in their communities. Therefore, the law school believes that access to legal education and to the legal profession and the unique opportunities that come with membership in that profession should be visibly open to all qualified members of our heterogeneous society.

Thus, in making admissions decisions, the law school considers factors in addition to an applicant's undergraduate record and LSAT score. The law school gives serious consideration as well to the ways in which each applicant might contribute to a diverse educational environment. The law school gives serious consideration as well to the ways in which each applicant contributes to the law school’s learning environment and advance the school of law’s mission. The law school will review each qualified applicant’s file and consider, among other factors, an applicant’s lived experiences, commitment to social justice and rule of law, leadership qualities, community service, socioeconomic status, geographic representation political and philosophical positions, unique talents or experiences, and unusual hardships in making its final decisions. 

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Course Types

We have classified RWU Law classes under the following headers. One of the following course types will be attached to each course which will allow students to narrow down their search while looking for classes.

Core Course

Students in the first and second year are required to take classes covering the following aspects of the law—contracts, torts, property, criminal law, civil procedure, and constitutional law, evidence, and professional responsibility.  Along with these aspects, the core curriculum will develop legal reasoning skills.

Elective

After finishing the core curriculum the remaining coursework toward the degree is completed through upper level elective courses.  Students can choose courses that peak their interests or courses that go along with the track they are following.

Seminar

Seminars are classes where teachers and small groups of students focus on a specific topic and the students complete a substantial research paper.

Clinics/Externships

Inhouse Clinics and Clinical Externships legal education is law school training in which students participate in client representation under the supervision of a practicing attorney or law professor.  RWU Law's Clinical Programs offer unique and effective learning opportunities and the opportunity for practical experience while still in law school.