Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
In keeping with its mission to produce lawyers who are capable of practicing law immediately upon graduation, St. Francis School of Law has added a new course to its extensive Professional Skills curriculum devoted to drafting legal correspondence. The course covers...Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
St. Francis School of Law Dean Carole J. Buckner will be speaking to the Orange County Paralegal Association on February 23 at 6:00 p.m. Her talk will provide an Ethics Update – Recent Decisions and Guidance on Billing Legal Fees. She will discuss the recent guidance...Feb 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
100% of St. Francis’ first time takers recently passed the most recent First Year Law Students Exam on their first attempt. St. Francis’ overall cumulative pass rate for this exam is 78%. Based on information released by the State Bar, this is significantly higher...Feb 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of the factors that distinguishes the St. Francis School of Law Juris Doctor program from other traditional law school programs is the systematic mentoring students receive from professors as they progress through the program. In traditional legal education,...Jan 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
What is more important in legal education – teaching professional lawyering skills or teaching legal doctrine? The answer is that both are needed to effectively educate a future lawyer. Knowledge of legal doctrine will go a long way to preparing law students to pass...Jan 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The legal profession is a career that is based on communication. Lawyers talk to their clients, to the courts and to opposing counsel when they are negotiating across the table or in a mediation setting when they are trying to resolve a case. That is why St. Francis...