Seattle University Student Learning OutcomesSeattle University graduate students should be able to:

 

1. Demonstrate mastery of the competencies required in their profession or field.

2. Produce effective written work deemed publishable in appropriate contexts.

3. Make effective oral presentations adapted to specific audiences.

4. Recognize and address moral and ethical challenges within their profession or field.

5. Demonstrate a worldview informed by multicultural and global perspectives.

6. Understand and appreciate the Jesuit/Catholic linking of faith and justice.

7. Assess their own levels of commitment to community service and to a just world.

8. Demonstrate effective leadership and team skills needed to convert goals to action.

9. Articulate a personal and professional growth plan in which continued learning is a key component.

 

Graduate Students

Department/Program

School of Law

Student Learning Outcomes

Seattle University’s Student Learning Outcomes

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1. Identify and categorize clients’ legal problems.

 

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2. Analyze and apply legal doctrinal rules to specific problems.

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Develop comprehensive command of fundamental legal doctrines, principles, and policies

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

4. Communicate effectively orally and in writing with legal actors.

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Communicate effectively orally in various contexts.

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Conduct legal research and factual investigation efficiently.

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

7. Recognize and resolve ethical issues in practice.

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

8. Generate alternate solutions and assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of each.

 

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9. Counsel clients about decisions and courses of action to be taken.

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

X

10. Negotiate in dispute resolutions and transactional contexts

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Understand formal and informal dispute resolution processes.

 

X