Experiential Learning
The 'practice-ready' approach to the legal education at UND Law is supported by many experiential learning opportunities providing hands-on, practical experience, inside and outside the classroom.
At UND Law, our goal is for our graduates to gain a skill set to be "practice-ready" when they graduate. Experiential learning opportunities include law clinics, field placements (externships), student skills competitions, and simulation courses that integrate doctrine, theory, skills, and legal ethics while requiring performance-based assessments. The American Bar Association (ABA) requires students to complete a minimum of six credit hours of experiential courses in order to graduate. These standards ensures that law students receive hands-on training to develop practical legal skills before graduating.
Summer Scholarship and Grant Awards
UND Law, Edson & Margaret Larson Foundation, the State Bar Association of North Dakota, and the North Dakota Bar Foundation continued to promote the Rural Justice program to support summer law-related positions in rural areas throughout the state to address the critical unmet need for attorneys to serve the citizens of North Dakota in rural areas. The scholarship and grant awards to work in legal positions in the summer are:
- School of Law Larson Foundation Summer Law Rural Justice Practice Scholarships
- School of Law Public Interest Summer Work Grants
- School of Law Rural Justice Judicial Clerkships