CURRICULUM

One thing I think is really great about Marquette’s curriculum is that if you have a specific interest that you're into, Marquette has classes for that. But at the same time, if you're open minded, you're not sure what your interests are yet, there are opportunities for you too. I think you can really test the waters over your three years at Marquette.

What Marquette provides is tons of opportunities that allow you to really try out what you will succeed in. I think the most important thing in law school is to really put yourself out there and really try out anything you find interesting.

There are a lot of great experiential opportunities at Marquette, both in the form of externships, where a student can actually go into an office of a public service field, or sometimes different governmental agencies, and work with practitioners, get real hands-on experience. Following my appellate writing and advocacy course, one thing that I've been able to participate in is the Jenkins Honors Moot Court Competition, and it's really improved my oral advocacy skills. And you also get a lot of legal writing experience.

So, that first year, we're teaching you how to think like a lawyer, and then the second and third year, you're taking it for a trial run. You might come in thinking you want to do one thing, and find from taking a number of classes, or doing internships, or taking on a clinical experience that you're actually interested in something totally different. We're going to have those opportunities for you to explore, so it's all about kind of being willing and ready to take them on.