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Students who successfully complete a program at BSL will be able to demonstrate:

Legal Knowledge

Apply domestic, comparative, international, legislative, regulatory, statutory, or transnational laws

Example: Applying, classifying, defining, describing, employing, explaining, labeling, listing, reproducing, reviewing, stating, or using legal knowledge

Analysis and Decision-Making

Evaluate or solve legal problems

Example:Analogizing, analyzing, being creative or innovative, comparing, critiquing, differentiating, distinguishing, exercising practical judgment, planning, problem solving, reasoning, or theorizing

Policy Evaluation

Examine and connect legal contexts, issues, policy, theory, or values

Example: Understanding or evaluating specific situations in light of fundamental principles and values such as equality, fairness, liberty, justice, or analytical orientations such as economics, public safety, or critical legal studies

Legal Writing

Draft written texts for legal purposes and audiences

Example: drafting, editing, formulating, memorializing, modifying, recording, restating, revising, reviewing, or summarizing

Oral Communication

Employ oral communication for legal purposes and audiences

Example:Advising, advocating, arguing, counseling, debating, describing, formulating, influencing, listening, presenting, responding, speaking, or testifying

Information Gathering and Processing

Obtain and assess information about facts, law, procedure, and theory

Example: Appraising, assessing, categorizing, examining, finding, interviewing, investigating, locating, organizing, prioritizing, researching, or sorting

Interpersonal Perspectives

Demonstrate emotional intelligence and ability to work with other people

Example: Collaborating, cooperating, empathizing, identifying, managing, mediating, mentoring, organizing, recognizing, resolving conflicts, or supporting

Client and Practice Management

Employ tools or strategies that encourage the ethical and effective practice of law

Example: Building professional relationships, identifying client or community needs, managing stress, organizing one's own or others' work, using technology or electonic media

Bias, Cultural Competence, and Anti-Racism

Understand the legal profession’s obligation to reduce bias and racism in our legal system and to promote cultural competence and cultural humility.

Example: Understand, recognize, identify, articulate, and engage in constructive discourse about various forms of bias, racism, and bigotry; understand and engage in cultural humility practices related to reducing bias and racism, craft remedies to mitigate bias and reduce inequality

Professional Identity

Understand what it means to be a lawyer and the special obligations lawyers have to their clients and society

Example: Intentionally exploring the values, guiding principles, and well-being practices considered foundational to successful legal practice, including but not limited to dedication, diligence, engagement, self-directed learning, ethics, honesty, integrity, or community or social engagement