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Sep 16, 2024
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LAW - 5101 Dean’s Seminar on the Legal Profession(1 hour)
Dean Lyn S. Entzeroth leads the Dean’s Seminar on the Legal Profession, a required one-hour course for all students entering TU College of Law. The Dean’s Seminar will give students an overview of varied aspects of legal practice in America and provide a foundation for students’ professional development and market readiness upon graduation. The classroom component of the Dean’s Seminar begins during Foundations of Legal Studies Week and consists of 10 weekly sessions during the semester addressing the goals of the course, which are to: create a juncture between pre-professional and professional life; define what it means to be a professional; infuse that being a professional begins with the law school experience and not after graduation; illuminate legal market realities and create expectations consistent with the actual personal and professional experiences one will have after becoming a lawyer; debunk media images and societal misconceptions of the lawyer lifestyle; broaden the understanding of how a juris doctor degree can be applied to professions outside of traditional legal practice; emphasize the special position of a lawyer as a client’s representative and as an officer of the court and develop an understanding of the role of the Professional Development Office - services offered, the importance of students taking the initiative in their own professional development.
Required: 1L
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