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Students also appreciate Ave Maria’s “small size,” which “encourages personal accountability, facilitates smooth registration, and increases access to faculty and resources.” “There are few enough students that the instructors actually care if I succeed.” With an eye on the future, the school offers “courses that prepare the students for real life lawyering,” “which focus on practical skills and focuses on students’ success on practicing law and not just on theory.” Of course, it’s “the superb professors with amazing career experience” who foster this academic environment, and students say the “unparalleled” faculty “are extremely approachable and accommodating,” “genuinely want you to succeed,” and “are interested in your development as a person and a lawyer.”
Notably, Ave Maria moved from Michigan to its present location in Naples, Florida in 2009, and students say the move has resulted in some “disarray” in promoting the school as nationally recognized: “this school needs its faculty and students to push its name on a national scale.” There are ways in which the new location works in the school’s favor, though; for one, Ave Maria is “the only law school within ninety-plus miles,” so “the opportunities for internships are definitely there.” The school “is striving to improve the bar passage rate and is making significant progress” after the relocation, partially due to a newly added “bar prep” class; some students believe that more “state specific classes” might also be helpful. Overall, students choose Ave Maria for its “unique educational philosophy that emphasizes the moral foundations of the law, presents insights from the Catholic intellectual tradition, and encourages a broader perspective of the law and its role in society.”
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Naples, FL 34119