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Wayne State further demonstrates its commitment to producing the next generation of Detroit lawyers through its traditional full-time JD program, as well as a combined dayevening program, and an evening program. “Wayne State Law has an excellent evening program, due in large part to the fantastic professors,” though “the [evening] course offerings are much less diverse—making it difficult to take courses in certain areas.” For all students, the JD curriculum begins with a set of core courses in contracts, civil procedure, torts, and other key areas like legal writing and research. After completing these required courses, the upper-level courses include an extensive list of elective courses and seminars, many of them interdisciplinary in nature, covering a broad range of subjects; recent elective options have included Advanced Bankruptcy, Animal Law, European Union Law, and Taxation of Corporations. One student points out, “As with any school, a course’s strength is determined by the professor” but on the whole, Wayne State students seemed pleased with the school’s offerings.
The professors at Wayne State are “knowledgeable, helpful, available, and interesting”— “not only do they know their trade, they know how to effectively communicate that skill to the student.” Students describe their professors as “approachable, knowledgeable, and obviously passionate about the law,” though one student laments that “some are more accessible than others.” The fact that “the faculty truly supports the students in their career goals” and takes “extra time to provide advice and connect students to resources” is of particular importance to law students. Unlike students at many other law schools, Wayne State students single out the Career Services department. “The Career Services Department connects students with employers and provides programs so that students can access programs” and “really works hard to connect you to the opportunities you are interested in—even if it’s not the conventional route.” The administration, however, does not always pass muster: It is “not very transparent and is apt to change rules and/or guidelines without much notice” and “good once you know them, but [administrators] do not make themselves accessible enough to new students.” When it comes to the nuts and bolts of buildings and classrooms, students note that there are “older facilities that are in serious need of updating” and “[Basic] maintenance issues . . . persist [with] significant flooding every year rendering certain rooms unusable or undesirable for days/weeks at a time.” Others counter that “the facilities, while somewhat outdated, have started to improve. The new classrooms and wings of the law school are wonderful and remind me of a well-funded law practice.”
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