Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School is dedicated to the task of preparing highly competent and professional lawyers. Our law school’s purpose is to prepare our students to serve the larger community with the highest degree of professionalism and integrity. The goal of our faculty is to create an environment in which this purpose takes shape and form. The faculty at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School takes our mission statement very seriously; it is the guide by which we measure our commitment to each individual student.

The faculty of our law school is dedicated to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to develop and grow as they master the law and the professional skills required to provide representation to all clients and every level of society. All of the classroom academic programs available to students are complemented by a supervised and well-structured co-curricular activities program that includes moot court competition, trial team competition, and the law school’s skills competition programs such as client counseling teams. In addition to a focus on student development through these activities, our law school also provides long term career counseling to each student. Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School’s Career Development Office is committed to providing individualized services and continuing access to resources which enable our students to achieve their career goals. The administration and faculty believe that early career assessment and skills training are essential to a student’s long term goal achievements.

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School places heavy emphasis on developing legal abilities inside the classroom and outside the classroom through our Externship Program and the many volunteer opportunities available to our students. We provide opportunities for our students and faculty to contribute to our greater community through pro bono and public service activities. Our Pro Bono Outreach Office provides a list of volunteer agencies and projects seeking assistance and tracks the hours of students who give back to the community.

Our law school has an outstanding Law Journal staffed by a student editorial board which is dedicated to providing an important forum for legal scholarship. In addition to publishing research articles from scholars outside of our law school, our Law Journal also provides opportunities for our student editors and staff members to develop their own editing and writing skills.

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School’s required curriculum provides an opportunity for students to excel in the foundational courses required by the traditional law school education. In addition to the required curriculum, our law school includes an innovative four semester legal writing program which provides students the opportunity to practice skills in legal analysis, legal writing, oral advocacy, pre-trial practice, and legal drafting. Our law school’s elective course offerings provide our students the opportunity to study the newest and most innovative areas of the law, including intellectual property, financial fraud, scientific evidence, and health care law. Our students, through our law school’s elective curriculum, have the opportunity to practice legal skills in courses such as trial advocacy, negotiations, domestic relations, alternative dispute resolution, and mediation. At the conclusion of a student’s matriculation at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, he or she will be fully prepared to become an outstanding member of the legal profession.

Michael Mears
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

and Associate Professor of Law