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“John Marshall’s externship program offers quality field placements that develop professional and practical skills while ensuring  successful and meaningful on-the-job performance.” Paul Nam, Graduate (’12)

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“I wanted to go to an ABA-accredited school that has a strong bar passage rate. John Marshall Law School in Atlanta was the best fit for me.” Aslean Zachary, 3L

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“Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has a 13:1 faculty-to-student ratio and the professors have open-door policies that foster mentorship.” Alex McArthur, Graduate (’12)

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“I wanted a law school that looked at the whole person. The caring atmosphere and specialized attention of the faculty have given me an excellent education to positively impact the community.” Chad Alexis, Graduate (’12)

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“I wanted to complete my education at a school that catered to me. I wanted to experience a world-class city full of energy. Atlanta and John Marshall – truly the best of both worlds.” Amber O’Conner, Graduate (’12)

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Advocacy

Advocacy is integrated throughout all components of the Legal Skills & Professionalism Program.  After learning the basics of persuasive writing and oral advocacy in their second semester, students’ advocacy training becomes more specialized as they complete their upper-division writing requirements.

For instance, students who take the Transactional Drafting class learn to negotiate favorable deal terms and draft transactional documents that suit their clients’ best interests.  In ADR & Writing, students learn to advocate their clients’ positions in dispute resolution processes while critically analyzing cases that could benefit from an ADR option.  In Pretrial Practice & Procedure, students learn to advance their clients’ interests through the discovery process and pretrial hearings, while Trial Advocacy & Writing focuses on the preparation of motions in limine, trial briefs and the presentation of a full trial.  The same application of advocacy skills is applied to increasingly complex legal issues in Advanced Appellate Advocacy.