In furtherance of its mission of being a great public law school, the University of North Carolina School of Law has adopted, as a minimum, the following learning outcomes, which are amplified through diverse course offerings across its curriculum:
- Students shall know and be able to apply the core substantive and procedural legal doctrines and rules.
- Students shall be able to find, analyze, and use relevant legal materials (including, among others, statutes, cases, regulations, and other administrative materials) in order to identify and resolve problems and communicate legal analysis in a variety of written and oral formats.
- Students shall be able to identify and think critically about professional and ethical responsibilities that arise in practice including crucial issues facing the legal profession, such as ensuring dedicated and effective representation for different groups and cultures.
- Students shall be able to exercise other professional skills needed for well-rounded, competent, and ethical participation as members of the legal profession, including, but not limited to, applying legal and other scholarship to understand and affect legal policy.
- Students shall be able to recognize, parse, and critically analyze the historical, social, and economic contexts underlying the law, particularly as they relate to racial, gender, or other inequities.