William Mitchell College of Law’s Hybrid Program for J.D. Study: Answering the Call for Innovation

Janus, Eric S.; Duhl, Gregory M.; Canick, Simon

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William Mitchell College of Law’s Hybrid Program for J.D. Study: Answering the Call for Innovation

Originally published in The Bar Examiner, Vol. 83, No. 3 (September 2014), pp. 28-36.

William Mitchell College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series Paper No. 2014-03

10 Pages Posted: 1 Oct 2014 Last revised: 27 Jan 2015

See all articles by Eric S. Janus

Simon Canick

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Date Written: September 1, 2014

Abstract

In January 2015, William Mitchell College of Law will launch the first American Bar Association (ABA)-approved, on-campus/online J.D. program to further the college's mission: to provide accessible, experiential, rigorous training for tomorrow's lawyers. Known as the hybrid program, it will offer a legal education to talented, hard-working students who cannot access a traditional J.D. program because of location or family or work commitments. In this article, we explain the origins and pedagogical foundations of the program, as well as give an overview of the program.

Keywords: legal education, law school, technology, educational technology

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Janus, Eric S. and Duhl, Gregory M. and Canick, Simon, William Mitchell College of Law’s Hybrid Program for J.D. Study: Answering the Call for Innovation (September 1, 2014). Originally published in The Bar Examiner, Vol. 83, No. 3 (September 2014), pp. 28-36., William Mitchell College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series Paper No. 2014-03, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2502914