UMKC gearing up to once again offering a unique opportunity for students preparing for law school to study and prepare for the upcoming LSAT. The School of Law has partnered with Get Smarter Prep to provide students with the opportunity to enroll in a six-week LSAT prep course to prepare for the June 8 test date. The course is designed to not only cover the LSAT sections and writing sample, but also the law school admissions process.
Dean Suni addresses graduates during Bar Sendoff while faculty and staff look on
UMKC School of Law was recognized by The National Jurist as one of the best schools in the nation for bar exam preparation. “LSAT scores are designed, in part, to predict success on the bar exam. But 33 schools excel above and beyond what their LSAT scores predict.”[i] UMKC was named the 14th school in the nation that adds the most value to their students when it comes to the bar exam. UMKC improves the chances of passing the exam beyond our LSAT predictors by 8.26%. UMKC is the only law school in the region named in the top 45 schools listed.
Client Counseling Team Sarah Holdmeyer and Drew Williams interviewing teammate Vanessa Vanden Bout Geer
UMKC was well-represented in the ABA Law Student Division Client Counseling Competition, February 7-9, 2015, in Fayettville, Arkansas. The competition is designed around a simulated law office consultation in which law students assume the role of an attorney presented with a client issue. Using skills learned in class and practice sessions with coaches and peers, students interview and counsel the client about possible solutions to the hypothetical situation. The topic for this year’s competition was family law.
The UMKC School of Law will be hosting the Inaugural Hon. Frank W. Koger Lecture on Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Monday, March 30. This year's lecture, The World is Flat (Broke): Globalizing Bankruptcy Law, features keynote speaker, G. Ray Warner. Warner is a professor of law and associate dean of bankruptcy studies at St. John's University School of Law in New York and previously taught bankruptcy law at UMKC. This free event starts at 5 p.m. with a reception, which will be followed with the Judge Koger portrait presentation at 5:45 p.m. and the lecture at 6 p.m. The lecture will be live streamed at this link.
