ABA regulations mandate that students in Part-Time Divisions “have reasonably comparable opportunities to benefit from regular interaction with full-time faculty and other students, from such co-curricular programs as journals and competition teams, and from special events such as lecture series and short-time visitors.” The challenge for law schools is how to provide comparable opportunities for Part-Time Division students given the limited time and resources of both the school and the student.
Panelists from four law schools will describe how various ways of unbundling the curriculum, scheduling, co-curricular offerings, student services and other opportunities have allowed them to provide part-time students with comparable opportunities in a manner that addresses the specific needs of these students. The program will close with a short counterpoint, addressing the challenge of part-time students’ perception that they are being offered a diluted version of the full-time program and arguing that such curricular reconfiguration risks exacerbating this perception without commensurate gain.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.