Law School Innovation Program
Pioneering education innovations.
Preparing students for practice.
2023 program is open for submissions.
Bloomberg Law is on a mission to identify, recognize, and connect law school faculty, staff and administrators who are pioneering educational innovations that benefit their students, their schools, and the legal field. Through the Law School Innovation Program, we seek to acknowledge these innovators while raising overall awareness of innovation in legal education.
FAQs
We look forward to receiving your applications for our Law School Innovation Program. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions that you may find helpful.
About the Program / Law School Eligibility
- Investigation and Evaluation
- Client Counseling and Advising
- Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- Client Relationship and Management
- Issue Spotting and Analysis*
- Legal Research*
- Legal Writing*
*Programs which focus on these skills must go beyond what has traditionally been taught in legal education, such as 1L legal research and writing courses.
For purposes of this application, the term “Innovation” refers to the new/novel/unique approach to legal instruction the school has created, including but not limited to a: (1) teaching technique; (2) skill-based course; (3) experiential learning program; (4) modern technology; (5) training method; (6) integrated instruction methodology; or (7) alternate innovative approach that fosters student learning and career preparation by developing at least one “Foundational Skill”. The Innovation should provide students with opportunities to succeed in today’s ever-changing legal profession by furnishing them with current information and ways to address both recent and longstanding obstacles and issues in the legal field.
Additional networking opportunities, including participation in webinars and forums, and other benefits will be announced, as applicable.
Submitting Your Program
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It is important to note that only the most impactful Innovations will be selected as finalists, so in the aforementioned example, it may better serve the applicant to submit the entire program itself to be judged as a whole, rather than as separate courses. However, there may be valid reasons to separate out and highlight individual courses, and we welcome separate applications in those instances.
2022 Program and Finalists
In 2022, Bloomberg Law’s inaugural Law School Innovation Program recognized law schools with innovative programs that advanced new methodologies and approaches to student instruction, legal technology implementation and adoption, experiential learning, and other facets of legal education. Ten finalists received the highest overall scores. Bloomberg Law also acknowledged the highest-scoring programs in six specific categories, listed below.
Learn More About the Overall Finalists
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic (BLIP Clinic)
- Drake University Law School, First Year Trial Practicum
- Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, The National Appellate Clinic Network
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Privacy Law Certificate
- St. Mary’s University School of Law, St. Mary’s School of Law Online J.D. Program
- Suffolk University Law School, Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) JD Concentration
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Integrated Education on Well-Being and Thriving in the Law
- University of Richmond School of Law, Legal Business Design Hub
- Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law, Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice Course
Learn More About the Top Scoring Programs in Technology
- DePaul University College of Law, Interdisciplinary Tech Education for Law Students in Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
- Duke University School of Law, Data Governance Simulations
- Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law, National Legal Innovation Tournament
- Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Computer Technology in Legal Practice
- Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Law Logic & Technology Law
- Michigan State University College of Law, Center for Law Technology and Innovation
- Suffolk University Law School, Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate Program
- Suffolk University Law School, Legal Innovation & Technology Lab
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, Concentration in Technology and Innovation in the Practice of Law
Learn More About the Top Scoring Programs in Business
- Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, The W. Bruce Lunsford Academy For Law, Business + Technology
- Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, The Program for Privacy, Cybersecurity and Compliance
- Fordham University School of Law, Entrepreneurial Law Program and Clinic
- Harvard Law School, Start-up Entrepreneurship & Innovations in Legal Technology Course
- Northern Illinois University College of Law, Business Law Innovation Clinic
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, Startup Legal Garage
Learn More About the Top Scoring Programs in Justice
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Legislation and Policy Clinic
- Roger Williams University School of Law, Race and the Foundations of American Law Course
- Southern University Law Center, The Urban Law, Technology & Research Academy
- Southwestern Law School, More than the Numbers’: Empirical Evidence of an Innovative Approach to Admissions
- University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Innovation for Justice
- University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Creative Advocacy Lab
- Widener University Delaware Law School, Dignity Rights Clinic
- Widener University Delaware Law School, Dignity Law Program
Learn More About the Top Scoring Programs in Experience
- Albany Law School, Innovation Intensive
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Filmmakers Legal Clinic
- Northeastern University School of Law, NuLawLab
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Center for Practice Engagement and Innovation
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Innovation Lab
- Syracuse University College of Law, Innovation Law Center
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, LexLab
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Law + Innovation Lab
- University of Minnesota Law School, Law in Practice
- University of Washington School of Law, Tech Policy Lab
Learn More About the Top Scoring Programs in Pedagogy
- Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU Law Academies Program
- New York Law School, Enhancing Teaching and Learning in a Law School
- Northern Illinois University College of Law, An Online Learning Environment for In-Person Doctrinal Classes
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Master of Science in Law
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Tech Edge JD Program
- South Texas College of Law, Inter-School Negotiation Practicum
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Research on Online Education in the Legal Academy
- University of New Hampshire School of Law, Hybrid JD in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Information Law
- University of St. Thomas School of Law, Compliance Concentration
- Vanderbilt University Law School, Program on Law and Innovation
Learn More About the Top Scoring Programs in Student Development
- Cleveland State University College of Law, Teaching Law Students Tech and Tech Students Law
- Elon University School of Law, A Redesigned Experiential Curriculum
- Fordham University School of Law, Peer Mentoring and Leadership Program
- Syracuse University College of Law, National Trial League
- The University of Tennessee College of Law, Institute for Professional Leadership
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Law Firm Program
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, OU Law Digital Initiative
- Washburn University School of Law, Third Year Anywhere Enrollment Option