Applied Skills Program

The Applied Skills Program has special responsibility for designing, teaching and overseeing courses that are primarily devoted to developing the skills associated with the application of the law.

The Applied Skills Program includes the upper level professional skills courses: New York Law in National Perspective and Consolidated Legal Analysis. New York Law in National Perspective surveys in a comparative context the substantive law in eight major subject areas distinguishing the New York position from the prevailing national views. The course has shown to be statistically significant in increasing a student's ability to pass the bar exam.

Consolidated Legal Analysis, taken the last semester of law school, revisits fundamental principles of legal analysis to consolidate the skills developed in varied areas of law. Both courses are required courses for students in the Comprehensive Curriculum Program.

The Applied Skills Program also coordinates all sections of Civil Litigation in New York and New Jersey.

The program also conducts all the Bar Pass activities at the school running several seminars and workshops. Included are Introduction to the Bar Exam for first year students, Bar Faq's for 2nd and 3rd year students, Bar Application Workshop, Faculty Mentor Program, Student Bar Buddies Program, Bar 2007 Kickoff and Jumpstart Program. Additionally, The Applied Skills Program conducts practical and skill oriented seminars such as Advice for Entering the Legal Community, Rhetoric for Lawyers and Recent Developments in New York Practice, etc.

The Applied Skills Program is under the direction of Joseph L. Marino who teaches New York Practice, New York Law in National Perspective and Consolidated Legal Analysis. Professor Marino has more than 30 years experience teaching applied legal skills in law school and for the bar. He is the director of the Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education , Marino Bar Review Course and Marino Bar Tutors.