Summer Academic Enrichment
at the
Program
Description
The Summer Academic Enrichment Program is a small part of an overall academic success
program at UMKC Law School. The School of Law is committed to its students'
success. Although the study of law is a difficult and challenging endeavor, the
school attempts to work with students to maximize their efforts and see them
through the process successfully.
The Summer Academic Enrichment Program is held immediately prior to
orientation. Students participating in the summer program may follow up during
the academic year with weekly group meetings focusing on learning styles,
learning strategies, time management and development of skills necessary for
law school success.
Students meet approximately eight hours a day for five days. Each day focuses
on a "stage" of law school learning :
orientation, preparing for class, class, after-class review, preparing for
exams & taking exams. The skills of reading, writing and thinking at each
of these stages is addressed through simulated classes, direct teaching of
study skills, written and oral exercises, and individual meetings with
students. Students work with Professor Glesner Fines's
Law School Materials for Success and cases and statutes designed according to
the subject matter areas of the participating faculty.
Law
School Materials for Success
2010
Summer Academic Enrichment Schedule
Suggested
books for pre-law reading
If you are a student enrolling in the 2009-10 entering class of UMKC Law School
and would like more information about this program, email Professor
Weddle or Dean
Glesner Fines with your name, address, phone number (summer) and a brief
statement of the reasons for your interest in participating in the program.
Return
to UMKC Academic Support & Success Programs