Whittier Law School offers a wealth of resources for you to pursue a career in a variety of legal areas including Business Law, Criminal Law, Public Interest Law, Trial and Appellate Law, the burgeoning fields of Intellectual Property Law, International Law, or Children's Rights.

Through our programs, you will gain hands on work experience in a multitude of environments.

The Law School's externship program provides practical experience in a variety of practice settings, including public interest law firms, the court systems, and public agencies.

The Law School's Public Interest Law Program prepares the student who wants to pursue a public interest practice, offering more than two-dozen courses, many clinic and externship opportunities, and a post-graduate Loan Repayment Assistance Program to support such efforts.

The Law School also offers Concentrations in Business Law and Criminal Law, where upon graduation a notation is awarded on the student's diploma and transcript indicating completion of the requirements for the Concentration.

Whittier Law offers many courses in Trial and Appellate Law and our clinic and externship opportunities prepare students for court and dispute resolution. In addition, the Law School hosts Moot Court Competitions overseen by the Moot Court Honors Board, which advance a student's skill in brief-writing and oral advocacy before appellate courts.

The Center for Children's Rights (CCR) provides fellowships and externships, as well as hosts a variety of clinics, the National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition, symposia, and the Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy, one of the few journals devoted to child and family advocacy.

Our Center for Intellectual Property Law (CIPL) and Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL) present an array of offerings through their Certificate Programs, Distinguished Speaker Series, Symposiums, and Summer Institute. The Centers expand their services by creating career opportunities through Fellowships and externships.

In addition to our Centers, the Law School offers opportunities to study abroad in five countries across the globe. Adding to the international flavor, exchange programs with France and Spain present experiences for Whittier students to participate in foreign legal education institutions. The LL.M. Degree in U.S. Legal Studies for Foreign Lawyers provides global perspectives to our student population on campus.

The Law School also helps you succeed in Law School, prepares you for the Bar, and trains you to think and write as lawyer with our The Institute for Student and Graduate Academic Support and The Institute for Legal Writing and Professional Skills.