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Law School Strategic Plan

Every generation faces defining challenges. Ours are significant—rapid technological change, a shifting global economy, pressing environmental questions, and evolving demands on our legal institutions. In every generation, it is lawyers and advocates who help society navigate them.

Excellence and Resilience in a Fast-Changing World

For more than 140 years, Lewis & Clark Law School has been preparing people to navigate our current challenges. Our 2026 Strategic Plan is our commitment to keep doing this work—with greater ambition, deeper reach, and a clear view of what the future requires. It is organized around four pillars, each one grounded in our core mission:

Lewis & Clark Law School educates exceptional lawyers, drives legal innovation, and trains advocates for a better world.

Our Four Pillars

Pillar #1: Future Proofing Legal Education

Lewis & Clark will be recognized for adept problem solving, the ingenuity to effect change, and academic excellence on a national scale.

Make AI literacy mandatory.
Increase online and hybrid access for our students.
Build two to three specialty programs.

Pillar #2: Scaling Experiential Learning

Lewis & Clark will be the law school of choice for aspiring lawyers seeking rigorous training and real-world experience.

Guarantee real-world experience.
Expand clinics, externships, and practica.
Stabilize clinic funding.

Pillar #3: Designing for Student Success

Lewis & Clark will be known for graduates who are equipped to lead. Our graduates will have a clear path to meaningful careers, and be skilled, profession-ready leaders, innovators, and advocates. Student success is not assumed here. It is intentionally designed and measured.

Catch challenges early, and respond.
Align curriculum with NextGen Bar and employer expectations.
Expand national employment networks.

Pillar #4: Strengthening Our Collaborative Community

Great lawyers are not made in isolation. They are shaped by the people around them: the professors who challenge them, the classmates who push them, the practitioners who show them what the work actually looks like. And that community does not end at graduation. Our alumni carry Lewis & Clark into courtrooms, legislatures, boardrooms, and communities around the world—and we intend to bring them back into ours. Over the next three years, we will deepen and extend that community in five ways.

Connect across difference.
Open our doors wider.
Invest in well-being.
Grow our alumni community with purpose.
Use our expertise to serve.

Four Pillars