Strategic Plan: Goal 5

OBJECTIVE 5.1: Expand and enhance academic support resources for all students.

STRATEGIES

1. Enhance and expand student support services and resources, including by providing additional instruction, study tools, sample exams, and instructional videos.
2. Strengthen peer and mentorship programs and enhance and align training for peer mentors in legal writing and research, academic success mentoring, and supplemental first-year course support.
3. Offer tailored workshops on essential skills, focusing on evolving student needs across all academic levels.
4. Enrich the role of the law library as a key academic resource.

OBJECTIVE 5.2: Strengthen bar success through student support and innovation.

STRATEGIES

1. Enhance early bar readiness and support by developing bar competencies from the first year, with early-intervention systems to identify at-risk students, provide academic coaching, and introduce prep workshops in the second year.
2. Partner with bar-review providers to offer customized bar preparation, including tailored study plans. Integrate practice exams into final academic year for graduating students, create bar mentorship programs, and offer asynchronous bar courses for flexible support.
3. Provide stipends and scholarships to cover bar prep expenses, targeting students in need.

OBJECTIVE 5.3: Promote and implement a holistic approach to student well-being.

STRATEGIES

1. Offer a comprehensive wellness program that includes stress management workshops, mindfulness sessions, and group counseling services tailored to the unique demands of law school, with a focus on work-life balance, well-being, stress management, and building resiliency.
2. Partner with mental health professionals to offer confidential individual counseling and wellness consultations specific to the law student population.

OBJECTIVE 5.4:  Advance accessibility and support for a range of learners.

STRATEGIES

1. Provide targeted training programs to equip faculty and staff with the knowledge and tools to effectively accommodate diverse learning needs.
2. Develop a robust feedback system to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of accommodation services and proactively address emerging student needs.
3. Introduce initiatives to raise disability awareness, promote advocacy, and create a supportive environment for students, faculty, and staff, ensuring a more accessible and inclusive law school community.

OBJECTIVE 5.5: Foster student community.

STRATEGIES

1. Support student organizations and co-curricular activities by providing funding, training, and collaboration opportunities for student organizations and co-curricular activities like moot court, mock trial, law journals, and student government.
2. Foster community cohesion by organizing events and programs that create a sense of unity, inclusion, and responsibility among students, building from the school’s history and its unique role in the Baltimore legal community.

UBalt Law is dedicated to empowering students to achieve academic excellence, pass the bar exam, and thrive in their professional and personal lives.

Through targeted academic support, enhanced bar preparation resources, and a holistic approach to well-being, we aim to create an inclusive environment where all students can succeed. Our initiatives focus on delivering comprehensive academic resources, fostering community engagement, and supporting mental health. Doing so will ensure that every student is equipped to meet the challenges of law school and their future legal careers.