Legal Technology Minor

Students completing the Legal Technology minor will be introduced to a broad base of foundational knowledge in legal documentation and analysis for discovery, which can be applied across all legal settings.

The new minor is designed to provide a pathway between higher education and the growing legal technology sector.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Students will develop skills to master the following:

PLO-1 Collect, process, codify, and analyze extensive/complex data so as to generate insights, inform consequential decisions, and recommend changes for clients and managers alike.

PLO-2 Identify situational challenges that impede progress internally (and with clients) and develop multiple solutions that can directly address, mitigate, or solve the problem.

PLO-3 Prospect, qualify, and categorize prospective clients and analyze/develop value propositions that support sales teams in securing new deals.

PLO-4 Identify and demonstrate ways of working across lines of difference and leading teams through an inclusive and equitable lens.

PLO-5 Design ways of engaging with various clients and prospects to build mutual understanding, meet diverse needs, and tailor solutions based on unique context.

PLO-6 Disseminate, practice, and translate leadership/management mindsets, behaviors, and skills to inform decision making, meet goals, and increase value for others.

PLO-7 Develop new techniques for setting goals, backward planning, and managing complex projects with various constraints (time, resources, personnel, external environment).

PLO-8 Implement strategies for influencing others to achieve outcomes using different forms and mediums.

PLO-9 Synthesize and create new techniques for improving performance quickly and generating insights from failure, obstacles, and challenges.

PLO-10 Define and implement new frameworks and strategies to secure job placement.

Minor Details:

  • Requires 30 QH for completion
  • 15 QH must be completed at NLU
  • Requires a minimum grade of "C" for each course in the minor

Required Courses

Legal Technology Courses

LGT 200Business Foundations in Legal Technology

5

LGT 201Data and Systems

5

LGT 202Data and Systems II

5

LGT 203Communications and Influence

5

LGT 204Strategy and Solutioning

5

LGT 205Operational Excellence

5