- Choose personally challenging courses and interact thoughtfully with your professors and classmates,
- Recognizing that the Law School is more than simply a place to earn a professional credential
- Stimulate your mind by participating in a breadth of intellectual activities, such as moot court, journals, outside speaker presentations, and special programs
- Demonstrate your academic interests within the Law School and across the University through opportunities like ad hoc seminars, symposia, and courses in other schools and departments
- Be truthful, candid, and fair, even if your actions go unnoticed; know that acting honorably often requires effort
- Articulate your personal code of ethics in the context of the rules governing the Law School and the legal profession
- Use ambiguous situations as an occasion to cultivate sound judgment, and avoid even the appearance of impropriety
- Transform controversy and conflict at the Law School into opportunities to work constructively with others for the benefit of the community
- Assess your own leadership style; work to enhance your strengths and address your limitations
- Seek or create outlets for leadership in student organizations, community service, pro bono activities, and the classroom
- Learn from your mistakes and share credit for your successes
- Sustain organizational success by developing future leaders: learn to communicate, delegate, and motivate
- Find a mentor; be a mentor
- Get to know students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds, nationalities, and points of view
- Meet and learn from alumni working in the areas of the law and of the world that interest you, and provide similar support for students after you graduate
- Invest in personal relationships, knowing that they might last a lifetime
- Volunteer each semester for at least one service activity designed to benefit Durham citizens and the surrounding community
- Provide at least 50 hours of pro bono activity before you graduate
- Identify public issues that are important to you, form connections with others involved with these issues, and work to make a difference
- Treat everyone with respect, even in the midst of disagreement
- Collaborate with others to achieve common goals; be mindful of the appropriate time and place for competition
- Take pride in your work and responsibility for your actions
- Be more than your grades
- Take steps regularly to preserve your physical and emotional well-being; strive for balance in your personal and professional lives while at the Law School and beyond
- Make deliberate personal and career choices based on your own values, needs, and goals
- Serve as a positive ambassador for the Law School and the legal profession
- Choose personally challenging courses and interact thoughtfully with your professors and classmates, recognizing that the Law School is more than simply a place to earn a professional credential
- Stimulate your mind by participating in a breadth of intellectual activities, such as moot court, journals, outside speaker presentations, and special programs
- Demonstrate your academic interests within the Law School and across the University through opportunities like ad hoc seminars, symposia, and courses in other schools and departments