Lincoln Law School of Sacramento is a law school in Sacramento. The school was founded to meet a growing need in Sacramento for a high quality, yet moderately-priced evening law school. The school was designed to allow students the opportunity to study for a law degree while holding full-time employment.

Lincoln Law School of Sacramento employs faculty members from the Sacramento legal community. These trial lawyers and judges bring practical, up-to-date instruction to the law school classrooms, keeping students abreast of the constantly changing legal profession.

The professors and dean are readily available to give counsel and advice to students in need of help with study techniques, financial matters, program changes or grading and examination methods.

Practical experience on the student level is stressed at Lincoln Law School. Required courses are used as a foundation for understanding the law.

Elective and experiential opportunities are designed to broaden and diversify the student’s background. The success of the law school’s mission, objectives and goals can be measured by its graduates who pass the California Bar Examination and become responsible, practicing attorneys.

Lincoln Law School is located just minutes from the California State Capitol, the U.S. District Court, California’s Third District Court of Appeal, the Sacramento County Law Library, the California State Law Library, and the Sacramento County Superior and Municipal Court.

Student Groups

Student Bar Association

Lincoln Law School has a Student Bar Association, which represents the students’ social and benevolent interests. In addition, the Student Bar Association several times a year publishes the Voir Dire, a newspaper containing law review articles, alumni news and other items of interest.

Lincoln Law School Alumni Association

Every graduate automatically becomes a member of the Lincoln Law School Alumni Association. The Alumni Association sponsors opportunities for professional development, networking, volunteering, and student mentoring. An Alumni Council is made up of alumni volunteers who help shape and influence the policies and direction of the Association. The Association promotes a wide variety of programs and events in support of the Law School, its alumni and the student body.

Study Groups

It is the policy of Lincoln Law School of Sacramento to encourage students to form study groups for learning purposes. Bulletin boards and student government organizations provide assistance in the formation of such groups.

Counselling and Tutoring Services

The adjunct faculty at Lincoln Law School are available by appointment to provide general counseling and one-on-one assistance to students.  Specific tutoring services are available to students. Tutoring services generally consist of identifying areas where additional assistance is necessary and referring the student to appropriate tutors, who may be upper-class students or recent alumni, or other resources that will be helpful to the student.  In addition, the Dean maintains an open‑door policy, which allows students access to discuss any problems or concerns.

Programs

Pre-First Year

• Introduction to Law 2 Units
• Legal Skills 2 Units
• Agency 2 Units

First Year

• Contracts 6 Units
• Criminal Law 4 Units
• Legal Writing 2 Units
• Professional Responsibility 2 Units

Second Year

• Real Property 6 Units
• Civil Procedure 6 Units
• Legal Research 2 Units
• Criminal Procedure 4 Units

Third Year

• Administrative Law 2 Units
• Evidence 6 Units
• Constitutional Law 6 Units
• Business Organizations 4 Units

Fourth Year

• Wills 2 Units
• Trusts 2 Units
• Remedies 4 Units
• Trial Advocacy 3 Units
• Legal Analysis 2 Units
• Community Property 2 Units
• Semantics and Legal Logic 1 Units
• Advanced Professional Responsibility 2 Units

How to attend this school

An applicant seeking admission to Lincoln Law School must comply with the following procedures:

• The Application
• Submit Transcripts
• Take the LSAT
• Personal Interview
• Notification Letter
• Deposit