But teaching methods are not the only reason for the success of MSLAW's advocacy teams. Coyne believes, "Our students have a greater work ethic than students at other schools. It came to us that a model for the students is 'play hard, work harder, fear nothing.' We believe there is no reason for anyone ever to outwork you. They may be smarter but if you have to work 22 hours a day to beat your opponents that's what you need to do. And that's what we do."
"Our students are used to hard work. They have overcome a lot of challenges to get to this point and if they work extraordinarily hard they can beat the best students of the best law schools anywhere in the country. Our success in trial advocacy competitions is proof to us that our approach is capable of producing outstanding lawyers," Coyne concludes.
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(Sherwood Ross is a media consultant to the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover.)
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