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Training The Heads, Hands And Hearts Of Tomorrow's Lawyers: A Problem Solving Approach , Lisa A. Kloppenberg
Training The Heads, Hands And Hearts Of Tomorrow's Lawyers: A Problem Solving Approach , Lisa A. Kloppenberg
Journal of Dispute Resolution
I hope this essay on preparing practice-ready graduates is a useful resource for those considering circular reform or for those in legal education undertaking assessment and strategic planning processes. I begin with four goals: (a) to offer a brief synopsis of the two major critiques of legal education which have influenced deeply recent curricular reforms by many law schools and the challenges facing law schools today; (b) to summarize recently published data from the ABA Curriculum Committee on trends in law school curricula, showing some significant areas of reform in legal education over the past decade, and offering some thoughts …
Educating Law Students For The Practice: If I Had My Druthers , Solomon Oliver Jr.
Educating Law Students For The Practice: If I Had My Druthers , Solomon Oliver Jr.
Journal of Dispute Resolution
I address below those areas which I believe deserve some added attention from law schools, based on my experience with the lawyers who have appeared before me and my law clerks over more than nineteen years.
Out Of The Shadows: What Legal Research Instruction Reveals About Incorporating Skills Throughout The Curriculum , Barbara Glesner Fines
Out Of The Shadows: What Legal Research Instruction Reveals About Incorporating Skills Throughout The Curriculum , Barbara Glesner Fines
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The article first examines the politics of curricular reform. Before a law school will be able to increase or improve any skills instruction, the targeted skill must be important to enough to affect the curriculum. For example, sometimes law schools send inconsistent messages about the importance of legal research instruction. While external voices such as ABA accreditation standards and surveys of the practicing bar have long-recognized importance of the skills of legal research, evidence of the importance of the skill in the law school curriculum is mixed. If asked, most faculty members will agree that a given skill, such as …
Cornerstones, Curb Cuts, And Legal Education Reform , Judith Welch Wegner
Cornerstones, Curb Cuts, And Legal Education Reform , Judith Welch Wegner
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This essay seeks to contribute to this dialogue by offering both theoretical and practical observations about legal education reform. This approach reflects the judgment that current efforts to improve legal education will only get so far unless underlying impediments to change that are often invisible become better understood. The essay provides legal educators with theoretical insights from the design, organizational behavior, education, and psychology literature in order to help that process along. Theoretical insights can be hard to apply in the abstract, however. The essay therefore also offers practical recommendations about both small and large actions that might be taken …