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New Questions On Legal Education, R. B. Amandes, Edgar Bodenheimer, Sheldon D. Elliott, Ray Forrester Jan 1964

New Questions On Legal Education, R. B. Amandes, Edgar Bodenheimer, Sheldon D. Elliott, Ray Forrester

Cleveland State Law Review

Periodically, Cleveland-Marshall Law Review asks prominent legal educators for their views on current problems in legal education. Here are the responses to our most recent survey. The comments are not intended to be comprehensive or definitive, but they reflect significant attitudes of outstanding scholars on important educational issues.


Reappraising American Legal Education Through A Comparative Study, Stanley A. Samad Jan 1964

Reappraising American Legal Education Through A Comparative Study, Stanley A. Samad

Cleveland State Law Review

The current ferment in American legal education has been stimulated mainly by the American realists and a recent offshoot of that school, called policy science. The thrust of their reproof is that law to be studied is not to be found in the casebook and the law library, but is to be found in "law in action" in the context of economic, moral, political, psychological and social forces that shape law and the process of decision. Some have stressed the role of the lawyer as policy maker, or as counsel or adviser to policy makers, and have developed a suggested …


Legal Education For Certified Specialization, Philip E. Heckerling Jan 1964

Legal Education For Certified Specialization, Philip E. Heckerling

Cleveland State Law Review

The purpose of this paper is to offer a partial solution to the public's loss of confidence in lawyers, suggesting that by means of post-graduate education conducted under the auspices of the various law schools, professional specialization in the law will be encouraged through certification, with the end result that lawyers and the public will both benefit psychologically and economically.


Faculty Regulations Of American Law Schools, William L. Richard Jan 1964

Faculty Regulations Of American Law Schools, William L. Richard

Cleveland State Law Review

The nature and effect of faculty regulations of law schools would seem to have important bearing on the legal education that these schools offer. General faculty regulations of parent colleges or universities, of course, are important in their effects on their law schools. But of much greater interest to law teachers and students are the faculty regulations that are peculiar to law schools. With these facts in mind, the writer undertook to survey the state of faculty regulations of American law schools.