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Table Of Contents: Annual Survey 2015 Nov 2015

Table Of Contents: Annual Survey 2015

University of Richmond Law Review

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Preface, John J. Hogan Nov 2015

Preface, John J. Hogan

University of Richmond Law Review

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Tribute To Gail F. Zwirner, Paul M. Birch May 2015

Tribute To Gail F. Zwirner, Paul M. Birch

University of Richmond Law Review

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Dedication To Dean Timothy L. Coggins, W. Clark Williams Jr. May 2015

Dedication To Dean Timothy L. Coggins, W. Clark Williams Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

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Acknowledgements, D. Paul Holdsworth May 2015

Acknowledgements, D. Paul Holdsworth

University of Richmond Law Review

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Scholarship Against Desire, Shari Motro Jan 2015

Scholarship Against Desire, Shari Motro

Law Faculty Publications

This article uses my own experience navigating the law review placement process to reflect on the dynamics that shape intellectual life at American law schools. My recent work focuses on the legal relationship between unmarried lovers who conceive. At its heart, it is about the law’s role in shaping the precursor to pregnancy—heterosexual sex. When I began researching this topic what I was most curious about was how law and culture might conspire to foster connections that are more loving and less violent, more authentic and less alienated. Pursuing this topic—which would entail exploring big existential questions to which I …


Law, Universities, And The Challenge Of Moving A Graveyard, Wendy Collins Perdue Jan 2015

Law, Universities, And The Challenge Of Moving A Graveyard, Wendy Collins Perdue

Law Faculty Publications

Against this dark narrative genre, Carel Stolker‘s new book, Rethinking the Law School, stands in sharp contrast. Having been both a law school dean and university president at Leiden University in The Netherlands, Stolker brings the perspective of a dean who has sought to innovate, and of a university president who has dealt with the political, academic, financial, and managerial complications of a modern university. The book offers a broad look at legal education around the world, along with a thoughtful exposition of the challenges facing law schools and law deans. Stolker is no cheerleader for the current state of …


Teaching To The Test: The Incorporation Of Elements Of The Bar Exam Preparation In Legal Education, Emmeline Paulette Reeves Jan 2015

Teaching To The Test: The Incorporation Of Elements Of The Bar Exam Preparation In Legal Education, Emmeline Paulette Reeves

Law Faculty Publications

This essay stops far short of advocating for a three-year bar exam course in place of a traditional law school education. It does not even argue for dedicating the final semester of law school to bar exam preparation. Rather, it suggests that the incorporation of elements of bar preparation into the law school curriculum actually can accomplish the dual objectives of, first, making law school education more efficient, and, second, enhancing the students' educational experience and grasp of the legal principles and skills necessary for passing the bar and, ultimately, becoming better lawyers.

Specifically, this essay urges law schools and …