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‘Best Practices’: What’S The Point?, Ira P. Robbins
‘Best Practices’: What’S The Point?, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
In a separate article - Best Practices on “Best Practices”: Legal Education and Beyond - Professor Robbins formulated a paradigm for “best practices” and applied it to the book, Best Practices for Legal Education. Professor Robbins concluded that the book did not meet any of the criteria necessary to constitute best practices and, further, that using the concept of best practices when thinking and writing about legal education is misleading and inappropriate. The primary author of the book, Roy Stuckey, responded, claiming that “best” can mean something other than best, that the difference really doesn’t matter, and that the debate …
Best Practices On ‘Best Practices’: Legal Education And Beyond, Ira P. Robbins
Best Practices On ‘Best Practices’: Legal Education And Beyond, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
“Best practices” has become one of the most common research and development techniques in the United States and throughout the international community. Originally employed in industry, the concept sought to identify superior means to achieve a goal through “benchmarking,” thereby allowing companies to obtain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. In recent decades, the use of best practices has become widely popularized, and is frequently utilized in the areas of administrative regulation, corporate governance, and academia. As the term has grown in popularity, however, so too has room for its abuse. In many instances, the term has been invoked to …
‘Best Practices’: What’S The Point?, Ira P. Robbins
‘Best Practices’: What’S The Point?, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
In a separate article - Best Practices on “Best Practices”: Legal Education and Beyond - Professor Robbins formulated a paradigm for “best practices” and applied it to the book, Best Practices for Legal Education. Professor Robbins concluded that the book did not meet any of the criteria necessary to constitute best practices and, further, that using the concept of best practices when thinking and writing about legal education is misleading and inappropriate. The primary author of the book, Roy Stuckey, responded, claiming that “best” can mean something other than best, that the difference really doesn’t matter, and that the debate …
Exploring The Concept Of Post-Tenure Review In Law Schools, Ira P. Robbins
Exploring The Concept Of Post-Tenure Review In Law Schools, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins