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Where Tradition Meets Innovation: Providing A Practice-Oriented Curriculum, Andrea Lyon Nov 2015

Where Tradition Meets Innovation: Providing A Practice-Oriented Curriculum, Andrea Lyon

Andrea D. Lyon

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Where Tradition Meets Innovation: Providing A Practice-Oriented Curriculum, Andrea Lyon Oct 2015

Where Tradition Meets Innovation: Providing A Practice-Oriented Curriculum, Andrea Lyon

Law Faculty Publications

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Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss Jul 2015

Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss

Andrew P. Morriss

The explosive growth in the number of law school clinics over the last 50 years began with an individual client focus as a core component. This contributed to reducing unmet legal needs in substantive areas such as landlord-tenant, family, consumer and other areas. These service clinics accomplished the dual purpose of training students in the day-to-day challenges of practice while reducing the number of unrepresented poor. In recent years, however, the trend has been to broaden the law school clinical experience beyond individual representation and preparation for law firm practice. So-called “impact” clinics typically address systemic change without significant individual …


Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss Jul 2015

Clinical Legal Education & Access To Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, Margaret B. Drew, Andrew P. Morriss

Andrew P. Morriss

The explosive growth in the number of law school clinics over the last 50 years began with an individual client focus as a core component. This contributed to reducing unmet legal needs in substantive areas such as landlord-tenant, family, consumer and other areas. These service clinics accomplished the dual purpose of training students in the day-to-day challenges of practice while reducing the number of unrepresented poor. In recent years, however, the trend has been to broaden the law school clinical experience beyond individual representation and preparation for law firm practice. So-called “impact” clinics typically address systemic change without significant individual …


Trending@Rwu Law: Professor Diana Hassel's Post: Providence, Here We Come!, Diana Hassel Jun 2015

Trending@Rwu Law: Professor Diana Hassel's Post: Providence, Here We Come!, Diana Hassel

Law School Blogs

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Defining Experiential Legal Education, David I.C. Thomson Apr 2015

Defining Experiential Legal Education, David I.C. Thomson

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Champions For Justice & Public Interest Auction 2015, Roger Williams University School Of Law Jan 2015

Champions For Justice & Public Interest Auction 2015, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Public Interest Auction

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Newsroom: Rwu Law Expands Providence Presence, Roger Williams University School Of Law Jan 2015

Newsroom: Rwu Law Expands Providence Presence, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Learning From Experience: An Introduction To The Journal Of Experiential Learning, Patricia E. Salkin Jan 2015

Learning From Experience: An Introduction To The Journal Of Experiential Learning, Patricia E. Salkin

Journal of Experiential Learning

Commitment to experiential learning begins with the dean, yet this has not been the typical questioning in candidate interview processes. Important are indicators of past performance, examples of interpersonal skills, creativity, and knowledge of current challenges facing the profession, legal education and the individual school. Often over-looked, however, is what else the candidate brings to the table in terms of their approach to legal pedagogy, past experiences that may provide other important insights into what may subconsciously influence the candidate’s particular approach to one or more issues. It can be difficult to glean this from the typical thirty to forty-five …