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Using Fruit To Teach Analogy, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Oct 1997

Using Fruit To Teach Analogy, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

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Teaching Case Synthesis In Living Color, E. Joan Blum Oct 1997

Teaching Case Synthesis In Living Color, E. Joan Blum

E. Joan Blum

No abstract provided.


An Informal History Of How Law Schools Evaluate Students, With A Predictable Emphasis On Law School Exams, Steve Sheppard Jan 1997

An Informal History Of How Law Schools Evaluate Students, With A Predictable Emphasis On Law School Exams, Steve Sheppard

Steve Sheppard

This story of the evolution of legal evaluations from the seventeenth century to the close of the twentieth depicts English influences on American law student evaluations, which have waned in the twentieth century with the advent of course-end examinations. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English examinations given to conclude a legal degree were relatively ceremonial exercises in which performance was often based on the demonstration of rote memory. As examination processes evolved, American law schools adopted essay evaluations from their English counterparts. Examinees in the nineteenth century were given a narrative, requiring the recognition of particularly appropriate legal doctrines, enunciation of the …


Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Review Of Empirical Research On Attorney Attributes Bearing On Professionalism, Susan Daicoff Dec 1996

Lawyer, Know Thyself: A Review Of Empirical Research On Attorney Attributes Bearing On Professionalism, Susan Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

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The Crisis Of Poverty Law And The Demands Of Benevolence, Paul R. Tremblay Dec 1996

The Crisis Of Poverty Law And The Demands Of Benevolence, Paul R. Tremblay

Paul R. Tremblay

No abstract provided.