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Prefatory Remark, Robert L. Bogomolny
Prefatory Remark, Robert L. Bogomolny
Cleveland State Law Review
It is the legacy of CLEPR that the continuation of clinical legal education is now assured despite the financial hard times apparently facing the nation's law schools. Some years from now, people will review the period of development of the clinical movement in the United States and find it an example where foundation money guided by effective leadership helped facilitate a major development in law schools in the United States.
Why Don't Law Schools Teach Law Students How To Try Law Suits, Edward J. Devitt
Why Don't Law Schools Teach Law Students How To Try Law Suits, Edward J. Devitt
Cleveland State Law Review
As chairman of the Devitt Committee I was exposed to a wide range of views concerning the issue of the quality of trial advocacy in this country's courts. That experience made apparent the seriousness of the problem of inadequate trial advocacy and the necessity for appropriate remedies. The cure for this lies primarily with the law schools. What is needed is a fundamental change in attitude among American law schools. This commentary will establish that these pragmatic views have the support of logic, history and the available hard evidence.