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Cultivating Professional Identity & Creating Community: A Tale Of Two Innovations, Jan L. Jacobowitz Jan 2014

Cultivating Professional Identity & Creating Community: A Tale Of Two Innovations, Jan L. Jacobowitz

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Towards Engaged Scholarship, Jessica Owley, John R. Nolon, Keith Hirokawa, Sean Nolon Jul 2013

Towards Engaged Scholarship, Jessica Owley, John R. Nolon, Keith Hirokawa, Sean Nolon

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The Impact Of Rankings And Rules On Legal Education Reform, David Yellen May 2013

The Impact Of Rankings And Rules On Legal Education Reform, David Yellen

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Legal education is experiencing intense pressures and is undergoing profound changes. Two important forces that help shape and limit the nature and scope of legal education reform are the U.S. News & World Report rankings and the American Bar Association's accreditation standards. The push and pull of these forces helps explain why law schools are embracing some changes and resisting others


The Mindful Law School: An Integrative Approach To Transforming Legal Education, Scott L. Rogers Jan 2012

The Mindful Law School: An Integrative Approach To Transforming Legal Education, Scott L. Rogers

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Teaching Elements Of Election Law Beyond The Disciplinary Borders Of "Election Law", Frances R. Hill Jan 2012

Teaching Elements Of Election Law Beyond The Disciplinary Borders Of "Election Law", Frances R. Hill

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Educating Lawyers For Community, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2012

Educating Lawyers For Community, Anthony V. Alfieri

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This Essay is part of an ongoing classroom study and clinical service project addressing the mindful education of law students and the civic training of lawyers. Its purpose is to build a pedagogy of community and public citizenship within an outcome-based, rotation curricular model of legal education sketched out by commonly allied scholars in prior work here in the Wisconsin Law Review and elsewhere. The Essay seeks to advance this earlier curricular work by integrating ethics, education and psychology, and law and religion into a cohesive pedagogical approach to civic professionalism and community engagement. From the springboard of integration next …


Service Delivery, Resource Allocation And Access To Justice: Greiner And Pattanayak And The Research Imperative, Anthony V. Alfieri, Jeffrey Selbin, Jeanne Charn, Stephen Wizner Jan 2012

Service Delivery, Resource Allocation And Access To Justice: Greiner And Pattanayak And The Research Imperative, Anthony V. Alfieri, Jeffrey Selbin, Jeanne Charn, Stephen Wizner

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Miami's Medical-Legal Partnership: Preparing Lawyers And Physicians For Holistic Practice, Jonel Newman Jan 2012

Miami's Medical-Legal Partnership: Preparing Lawyers And Physicians For Holistic Practice, Jonel Newman

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Helping Haiti In The Wake Of Disaster: Law Students As First Responders, Melissa Gibson Swain, Jonel Newman Jan 2011

Helping Haiti In The Wake Of Disaster: Law Students As First Responders, Melissa Gibson Swain, Jonel Newman

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How Much Clinic For How Many Students?: Examining The Decision To Offer Clinics For One Semester Or An Academic Year, Kele Stewart Jan 2011

How Much Clinic For How Many Students?: Examining The Decision To Offer Clinics For One Semester Or An Academic Year, Kele Stewart

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Many law schools are engaged in curricular reform aimed at more effectively preparing students for practice. Two publications that have influenced these reform efforts, Best Practices for Legal Education and the Carnegie Foundation's report Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law, suggest that there should be more clinical opportunities. With limited resources, there is an apparent tension between providing live-client clinics to as many students as possible versus a deeper clinical experience over an academic year. This Article examines the questions raised by a law school's decision to offer a clinic for one semester or two. In designing …


Redefining Human Rights Lawyering Through The Lens Of Critical Theory: Lessons For Pedagogy And Practice, Caroline Bettinger-López, Davida Finger, Meetali Jain, Jonel Newman, Sarah Paoletti, Deborah M. Weissman Jan 2011

Redefining Human Rights Lawyering Through The Lens Of Critical Theory: Lessons For Pedagogy And Practice, Caroline Bettinger-López, Davida Finger, Meetali Jain, Jonel Newman, Sarah Paoletti, Deborah M. Weissman

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Against Practice, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2009

Against Practice, Anthony V. Alfieri

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(Un)Covering Identity In Civil Rights And Poverty Law, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2008

(Un)Covering Identity In Civil Rights And Poverty Law, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Re-Conceptualizing Poverty Law Clinical Curriculum And Legal Services Practice: The Need For Generalists, Jonel Newman Jan 2007

Re-Conceptualizing Poverty Law Clinical Curriculum And Legal Services Practice: The Need For Generalists, Jonel Newman

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Clinical Genesis In Miami, Anthony V. Alfieri, Maryanne Stanganelli, Jessi Tamayo, Wendi Adelson Jan 2007

Clinical Genesis In Miami, Anthony V. Alfieri, Maryanne Stanganelli, Jessi Tamayo, Wendi Adelson

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The Paradox Of Hierarchy - Or Why We Always Choose The Tools Of The Master's House, Zanita E. Fenton Jan 2007

The Paradox Of Hierarchy - Or Why We Always Choose The Tools Of The Master's House, Zanita E. Fenton

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Beyond Litigation: Legal Education Reform In Japan And What Japan's New Lawyers Will Do, George Schumann Apr 2006

Beyond Litigation: Legal Education Reform In Japan And What Japan's New Lawyers Will Do, George Schumann

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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When "Victory" Masks Retreat: The Lsat, Constitutional Dualism, And The End Of Diversity, D. Marvin Jones Jan 2006

When "Victory" Masks Retreat: The Lsat, Constitutional Dualism, And The End Of Diversity, D. Marvin Jones

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George P. Fletcher And Steve Sheppard, American Law In A Global Context: The Basics. Oxford And New York, Oxford University Press 2005 (Book Review), Janet Stearns Jan 2006

George P. Fletcher And Steve Sheppard, American Law In A Global Context: The Basics. Oxford And New York, Oxford University Press 2005 (Book Review), Janet Stearns

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Jewish Law For The Law Librarian, David Hollander Jan 2006

Jewish Law For The Law Librarian, David Hollander

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Mr Hollander provides an introductory guide to the Jewish legal system with the intent of providing law librarians with the basic knowledge necessary to begin to help a patron conduct research in Jewish law.


The Fall Of Legal Ethics And The Rise Of Risk Management, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2006

The Fall Of Legal Ethics And The Rise Of Risk Management, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Jewish Law For The Law Librarian, David Hollander Jan 2006

Jewish Law For The Law Librarian, David Hollander

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Mr Hollander provides an introductory guide to the Jewish legal system with the intent of providing law librarians with the basic knowledge necessary to begin to help a patron conduct research in Jewish law.


Gaming Delaware, William Wilson Bratton Oct 2004

Gaming Delaware, William Wilson Bratton

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Interpersonal Dynamics: Helping Lawyers Learn The Skills, And The Importance, Of Human Relationships In The Practice Of Law, Joshua D. Rosenberg Jul 2004

Interpersonal Dynamics: Helping Lawyers Learn The Skills, And The Importance, Of Human Relationships In The Practice Of Law, Joshua D. Rosenberg

University of Miami Law Review

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Defining The Rights Of Law Students With Mental Disabilities, Adam J. Shapiro Apr 2004

Defining The Rights Of Law Students With Mental Disabilities, Adam J. Shapiro

University of Miami Law Review

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Keynote Address: Recalling Race, Gender And Sexuality: Outcrit Reflections On Legal Education, Social Identities And The "Rule Of Law" - A Call Toward Collective Insurrections, Francisco Valdes Jan 2004

Keynote Address: Recalling Race, Gender And Sexuality: Outcrit Reflections On Legal Education, Social Identities And The "Rule Of Law" - A Call Toward Collective Insurrections, Francisco Valdes

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Teaching Ethics/Doing Justice, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2004

Teaching Ethics/Doing Justice, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Owen Fiss: Heroism In The Law, Paul W. Kahn Oct 2003

Owen Fiss: Heroism In The Law, Paul W. Kahn

University of Miami Law Review

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The Truth About Owen Fiss, Robert A. Burt Oct 2003

The Truth About Owen Fiss, Robert A. Burt

University of Miami Law Review

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Owen M. Fiss: The Influence Of His Pre-Legal Education, Morton J. Horwitz Oct 2003

Owen M. Fiss: The Influence Of His Pre-Legal Education, Morton J. Horwitz

University of Miami Law Review

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