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The Law School (2013), Margaret A. Leary Jan 2017

The Law School (2013), Margaret A. Leary

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This chapter describes the growth and changes to the University of Michigan Law School for the period 1973-2013.


The First Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers Jan 1990

The First Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers

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At the great majority of American law schools, students begin with a set of required courses that bear the titles of the next six chapters: Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts, and Constitutional Law. The six are likely to be taught in ways that resemble each other on the surface. Each will have a "casebook" slightly heavier than a Chicago phone book. Each casebook will devote more pages to the decisions of courts of appeals than any other form of material, and assignments will come almost entirely from the casebook. In class, the professors will have an arched eyebrow for …


The First Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers Jan 1984

The First Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers

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At the great majority of American law schools, students begin with a set of required courses that bear the titles of our next six chapters: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts, and Constitutional Law. The six are likely to be taught in ways that resemble each other on the surface. Each will have a "casebook" slightly heavier than a Sears catalog. Each casebook will devote more pages to the decisions of courts of appeals. than any other form of material, and your assignments will come almost entirely from the casebook. In class, the professors will have an arched eyebrow …


The First-Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers Jan 1977

The First-Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers

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For many of you, law school will be a full-time occupation for three school years; for others, a second job squeezed in at night over four or five years. Whatever your route to a degree, whatever sort of law school you attend, the beginnings of law school are likely to be much the same. You will face initially a set of required courses that will probably bear the same titles as the titles of our next six chapters: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts and Constitutional Law. The six are likely to be taught in ways that resemble each …