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A Decade Of Developments In Performance-Based Legal Education, Deborah A. Schmedemann, Christina L. Kunz
A Decade Of Developments In Performance-Based Legal Education, Deborah A. Schmedemann, Christina L. Kunz
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This tribute summarizes some of the accomplishments of William Mitchell college of Law in performance-based learning in legal education between 1986 and 1996. It first chronicles developments in the first-and second-year performance-based courses and then turns to upper-level curricular developments. At each point, it touches on course development and scholarship--the parallel tracks pursued by faculty focusing on performance-based legal education. As a result of these developments, the college is well positioned to contribute to the growth of performance-based learning in legal education nationally.
Law Teachers And The Educational Continuum, Michael K. Jordan
Law Teachers And The Educational Continuum, Michael K. Jordan
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There are many difficulties in teaching the law. These problems are often referred to generically as the difficulty in training students to "think like lawyers." The primary focus of the literature discussing these concerns has, therefore, been on how law schools should assist students in developing this ability. Underlying much of this literature is the assumption that what is needed is some tinkering with the law school curriculum. Students are believed to enter law with a set of abilities and potentialities that are honed by the law school curriculum to produce something called a lawyer or the skill denominated as …