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Toward The Making Of Good Lawyers: How An Appellate Clinic Satisfies The Professional Objectives Of The Maccrate Report, Maureen Laflin
Toward The Making Of Good Lawyers: How An Appellate Clinic Satisfies The Professional Objectives Of The Maccrate Report, Maureen Laflin
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Foreword: Under Construction- Latcrit Consciousness, Community, And Theory, Francisco Valdes
Foreword: Under Construction- Latcrit Consciousness, Community, And Theory, Francisco Valdes
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Clinical Legal Education Gets High Marks, Maureen Laflin
Clinical Legal Education Gets High Marks, Maureen Laflin
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Selecting And Designing Effective Legal Writing Problems, Grace C. Tonner, Diana Pratt
Selecting And Designing Effective Legal Writing Problems, Grace C. Tonner, Diana Pratt
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Legal research and writing courses are unlike most substantive first year law school classes in that they teach using the problem method. The success of a legal writing course depends on the quality of the problems. The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance for legal writing professors in designing legal writing problems. The article addresses (1) general considerations in problem design, (2) designing expository problems, (3) designing persuasive problems, and (4) sources of problems. In the first section, we discuss problem design as it relates to the overall goals for teaching the basic forms of legal analysis, …
An Interdisciplinary Seminar In Child Abuse And Neglect With A Focus On Child Protection Practice, Suellyn Scarnecchia
An Interdisciplinary Seminar In Child Abuse And Neglect With A Focus On Child Protection Practice, Suellyn Scarnecchia
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Given the myriad of professionals involved in protecting children from abuse and neglect, legal practice in the field of child protection requires an understanding of the various disciplines these professionals represent. Professor Scarnecchia argues that such an understanding is necessary in order for the attorney to serve as a zealous advocate for her client. In hopes of creating this understanding in students at the University of Michigan, an interdisciplinary seminar in child abuse and neglect has been created. Professor Scarnecchia details the substantive content of the seminar, discussing specific issues that arise in protecting children. She explains that by using …