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Engaging First-Year Students Through Pro Bono Collaborations In Legal Writing, Mary Bowman
Engaging First-Year Students Through Pro Bono Collaborations In Legal Writing, Mary Bowman
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This article recommends developing assignments for first-year legal writing courses through collaborations with legal services organizations. The article stems from and describes such ongoing projects at Seattle University School of Law, where several hundred first-year law students have worked on such projects so far. We have partnered with lawyers at organizations like the National Employment Law Project, the ACLU of Washington, and Northwest Justice Project to come up with live issues that they would like to have researched, and they received the best student work product from each class. The partner organizations have used the students’ work in several ways, …
We Have A Dream: Integrating Skills Courses And Public Interest Work In The First Year Of Law School (And Beyond), Sara Rankin, Lisa Brodoff, Mary Bowman
We Have A Dream: Integrating Skills Courses And Public Interest Work In The First Year Of Law School (And Beyond), Sara Rankin, Lisa Brodoff, Mary Bowman
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The clinical and legal writing faculty at the Seattle University School of Law are experimenting with collaborative teaching projects that bring real clients and real legal problems into the first year curriculum. These “integrated skills projects” engage first year students with legal writing faculty, clinical faculty, and public interest work. These projects provide first year students with exceptional training in practical skills, generate remarkable student satisfaction, and re-ignite student passion for the practice of law. This essay (1) introduces a “continuum” of integrated legal skills projects, featuring applied examples of activities that range from discrete to more ambitious; (2) surveys …
Can Law Schools Prepare Students To Be Practice Ready?, Sara Rankin, Susanna K. Ripken, R. Michael Cassidy, James E. Moliterno
Can Law Schools Prepare Students To Be Practice Ready?, Sara Rankin, Susanna K. Ripken, R. Michael Cassidy, James E. Moliterno
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The transcription of 2013 Chapman Law Review Symposium: “The Future of Law, Business, and Legal Education: How to Prepare Students to Meet Corporate Needs”. Professor Rankin, along with James E. Moliterno, R. Michael Cassidy, and Susan B. Myers, answer the first panel question, "Can law schools prepare to students to be practice ready?" Professor Rankin discusses the importance of innovations in legal education, and explains how she is actually changing the first year to focus on real-client and real-world experiences. She explains the innovations taking place at Seattle University in her first year lawyering skills classes, where her first-year students …
Promoting Language Access In The Legal Academy, Gillian Dutton, Beth Lyon, Jayesh Rathod, Deborah Weissman
Promoting Language Access In The Legal Academy, Gillian Dutton, Beth Lyon, Jayesh Rathod, Deborah Weissman
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Since the 1960s, the United States government has paid increasing attention to the rights of language minorities and to the need for greater civic and political integration of these groups. With the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the issuance of Executive Orders, and intervention by the federal judiciary, progress has been made in the realm of language access. State and local courts have likewise taken steps (albeit imperfectly) to provide interpretation and translation assistance to Limited English Proficient persons. Most recently, responding to both lack of services and inconsistent practices, the American Bar Association has set out …
Postscript To A Deanship, Annette E. Clark
Postscript To A Deanship, Annette E. Clark
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The author reflects on her experiences as the dean of the Saint Louis University School of Law and tries to discern lessons that might be useful to other deans.
Derrick A. Bell, Jr.: Serving Two Masters Elegantly, Margaret Chon
Derrick A. Bell, Jr.: Serving Two Masters Elegantly, Margaret Chon
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Tribute to Professor Derrick Bell
A Tribute To Derrick Bell, Henry W. Mcgee
A Tribute To Derrick Bell, Henry W. Mcgee
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Tribute to Professor Derrick Bell
Bell Labs: Derrick Bell’S Inspirational Pedagogy, Charlotte Garden
Bell Labs: Derrick Bell’S Inspirational Pedagogy, Charlotte Garden
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Tribute to Professor Derrick Bell
The Fully Formed Lawyer: Why Law Schools Should Require Public Service To Better Prepare Students For Private Practice, Sara Rankin
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It is now commonly accepted that law schools are graduating students who are under-prepared for practice in the real world. In other words, students that perform adequately in the classroom seem to struggle or suffer — to an unnecessary degree — when they enter practice. It is as though law schools are graduating inchoate or “partially-formed” lawyers, who demonstrate classroom fluency but lack meaningful ability to grapple with the wrinkles and complexity of real-world practice. This article argues that to create practice-ready or “fully formed” lawyers, law schools should reform to prioritize hands-on training in public service. It may seem …
Derrick Bell: Oregon Trailblazer, Steve Bender
Derrick Bell: Oregon Trailblazer, Steve Bender
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Tribute to Professor Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell: Ethical Ambition And Law Teaching, Natasha Martin
Derrick Bell: Ethical Ambition And Law Teaching, Natasha Martin
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Tribute to Professor Derrick Bell