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2010

Legal Education

Selected Works

Experiential learning

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Experiential Education And The Rule Of Law: Teaching Values Through Clinical Education In China, Elliott Milstein Jun 2010

Experiential Education And The Rule Of Law: Teaching Values Through Clinical Education In China, Elliott Milstein

Elliot Milstein

The author summarizes his discussions with Chinese law professors regarding the issues that separate American from Chinese attitudes in creating clinical legal education. The author observes that the baseline orientation of American lawyers to turn to the courts for redress is usually not the same for the Chinese, where bribery of judges is accepted. He also notes that in addition to teaching practical skills such as client interviewing and persuasive advocacy, American clinicians devote attention to value questions, such as client-centeredness, the demands and limits of zealous advocacy, and the commitment to bring about social justice. The inclusion of these …


An Educational Partnership Model For Establishing, Structuring, And Implementing A Successful Corporate Counsel Externship, Carl J. Circo Dec 2009

An Educational Partnership Model For Establishing, Structuring, And Implementing A Successful Corporate Counsel Externship, Carl J. Circo

Carl J. Circo

This article explores what the author has learned from developing and supervising an externship program that places students in the legal departments of major corporations. Externship placements in corporate legal departments provide unique opportunities for law schools to integrate into the curriculum the core practice competencies that are essential for commercial and business lawyers but that are rarely taught in an experiential setting. The article proposes an educational partnership model to establish, structure, and implement a corporate counsel externship. This approach advocates a carefully orchestrated collaboration between the faculty who administer the program for the school and the lawyers who …