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International Law In National Schools, Ryan M. Scoville Oct 2017

International Law In National Schools, Ryan M. Scoville

Indiana Law Journal

Why is international law ineffective at times in achieving its aims, such as preventing human rights abuses, forestalling armed conflict, and ensuring global cooperation on matters ranging from the environment to nuclear proliferation? This Article offers original empirical research to suggest that an important and underappreciated part of the answer lies in legal education. Conducting a global survey on the study of international law at thousands of law schools in over 190 countries, the Article reveals significant cross-national disparities in the pervasiveness of international legal training, and draws on other research to highlight similar variations in instructional quality, topical emphases, …


Admit That The Waters Around You Have Grown: Change And Legal Education, Mari J. Matsuda Oct 2014

Admit That The Waters Around You Have Grown: Change And Legal Education, Mari J. Matsuda

Indiana Law Journal

Presented as the Addison C. Harris Lecture at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, September 25, 2013.


Chinese Women In Legal Education, Xiaonan Liu Jul 2013

Chinese Women In Legal Education, Xiaonan Liu

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

This paper examines the history and development of women entering legal education in China. Based on a survey, interviews, and archival research, this paper attempts to analyze Chinese women's current status in legal education and reaches the conclusion that although women have made significant gains in legal education, they are still facing gender discrimination and bias in the legal sector. The paper also looks into the reasons why women have in the past belonged to "the other" in the legal area, and whether there is any conflict between legal characteristics" and "feminine characteristics." It attempts to break the constraint caused …


Clark Kerr And Me: The Future Of The Public Law School, Rachel Morán Jul 2013

Clark Kerr And Me: The Future Of The Public Law School, Rachel Morán

Indiana Law Journal

Jerome Hall Lecture, delivered on March 21, 2012, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana


Legal Education: Globalization, And Institutional Excellence: Challenges For The Rule Of Law And Access To Justice In India, C. Raj Kumar Jan 2013

Legal Education: Globalization, And Institutional Excellence: Challenges For The Rule Of Law And Access To Justice In India, C. Raj Kumar

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Legal education plays an important role in developing lawyers who act as social engineers and work towards the cause of nation building. In a globalized world, law schools face the challenges of increased foreign competition and reduction of the role of the state. At the same time, globalization affords space for re-examining higher education systems by affording opportunity for establishing global universities with international collaborations and programs. This article examines the role of law schools in India and proposes reforms in Indian legal education system in the light of globalization. It examines how the private sector in India can contribute …


From Grimm To Glory: Simulated Oral Argument As A Component Of Legal Education's Signature Pedagogy, Lisa T. Mcelroy Apr 2009

From Grimm To Glory: Simulated Oral Argument As A Component Of Legal Education's Signature Pedagogy, Lisa T. Mcelroy

Indiana Law Journal

The past two years have been a period of landmark transformation in legal education. With the issuance of the Carnegie and Best Practices for Legal Education Reports, law schools and law professors have revisited the essential process of analyzing and transforming legal pedagogy. This widespread reexamination of the law school curriculum has yielded two important changes in legal education; first, law schools-including those in the top tier-have begun radically to amend their curricular goals and structures; and, second, legal scholars have begun to turn their attention to the theory and implementation of better legal education. As Carnegie and Best Practices …


A Look At Legal Education: The Globalization Of American Legal Education, James P. White Jan 2007

A Look At Legal Education: The Globalization Of American Legal Education, James P. White

Indiana Law Journal

Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators Annual Meeting July 29-August 2, 2006 Indianapolis, Indiana.


Of Rankings And Regulation: Are The U.S. News & World Report Rankings Really A Subversive Force In Legal Education?, Rachel F. Morán Jan 2006

Of Rankings And Regulation: Are The U.S. News & World Report Rankings Really A Subversive Force In Legal Education?, Rachel F. Morán

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Next Generation of Law School Rankings held April 15, 2005 at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.


Legal Education And Large Law Firms: Delivering Legality Of Solving Problems, Bryant G. Garth Jul 1989

Legal Education And Large Law Firms: Delivering Legality Of Solving Problems, Bryant G. Garth

Indiana Law Journal

The Growth of Large Law Firms and Its Effect on the Legal Profession and Legal Education, Symposium


Post War Legal Education And The Service Men, Elliott E. Cheatham Jul 1944

Post War Legal Education And The Service Men, Elliott E. Cheatham

Indiana Law Journal

A Symposium on Post War Problems of the Legal Profession.


Post War Problems Of Legal Education, Bernard C. Gavit Jul 1944

Post War Problems Of Legal Education, Bernard C. Gavit

Indiana Law Journal

A Symposium on Post War Problems of the Legal Profession.


Legal Institutes For Every Local Lawyer, Burt J. Thompson Oct 1939

Legal Institutes For Every Local Lawyer, Burt J. Thompson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Legal Education Wilderness, Will Shafroth Mar 1934

The Legal Education Wilderness, Will Shafroth

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Tentative Committee Reports, Walter R. Arnold, George O. Dix, Isaac Carter, Samuel E. Garrison, Frank H. Hatfield, Benjamin F. Long, Glen D. Peters Jun 1932

Tentative Committee Reports, Walter R. Arnold, George O. Dix, Isaac Carter, Samuel E. Garrison, Frank H. Hatfield, Benjamin F. Long, Glen D. Peters

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Summaries Of Tentative Committee Reports, George O. Dix, Walter R. Arnold, Glenn D. Peters, Alfred Evens, Benjamin F. Long, James J. Robinson Jan 1932

Summaries Of Tentative Committee Reports, George O. Dix, Walter R. Arnold, Glenn D. Peters, Alfred Evens, Benjamin F. Long, James J. Robinson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Newly Organized National Conference Of Bar Examiners, Will Shaforth Nov 1931

The Newly Organized National Conference Of Bar Examiners, Will Shaforth

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Legal Education And Admission To The Bar, Bernard C. Gavit Nov 1930

Legal Education And Admission To The Bar, Bernard C. Gavit

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.