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Legal Research And Legal Education In Africa: The Challenge For Information Literacy, Vicki Lawal
Legal Research And Legal Education In Africa: The Challenge For Information Literacy, Vicki Lawal
Starr Workshop Papers (2007)
This paper analyses legal research within the context of legal education in Africa, it examines some of the challenges of electronic legal research in view of the influences of online legal electronic resources and Computer Assisted legal Research (CALR) and the importance of information literacy in addressing some of the issues raised especially with regards to undergraduate legal education.
Keynote Address: Remarks At The Workshop On Tapping Into The World Of Electronic Legal Knowledge , Muna Ndulo
Keynote Address: Remarks At The Workshop On Tapping Into The World Of Electronic Legal Knowledge , Muna Ndulo
Starr Workshop Papers (2007)
Professor Muna Ndulo of Cornell Law School presented the keynote address at the 2007 Starr Workshop, “Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge.” The workshop took place at Cornell Law School October 7-10, 2007 and was co-sponsored by the Starr Foundation, New York University Law Library, and Cornell Law Library.
Professor Ndulo addresses the topic of new information technologies and their importance to legal research and teaching.
U.S. Law And Legal Research, Pat Court
U.S. Law And Legal Research, Pat Court
Starr Workshop Papers (2007)
This presentation on the basics of U.S. law offers a general outline of the fundamental sources of U.S. law. With a foundation in the three branches of government and the laws, court decisions, and regulations that flow from them, the speaker demonstrated free and fee-based electronic resources frequently used for legal research. The focus is on Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER the Public Access to Court Electronic Records), GPOAccess, and the official U.S. Supreme Court web site. While the web has made it possible for universities, governments, courts, and others to put user-friendly law on the web for free, the most extensive …
Why Judy Norman Acted In Reasonable Self-Defense: An Abused Woman And A Sleeping Man, Marina Angel
Why Judy Norman Acted In Reasonable Self-Defense: An Abused Woman And A Sleeping Man, Marina Angel
Marina Angel
The reasonable man has been replaced by the reasonable person, but that person still functions within legal doctrines conceived by men and interpreted to fit the facts of men's lives. To understand why it is sometimes reasonable for an abused woman to kill her abuser while he is asleep or otherwise incapacitated, basic criminal law doctrines do not have to be changed. They do, however, have to be applied to the facts of abused women's lives.
The issue of exit – why didn’t she leave – must be explained. Concepts of time – immediate, imminent, and cyclical – must be …
La Formazione Professionale Continua Dell'avvocato A Confronto Con Il Modello Tedesco, Valerio Sangiovanni
La Formazione Professionale Continua Dell'avvocato A Confronto Con Il Modello Tedesco, Valerio Sangiovanni
Valerio Sangiovanni
No abstract provided.
Navigating The Law Review Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study Of Those With All The Power - Student Editors, Leah M. Christensen, Julie Oseid
Navigating The Law Review Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study Of Those With All The Power - Student Editors, Leah M. Christensen, Julie Oseid
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Restating Restitution: A Study In Contemporary Common Law Conceptualism, Chaim Saiman
Restating Restitution: A Study In Contemporary Common Law Conceptualism, Chaim Saiman
Chaim Saiman
The ALI’s Restatement (Third) of Restitution provides one of the most interesting expressions of contemporary legal conceptualism. This paper explores the theory and practice of post-realist conceptualism through a review and critique of the Restatement. At the theoretical level, the paper develops a typology of different forms of conceptualism, and shows that the Restatement has more in common with the high formalism of the nineteenth century than with contemporary modes of private law discourse. At the level of substantive doctrine, the paper explains why labels in fact make a difference, and assesses which recoveries are more (and less) likely under …
"A Bulwark Against Anarchy": Affirmative Action, Emory Law School, And Southern Self-Help, William B. Turner
"A Bulwark Against Anarchy": Affirmative Action, Emory Law School, And Southern Self-Help, William B. Turner
William B Turner
This article presents archival evidence about Pre-Start, Emory Law School’s affirmative action program from 1966 to 1972. It places that evidence into the context of current legal and scholarly debates about affirmative action in law school admissions and demonstrates that Pre-Start is an extremely important case study for anyone who wishes to think carefully about this important topic. I perform post-hoc strict scrutiny on Pre-Start, showing that it meets, not only the standard of the majority in Grutter v. Bollinger (539 U.S. 306 (2003)), but even the much more exacting standard of dissenting Justice Clarence Thomas. Because white supremacists are …
"A Bulwark Against Anarchy": Affirmative Action, Emory Law School, And Southern Self-Help, William B. Turner
"A Bulwark Against Anarchy": Affirmative Action, Emory Law School, And Southern Self-Help, William B. Turner
William B Turner
This article presents archival evidence about Pre-Start, Emory Law School’s affirmative action program from 1966 to 1972. It places that evidence into the context of current legal and scholarly debates about affirmative action in law school admissions and demonstrates that Pre-Start is an extremely important case study for anyone who wishes to think carefully about this important topic. I perform post-hoc strict scrutiny on Pre-Start, showing that it meets, not only the standard of the majority in Grutter v. Bollinger (539 U.S. 306 (2003)), but even the much more exacting standard of dissenting Justice Clarence Thomas. Because white supremacists are …
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Gary S Rosin
Bar passage rates of first-takers vary widely among both the states and the law schools. State grading practices also vary widely, particularly as to minimum passing scores (“cut scores”) and whether they scale state exam components to the MultiState Bar Exam (“MBE”). The broad ranges of Bar passage rates and of state grading practices call into question the stewardship of the states over admission to the practice of law. This study uses generalized linear modeling, with a logit link function, to isolate the effect on the Bar passage rates of ABA-approved law schools of three factors: (i) the LSAT scores …
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Gary S Rosin
Bar passage rates of first-takers vary widely among both the states and the law schools. State grading practices also vary widely, particularly as to minimum passing scores (“cut scores”) and whether they scale state exam components to the MultiState Bar Exam (“MBE”). The broad ranges of Bar passage rates and of state grading practices call into question the stewardship of the states over admission to the practice of law. This study uses generalized linear modeling, with a logit link function, to isolate the effect on the Bar passage rates of ABA-approved law schools of three factors: (i) the LSAT scores …
Evaluating Goals And Methods Of A Skills Curriculum: Challenges And Opportunities For Law Schools, Harriet N. Katz
Evaluating Goals And Methods Of A Skills Curriculum: Challenges And Opportunities For Law Schools, Harriet N. Katz
Harriet N Katz
Law schools have compelling reasons to begin a process of thoroughly reviewing their skills curriculum. A new ABA Standard for Accreditation, revised in 2005 to mandate skills education for every law student, is now being applied at law school re-accreditation reviews. In addition, EDUCATING LAWYERS, a report by the Carnegie Foundation, and BEST PRACTICES FOR LEGAL EDUCATION, an analysis by law professors, both published in 2007 and distributed nationally, draw critical attention to the methods and goals of law schools’ educational program throughout the curriculum. All three of these important publications emphasize preparing students for practice as competent and ethical …
Successful Stories And Stories Of Success: Reflections On The History Of The Law And Economics Movement, Nimrod H. Aviad
Successful Stories And Stories Of Success: Reflections On The History Of The Law And Economics Movement, Nimrod H. Aviad
Nimrod Haim Aviad
This paper joins a handful of attempts to understand the Law & Economics movement’s success in American legal academia. Adopting an historical perspective, the paper analyzes for the first time the movement’s own stories of success, developed and maintained by the movement’s own members, and considers them as a possible blue-print for success in contemporary legal academia. By following these stories of success, one comes to understand the keen ability of the movement’s economists and lawyer-economists to identify those patterns of academic practice which would eventually grant them the paramount academic capital that they have enjoyed over the last thirty …
Legal Education In The Age Of Cognitive Science And Advanced Classroom Technology, Deborah J Merritt
Legal Education In The Age Of Cognitive Science And Advanced Classroom Technology, Deborah J Merritt
Deborah J Merritt
Cognitive scientists have made major advances in mapping the process of learning, but legal educators know little about this work. Similarly, law professors have engaged only modestly with new learning technologies like PowerPoint, classroom response systems, podcasts, and web-based instruction. This article addresses these gaps by examining recent research in cognitive science, demonstrating how those insights apply to a sample technology (PowerPoint), and exploring the broader implications of both cognitive science and new classroom technologies for legal education. The article focuses on three fields of cognitive science inquiry: the importance of right brain learning, the limits of working memory, and …
Clients, Empathy, And Compassion: Introducing First-Year Students To The “Heart” Of Lawyering, Kristin B. Gerdy
Clients, Empathy, And Compassion: Introducing First-Year Students To The “Heart” Of Lawyering, Kristin B. Gerdy
Kristin B. Gerdy
This explore the need for instruction and experience with the “heart” of law practice within the first year of law school. According to the report on legal education prepared by the Carnegie Foundation, the two major limitations in American legal education are 1) a lack of attention to practical education, including a marked lack of understanding client problems, and 2) failure to support development of ethical and social skills. With the release of this report it is likely that law school faculties throughout the United States will be looking at their curricula to see how to better fill these gaps …
Globalización, Derechos Humanos Y Sociedad De La Información, Teresa M. G. Da Cunha Lopes
Globalización, Derechos Humanos Y Sociedad De La Información, Teresa M. G. Da Cunha Lopes
Teresa M. G. Da Cunha Lopes
Para nadie es ajeno que las nuevas tecnologías, y en especial el internet, en la llamada era de la sociedad de la información, constituyen una de las mayores posibilidades con las que se cuenta actualmente para la adquisición de nuevos conocimientos, contactos personales interactivos como el correo electrónico, el chat, el comercio electrónico, la diversión, los grupos de discusión y las redes sociales.Sin embargo, al lado de las infinitas posibilidades benéficas que la red de redes ofrece, coexisten algunos usos abusivos, inseguros, peligrosos o incluso delictivos que nos plantean nuevos retos a los juristas, acerca de los cuales es posible …
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2007, Section 2
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2007, Section 2
Virginia Bar Exam Archive
No abstract provided.
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2007, Section 1
Virginia Bar Exam, July 2007, Section 1
Virginia Bar Exam Archive
No abstract provided.
Law Students Who Learn Differently: A Narrative Case Study Of Three Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add), Leah M. Christensen
Law Students Who Learn Differently: A Narrative Case Study Of Three Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add), Leah M. Christensen
Leah M Christensen
Abstract: More law students than ever before begin law school having been diagnosed with a learning disability. As legal educators, do we have an obligation to expand our teaching methodologies beyond the typical law student? What teaching methodologies work most effectively for law students with learning disabilities? The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of law students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) about their law school experience. The case study yielded four themes relating to the social, learning and achievement domains of the students. First, law students with ADD experienced feelings of isolation in law school; second, …
Navigating The Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study Of Those With All The Power--Student Editors, Leah M. Christensen, Julie A. Oseid
Navigating The Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study Of Those With All The Power--Student Editors, Leah M. Christensen, Julie A. Oseid
Leah M Christensen
Abstract: Anyone who enters the legal academy knows the pressure for new law professors to publish or perish. The use of student editors as the “gatekeepers” of legal scholarship is a distinctive feature of the legal academy. Yet, even with student editors holding the keys to academic success, few empirical studies have explored what factors student editors consider most important when making article selection decisions. The study reported in this Article attempts to shed light on this process and provide suggestions for new law professors as they navigate the law review article submission process. The present study examines how law …
Liberal Bias In The Legal Academy: Overstated And Undervalued, Michael Vitiello
Liberal Bias In The Legal Academy: Overstated And Undervalued, Michael Vitiello
Michael Vitiello
Abstract of Liberal Bias in the Legal Academy: Overstated and Undervalued According to the right, universities are hotbeds of radicalism. Critics of universities like David Horowitz have tried to push their agenda through legislation. Until recently, law schools drew little attention. That changed with the publication of a study that appeared in the Georgetown Law Journal; the right now cites the study as evidence that law schools too lean too far to the left. This article examines the debate. First, it examines the Georgetown study and concludes that the study overstates the extent to which law faculties are dominated by …
Community Lawyering In The Juvenile Cellblock: Creative Uses Of Legal Problem Solving To Reconcile Competing Narratives On Prosecutorial Abuse, Juvenile Criminality, And Public Safety, David Dominguez
David Dominguez
Community Lawyering in the Juvenile Cellblock: Creative Uses of Legal Problem Solving to Reconcile Competing Narratives on Prosecutorial Abuse, Juvenile Criminality, and Public Safety challenges systemic deficiencies in juvenile detention practices from the perspective of Community Lawyering. Community Lawyering in these circumstances achieves two goals. First, it offers legal assistance to the incarcerated child in order to vindicate legal interests protected by the United States Constitution and state statute. Secondly, through creative use of law students’ problem solving skills, Community Lawyering works with others in the community to realize the vision of a collaborative system of juvenile justice, one that …
Integrating The Complexity Of Mental Disability Into The Criminal Law Course, Linda C. Fentiman
Integrating The Complexity Of Mental Disability Into The Criminal Law Course, Linda C. Fentiman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Moot Court In Global Language Of Trade, Mark R. Shulman
Moot Court In Global Language Of Trade, Mark R. Shulman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Yet Another Gender Study? A Critique Of The Harvard Study And A Proposal For Change, Morrison Torrey
Yet Another Gender Study? A Critique Of The Harvard Study And A Proposal For Change, Morrison Torrey
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Opportunity Lost: How Law School Disappoints Law Students, The Public, And The Legal Profession, Jason M. Dolin
Opportunity Lost: How Law School Disappoints Law Students, The Public, And The Legal Profession, Jason M. Dolin
Jason M. Dolin
The paper discusses how current law school pedagogy fails to prepare, or even attempt to prepare, students to practice law. Churning out large numbers of law students who have paid for an expensive and inefficient education, law schools continue to practice 19th century pedagogical methods. Although these methods have been discredited as ineffective, law faculties largely continue using these familiar methods. The paper discusses how all three of law schools constituences - law students, the profession, and the public - will be better served by law school adopting methods and techniques that are used in other professional education.
Teaching In Reverse: A Positive Approach To Analytical Errors In 1l Writing, Lesley S. Kagan, Susan E. Provenzano
Teaching In Reverse: A Positive Approach To Analytical Errors In 1l Writing, Lesley S. Kagan, Susan E. Provenzano
Lesley S Kagan
In this manuscript, we explore student-centered teaching methods that embrace student error as part of the learning process. Specifically, we advocate an error-as-growth philosophy, urging legal writing professors to address 1L analytical errors early in the semester, give the students a clear understanding of where they are likely to go astray and teach the students strategies for avoiding error during, rather than after, the writing process. We document the common analytical errors in our students’ writing assignments, review cognitive psychology and composition theories that might explain these errors, and design a curriculum that “teaches in reverse” – that is, moves …
What Helps Law Professors Develop As Teachers? - An Empirical Study, Sophie M. Sparrow, Gerald F. Hess
What Helps Law Professors Develop As Teachers? - An Empirical Study, Sophie M. Sparrow, Gerald F. Hess
Sophie M Sparrow
The overall goal of this article is to provide concrete suggestions for how law schools can improve teaching and enrich law student learning. In doing so, it reviews and analyzes the data collected from two national surveys about the kinds of faculty development activities that are most effective in improving law professors’ teaching. One survey was designed to quantify how many law teachers engaged in twenty-two types of teaching development activities over the previous five years and to assess the effectiveness of each of those activities. The other survey focused on the effectiveness of a national conference on teaching and …
Teaching In Reverse: A Positive Approach To Analytical Errors In1l Writing, Lesley S. Kagan, Susan E. Provenzano
Teaching In Reverse: A Positive Approach To Analytical Errors In1l Writing, Lesley S. Kagan, Susan E. Provenzano
Lesley S Kagan
In this manuscript, "Teaching in Reverse: A Positive Approach to Analytical Errors in 1L Writing," we explore student-centered teaching methods that embrace student error as part of the learning process. Specifically, we advocate an error-as-growth philosophy, urging legal writing professors to address 1L analytical errors early in the semester, give the students a clear understanding of where they are likely to go astray and teach the students strategies for avoiding error during, rather than after, the writing process. We document the common analytical errors in our students’ writing assignments, review cognitive psychology and composition theories that might explain these errors, …