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Clark Kerr And Me: The Future Of The Public Law School, Rachel F. Moran
Clark Kerr And Me: The Future Of The Public Law School, Rachel F. Moran
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Clark Kerr has long enjoyed an iconic status among leaders in public higher education. The former president of the University of California left a lasting impression on the academic world with his Godkin Lectures on the future of colleges and universities delivered at Harvard in 1963. He spoke at a moment when public higher education, and indeed higher education more generally, had been enjoying a renaissance of energy and vision. After World War II, veterans returned and reinvigorated the student body with the support of the GI Bill, and state legislatures generously funded public institutions to keep tuition low so …
When Intercultural Competency Comes To Class: Navigating Difference In The Modern American Law School, Rachel F. Moran
When Intercultural Competency Comes To Class: Navigating Difference In The Modern American Law School, Rachel F. Moran
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There has been increased interest in intercultural competency training at American law schools. Implementing that training can be complicated by disagreements about the meaning of culture and the purpose of promoting intercultural competency. In professional schools, awareness of different cultures can be a way of fulfilling moral obligations as a global citizen or honing skills in a global economy. Even when a law school determines what it means by culture and why it wants to promote the training, there are different methods of inculcating intercultural competency. Clinical instructors already incorporate these concerns into their teaching and can provide useful insights …