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John Osborn's Enduring Words On Law & Learning, Walter Effross
John Osborn's Enduring Words On Law & Learning, Walter Effross
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When I started my first year at Harvard Law School, 17 years after Osborn did, I wasn’t looking for enlightenment. But I expected to be — and was — intimidated by Socratic taskmasters who, like the movie version of Osborn’s Professor Kingsfield (a role for which John Houseman won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 1973), were ready with “always another question, another question to follow your answer.”
Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer
Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer
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Calls for eliminating bar exams to improve fairness and diversity in the legal profession are increasing, but A. Benjamin Spencer, dean of William & Mary Law School, argues that eliminating them is not the answer. They should be transformed into a more effective gauge of professional readiness, which, he contends, can be achieved if more states adopt the Uniform Bar Exam.
Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer
Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer
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Law schools and law firms must partner to ensure that a pipeline of underrepresented students apply to law school and receive the professional development support they need to remain and advance at firms, William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer says. Those who make, interpret, and apply the law must reflect the full range of human experiences, thought, and insight into the human condition, he says.
The Clerkship-Academia Continuum, Merritt E. Mcalister, Katherine Mims Crocker
The Clerkship-Academia Continuum, Merritt E. Mcalister, Katherine Mims Crocker
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In the spring 2021 edition of Judicature (Vol. 105 No. 1), Florida International University Law Professor Howard Wasserman published data analyzing the number of current law professors who have served in clerkships and for which judges those professors clerked. His study offered a compelling picture of “academic feeder judges,” or those on the bench whose clerks tended to matriculate professionally in large numbers within the halls of the academy.
We asked two law professors, Merritt McAlister at the University of Florida, and Katherine Mims Crocker of William & Mary Law School, to reflect on Wasserman’s findings and to offer a …
The Limits Of Prosecutorial Power, Jeffrey Bellin
Some Thoughts On Technology And The Practice Of Law, Fredric I. Lederer
Some Thoughts On Technology And The Practice Of Law, Fredric I. Lederer
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Section On The Education Of Lawyers Remains Committed To Improving Legal Training, A. Benjamin Spencer
Section On The Education Of Lawyers Remains Committed To Improving Legal Training, A. Benjamin Spencer
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Assessing Substance Abuse And Mental Health Among Lawyers, Susan Grover, Mark R. Voss
Assessing Substance Abuse And Mental Health Among Lawyers, Susan Grover, Mark R. Voss
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Assessment Of Clinical Skills In Medicine And Law, Jayne W. Barnard
Assessment Of Clinical Skills In Medicine And Law, Jayne W. Barnard
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Lawyer Professionalism, Timothy J. Sullivan
The Legal Profession: A Look Into The Future, William B. Spong Jr.
The Legal Profession: A Look Into The Future, William B. Spong Jr.
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