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Training Lawyers, Cultivating Citizens, And Re-Enchanting The Legal Professional, David Sandomierski
Training Lawyers, Cultivating Citizens, And Re-Enchanting The Legal Professional, David Sandomierski
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Law schools ought to have a vision for how they contribute to the public good. This article identifies two views of how public value might fit into the mission of the law school. The additive view holds that pursuing public value (cultivating “citizens”) and training “lawyers” are distinct objectives. This view underlies traditional claims that the law school should be housed in the university, and also accounts for the historic tension between academic law schools and the profession.
By contrast, the integrative view holds that training lawyers and cultivating citizens are mutually reinforcing. This view inheres in the desire to …