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Blogs And The Legal Academy, Orin S. Kerr

Orin Kerr

This paper's focus is on today’s technology and ask whether blogs as we know them today are conducive to advancing scholarship. This paper's conclusion is that relative to other forms of communication, blogs do not provide a particularly good platform for advancing serious legal scholarship. The blog format focuses reader attention on recent thoughts rather than deep ones. The tyranny of reverse chronological order limits the scholarly usefulness of blogs by leading the reader to the latest instead of the best.

This doesn’t mean that blogs can’t advance scholarship. The impact of any blog depends on what its author decides …

Langdell's Legacy: Living With The Case Method, Russell L. Weaver

Russell L. Weaver

No abstract provided.

An Empirical Study Of Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Top Law Schools, Tracey E. George

Tracey George

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

Skills Training In "Legal Analysis": A Systematic Approach, Paul T. Wangerin

Paul Wangerin

No abstract provided.

Enduring Hierarchies In American Legal Education, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Andrew P. Morriss, William D. Henderson

Andrew P. Morriss

Although much attention has been paid to U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of U.S. law schools, the hierarchy it describes is a long-standing one rather than a recent innovation. In this Article, we show the presence of a consistent hierarchy of U.S. law schools from the 1930s to the present, provide a categorization of law schools for use in research on trends in legal education, and examine the impact of U.S. News’s introduction of a national, ordinal ranking on this established hierarchy. The Article examines the impact of such hierarchies for a range of decision making in law school …

Enduring Hierarchies In American Legal Education, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Andrew P. Morriss, William D. Henderson

Andrew P. Morriss

Although much attention has been paid to U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of U.S. law schools, the hierarchy it describes is a long-standing one rather than a recent innovation. In this Article, we show the presence of a consistent hierarchy of U.S. law schools from the 1930s to the present, provide a categorization of law schools for use in research on trends in legal education, and examine the impact of U.S. News’s introduction of a national, ordinal ranking on this established hierarchy. The Article examines the impact of such hierarchies for a range of decision making in law school …

Enduring Hierarchies In American Legal Education, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Andrew P. Morriss, William D. Henderson

Indiana Law Journal

Although much attention has been paid to U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of U.S. law schools, the hierarchy it describes is a long-standing one rather than a recent innovation. In this Article, we show the presence of a consistent hierarchy of U.S. law schools from the 1930s to the present, provide a categorization of law schools for use in research on trends in legal education, and examine the impact of U.S. News’s introduction of a national, ordinal ranking on this established hierarchy. The Article examines the impact of such hierarchies for a range of decision making in law school …

Innovation In Teaching Llcs: Introduction, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

No abstract provided.

Teaching Llcs Through A Problem-Based Approach, Michelle M. Harner, Robert J. Rhee

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Innovation In Teaching Llcs: Introduction, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Teaching Llcs By Design, Anne M. Tucker

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

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 …

Scholarly Profit Margins: Reflections On The Web, Lawrence A. Cunningham

Indiana Law Journal

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

Ranking Law Schools: Using Ssrn To Measure Scholarly Performance, Bernard S. Black, Paul L. Caron

Indiana Law Journal

There are several methods for ranking the scholarly performance of law faculties, including reputation surveys (U.S. News, Leiter); publication counts (Lindgren and Seltzer, Leiter); and citation counts (Eisenberg and Wells, Leiter). Each offers a useful but partial picture offaculty performance. We explore here whether the new "beta" SSRN-based measures (number of downloads and number ofposted papers) can offer a different, also useful, albeit also partial, picture. Our modest claim is that SSRNbased measures can address some of the deficiencies in these other measures and thus play a valuable role in the rankings tapestry. For example, SSRN offers real-time data covering …

An Empirical Study Of Empirical Legal Scholarship: The Top Law Schools, Tracey E. George

Indiana Law Journal

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

Interpersonal Dynamics: Helping Lawyers Learn The Skills, And The Importance, Of Human Relationships In The Practice Of Law, Joshua D. Rosenberg

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Symbiotic Legal Theory And Legal Practice: Advocating A Common Sense Jurisprudence Of Law And Practical Applications, Jean R. Sternlight

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reflections On Labor Law Scholarship And Its Discontents: The Reveries Of Monsieur Verog, Matthew W. Finkin

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Teaching Evidence: Storytelling In The Classroom, Beryl Blaustone

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Langdell's Legacy: Living With The Case Method, Russell L. Weaver

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

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

Skills Training In "Legal Analysis": A Systematic Approach, Paul T. Wangerin

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.

Of Moots, Legal Process, And Learning To Learn The Law, John T. Gaubatz

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.