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The Status Of Curricular Change During The Industry's Great Recession: Radical, Or The New Norm?, Patrick Meyer Jan 2015

The Status Of Curricular Change During The Industry's Great Recession: Radical, Or The New Norm?, Patrick Meyer

Patrick Meyer

After Best Practices and The Carnegie Report were published in 2007, schools found renewed conviction to incorporate practice-readiness skills into the law school curriculum. The authors of Best Practices noted that over the years a large portion of the legal community felt that most law school graduates lacked the basic skills to practice. Both Best Practices and Carnegie call for reducing the dependence on Socratic dialogue and the case method while infusing knowledge, skills, and values into doctrinal courses. Although this change will not be easy to accomplish, we can draw inspiration from some law schools that have successfully modified …


Law Firm Legal Research Requirements And The Legal Academy Beyond Carnegie, Patrick Meyer Jan 2014

Law Firm Legal Research Requirements And The Legal Academy Beyond Carnegie, Patrick Meyer

Patrick Meyer

What types of research resources must new hires know how to use, and in which format(s)? To answer this question, this article starts by identifying the historical research deficiencies of new attorneys. The author goes on to summarize four recent and regarded law firm practice skills studies, as well as results of the author's 2010 law firm survey. This article concludes by identifying a three part plan to improve the lacking research skills of new attorneys.