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Mandatory Prelicensure Legal Internship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again, Stephen R. Alton Oct 1992

Mandatory Prelicensure Legal Internship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again, Stephen R. Alton

Faculty Scholarship

This Article explores the wisdom of imposing an internship requirement on aspiring lawyers as a prerequisite for licensure. It is my position that such a requirement can be beneficial to the new attorney, to the profession, and to the public and should thus be mandated for all those who seek admission to the practice of law. This Article begins by briefly examining the history in the United States of law-office, apprenticeship as a means of legal education. I then proceed to an examination of modern internship requirements in England and Canada. There follows a discussion of some of the more …


The Faces Of Law In Theory And Practice: Doctrine, Rhetoric, And Social Context, Richard C. Boldt, Marc Feldman Jan 1992

The Faces Of Law In Theory And Practice: Doctrine, Rhetoric, And Social Context, Richard C. Boldt, Marc Feldman

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No abstract provided.


Teaching Laws With Flaws: Adopting A Pluralistic Approach To Torts, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 1992

Teaching Laws With Flaws: Adopting A Pluralistic Approach To Torts, Taunya Lovell Banks

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Keeping The Practice In Clinical Education And Scholarship, Richard A. Boswell Jan 1992

Keeping The Practice In Clinical Education And Scholarship, Richard A. Boswell

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Teaching Appellate Advocacy In An Appellate Clinical Law Program, J Thomas Sullivan Jan 1992

Teaching Appellate Advocacy In An Appellate Clinical Law Program, J Thomas Sullivan

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Addressing Recidivism: Legal Education In Correctional Settings, Justin P. Brooks Jan 1992

Addressing Recidivism: Legal Education In Correctional Settings, Justin P. Brooks

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Skills For Diversity: Description, Evaluation And Recommendations, Eric S. Janus Jan 1992

Skills For Diversity: Description, Evaluation And Recommendations, Eric S. Janus

Faculty Scholarship

In May 1991, the William Mitchell College of Law Faculty voted to offer to all first year students the following fall a program to assist students "in learning how to work effectively with diverse others in professional situations." The faculty directed that the program be supervised by a member of the full time faculty, and that reaction to the program be evaluated by the Curriculum Committee. During the Summer 1991, the dean appointed me to supervise the program, and I asked Assistant Dean Joan Bibelhausen to assist me. The two of us worked closely with an informal group called the …