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Leading Law Schools: Relationships, Influence, And Negotiation, Michael T. Colatrella Jr. Jan 2022

Leading Law Schools: Relationships, Influence, And Negotiation, Michael T. Colatrella Jr.

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What I Learned About Teaching Law By Being An Art Student, Michael T. Colatrella Jan 2021

What I Learned About Teaching Law By Being An Art Student, Michael T. Colatrella

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When was the last time you learned a skill? I’m not referring to the time your twelve-year-old daughter taught you how to use the latest social media platform. I mean when was the last time you learned to do something that takes months or years of concerted effort to reach a level of competence? A few years ago, I did just that. I learned to draw and paint. My goal was not to be a professional artist. My goal was to become competent in drawing and painting for pleasure. As with many of us, drawing and painting were parts of …


Narrative Arcs And Simulations, Michael P. Malloy Jan 2017

Narrative Arcs And Simulations, Michael P. Malloy

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The False Dichotomy Between Theory And Skills Training: Why Good Lawyers Need To Pay Attention To Theory, Michael Vitiello Jan 2017

The False Dichotomy Between Theory And Skills Training: Why Good Lawyers Need To Pay Attention To Theory, Michael Vitiello

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Intercultural Legal Sensibility As Transformation, Raquel Aldana Jan 2016

Intercultural Legal Sensibility As Transformation, Raquel Aldana

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In recent years the transformation of legal practice through globalization and shifting demographics in the United States have made the inherent cross-cultural nature of lawyering more apparent. As a result, law schools are being more intentional about the teaching of intercultural legal sensibility as part of the law school curriculum. This increased interest by U.S. law schools to train lawyers in intercultural legal sensibility calls for careful engagement by legal educators to define what intercultural legal sensibility should mean, to develop methodologies in response to the desired outcomes, and to measure their effectiveness. This article offers a reflection on what …


Changing Gears To Meet The 'New Normal' In Legal Education, Courtney G. Lee Jan 2015

Changing Gears To Meet The 'New Normal' In Legal Education, Courtney G. Lee

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The course of legal education is changing. Many law schools are downsizing, accepting classes with lower entering credentials, and encountering a new demographic of law student. A product of standardized federal education policies like the No Child Left Be-hind Act and the Common Core State Standards Initiative, this student has fewer or less refined critical thinking skills than most first-year law professors have come to expect. Part I of this Article explores the landscape of this “new normal” in legal education, examining the effects of new law school admissions policies, changes in K-12 and undergraduate education, and the link be-tween …


Teaching The Power Of Empathy In Domestic And Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker Jan 2014

Teaching The Power Of Empathy In Domestic And Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker

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Introduction, Symposium: The State And Future Of Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2013

Introduction, Symposium: The State And Future Of Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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Report Regarding The 2011 Pacific Mcgeorge Workshop On Promoting Intercultural Legal Competence (The “Tahoe Ii” Conference), Franklin A. Gevurtz Jan 2013

Report Regarding The 2011 Pacific Mcgeorge Workshop On Promoting Intercultural Legal Competence (The “Tahoe Ii” Conference), Franklin A. Gevurtz

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A “Lawyer For All Seasons”: The Lawyer As Conflict Manager, Michael T. Colatrella Jr. Jan 2012

A “Lawyer For All Seasons”: The Lawyer As Conflict Manager, Michael T. Colatrella Jr.

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This interdisciplinary Article explores why interpersonal conflict management principles and skills are essential to good lawyering and, thus, why law schools should teach these principles and skills to all their students. In demonstrating the immense practical value an understanding of interpersonal conflict management principles and skills have in the practice of law, this Article examines case studies involving organizations that have dramatically reduced legal costs, among other benefits, by abandoning a solely legalistic approach to conflict and embracing conflict management principles. The lessons learned from these studies and the interpersonal conflict management principles that underlie them support the idea that …


Teaching In A Transformative Era: Selected Essays From The Society Of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference , Raquel Aldana, Hazel Weiser Jan 2011

Teaching In A Transformative Era: Selected Essays From The Society Of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference , Raquel Aldana, Hazel Weiser

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Using Comparative And Transitional Corporate Law To Teach Corporate Social Responsibility , Franklin A. Gevurtz Jan 2011

Using Comparative And Transitional Corporate Law To Teach Corporate Social Responsibility , Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Transforming Students, Transforming Self: The Power Of Teaching Social Justice Struggles In Context, Raquel Aldana Jan 2011

Transforming Students, Transforming Self: The Power Of Teaching Social Justice Struggles In Context, Raquel Aldana

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Promoting Social Justice Values And Reflective Legal Practice In Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg Jan 2011

Promoting Social Justice Values And Reflective Legal Practice In Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg

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Vico, Llewellyn And The Task Of Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2011

Vico, Llewellyn And The Task Of Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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Improving Legal Education By Improving Casebooks: Fourteen Things Casebooks Can Do To Produce Better And More Learning, Michael Hunter Schwartz Jan 2011

Improving Legal Education By Improving Casebooks: Fourteen Things Casebooks Can Do To Produce Better And More Learning, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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Integrated Legal Education, Brian K. Landsberg Jan 2010

Integrated Legal Education, Brian K. Landsberg

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Methods Of Experimental Education: Context, Transferability And Resources, Julie A. Davies Jan 2009

Methods Of Experimental Education: Context, Transferability And Resources, Julie A. Davies

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Symposium--Experiential Education In China: Curricular Reform, The Role Of The Lawyer And The Rule Of Law: Introduction, Brian K. Landsberg Jan 2009

Symposium--Experiential Education In China: Curricular Reform, The Role Of The Lawyer And The Rule Of Law: Introduction, Brian K. Landsberg

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Strategies To Increase The Availability Of Skills Education In China, Brian K. Landsberg Jan 2009

Strategies To Increase The Availability Of Skills Education In China, Brian K. Landsberg

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Vico And Imagination: An Ingenious Approach To Educating Lawyers With Semiotic Sensibility, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2009

Vico And Imagination: An Ingenious Approach To Educating Lawyers With Semiotic Sensibility, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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Law is a specialized semiotic realm, but lawyers generally are ignorant of this fact. Lawyers may manage meaning, but they also are managed by meaning. Seemingly trapped by the weight of pre-existing signs, their attempts to manage these meanings generally are limited to technical interventions and instrumentalist strategies. Signs have power over lawyers because they are embedded in narratives, a semiotic economy that confronts the lawyer as ‘‘given’’ even though it is dynamic and constantly under construction. Most lawyers do not make meaning through legal narratives; rather, they parrot bits of the controlling narratives in response to certain problems. Because …


Vico's "Ingenious Method" And Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2008

Vico's "Ingenious Method" And Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz Jan 2008

Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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Perelman In Legal Education: Recalling The Rhetorical Tradition Of Isocrates And Vico, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2008

Perelman In Legal Education: Recalling The Rhetorical Tradition Of Isocrates And Vico, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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This paper was presented on October 14, 2008 as part of a panel addressing "The Influence of Perelman in Legal Philosophy" at a conference hosted by the Perelman Center for the Philosophy of Law, Free University of Brussels.

I argue that Perelman's philosophy is connected with legal practice, but that he never made the connections between his philosophy and legal education explicit. I refer to the work of Isocrates and Vico, and conclude that Perelman's philosophy can teach us much about contemporary legal education as we strive to address the questions raised by the Carnegie Report.


An Assessment Of The Law School Climate For Glbt Students, Kelly Strader, Brietta R. Clark, Robin Ingli, M. Elizabeth Kransberger, Lawrence C. Levine, William Perez Jan 2008

An Assessment Of The Law School Climate For Glbt Students, Kelly Strader, Brietta R. Clark, Robin Ingli, M. Elizabeth Kransberger, Lawrence C. Levine, William Perez

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Nationwide empirical research has assessed the law school climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students. The research shows that the climate for GBLT students at most law schools in the United States, particularly those in urban areas, has improved. The research also shows, however, that this group still encounters substantial discrimination on law school campuses and in law school class¬rooms. This discrimination may result from overt acts, thoughtlessness, and/or neglect on the part of various actors in law school communities. Whatever the cause, the result is that many GLBT students feel disenfranchised from their broader law school communities. …


Liberal Bias In The Legal Academy: Overstated And Undervalued, Michael Vitiello Jan 2007

Liberal Bias In The Legal Academy: Overstated And Undervalued, Michael Vitiello

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Report Regarding The Pacific Mcgeorge Workshop On Globalizing The Law School Curriculum, Franklin A. Gevurtz, Linda Carter, Julie A. Davies, Brian K. Landsberg, Thomas O. Main, Michael P. Malloy, John G. Sprankling Jan 2006

Report Regarding The Pacific Mcgeorge Workshop On Globalizing The Law School Curriculum, Franklin A. Gevurtz, Linda Carter, Julie A. Davies, Brian K. Landsberg, Thomas O. Main, Michael P. Malloy, John G. Sprankling

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Incorporating Transnational Materials Into Traditional Courses, Franklin A. Gevurtz Jan 2006

Incorporating Transnational Materials Into Traditional Courses, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Teaching Effective Oral Argument Skills: Forget About The Drama Coach, Michael Vitiello Jan 2006

Teaching Effective Oral Argument Skills: Forget About The Drama Coach, Michael Vitiello

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Learning “The True, The Good And The Beautiful” In Law School: Educating The Twenty-First Century Litigator, Michael T. Colatrella Jr. Jan 2004

Learning “The True, The Good And The Beautiful” In Law School: Educating The Twenty-First Century Litigator, Michael T. Colatrella Jr.

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The author uses the ancient Greek ideal of learning “the true, the good and the beautiful” to form a basis from which legal education can produce lawyers who will be more valuable to their clients and more fulfilled in their twenty-first century careers. To begin, the Article advocates that law schools can foster the Greek ideal of learning “the true” by increasing its focus on “collaborative advocacy” in the core curriculum instead of relying so heavily on “adversarial advocacy” that dominates the required curricula at most law schools. To pursue learning outcomes that are better aligned with the skills needed …