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Nevada Public Policy And Higher Education: The Roles Of The Legislature And The Board Of Regents Under The Nevada Constitution, Thomas B. Mcaffee, Justin James Mcaffee
Nevada Public Policy And Higher Education: The Roles Of The Legislature And The Board Of Regents Under The Nevada Constitution, Thomas B. Mcaffee, Justin James Mcaffee
Nevada Law Journal
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Symposium: Nevada Law At 150, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Symposium: Nevada Law At 150, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Nevada Law Journal
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Civil Rulemaking In Nevada: Contemplating A New Advisory Committee, Thomas O. Main
Civil Rulemaking In Nevada: Contemplating A New Advisory Committee, Thomas O. Main
Nevada Law Journal
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Making Liquor Immunity Worse: Nevada's Undue Protection Of Commercial Hosts Evicting Vulnerable And Dangerous Patrons, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Making Liquor Immunity Worse: Nevada's Undue Protection Of Commercial Hosts Evicting Vulnerable And Dangerous Patrons, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Nevada Law Journal
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The Trouble With Categories: What Theory Can Teach Us About The Doctrine-Skills Divide, Linda H. Edwards
The Trouble With Categories: What Theory Can Teach Us About The Doctrine-Skills Divide, Linda H. Edwards
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We might not need another article decrying the doctrine/skills dichotomy. That conversation seems increasingly old and tired. But like it or not, in conversations about the urgent need to reform legal education, the dichotomy’s entailments confront us at every turn. Is there something more to be said? Perhaps surprisingly, yes. We teach our students to examine language carefully, to question received categories, and to understand legal questions in light of their history and theory. Yet when we talk about the doctrine/skills divide, we seem to forget our own instruction.
This article does not exactly take sides in the typical skills …