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Student-Edited Law Reviews And Their Role In U.S. Legal Education, Daniel H. Foote Jan 2011

Student-Edited Law Reviews And Their Role In U.S. Legal Education, Daniel H. Foote

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>p>For well over a centur y student-edited law reviews have been a major vehicle for publication of scholarship on law in the United States. At those law reviews, students bear responsibility for nearly all aspects of the publication process, including the vitally important task of selecting what works will be published. Criticisms have been raised over various aspects of this system, but they have not stemmed the rise of student-edited law reviews. Today, such law reviews are firmly entrenched as a central feature of the U.S. legal system; and, facilitat­ ed by advances in technology, the number of student-edited …


Paper Tectonics, Patrick O. Gudridge Jan 2011

Paper Tectonics, Patrick O. Gudridge

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New Ways To Teach Drafting And Drafting Ethics, Karen J. Sneddon Jan 2011

New Ways To Teach Drafting And Drafting Ethics, Karen J. Sneddon

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Good morning. My name is Karen Sneddon. Today, Sue Chesler and I are going to showcase a technique to incorporate issues of ethics and professionalism into a drafting course. And that technique is Teaching Drafting Ethics Using Video Vignettes. Of course we know at this point that Carnegie’s Educating Lawyers, CLEA's Best Practices have reinvigorated examination of law school curricula, mostly especially with the inclusion of transactional based skills increasing the awareness of issues involving professionalism and ethics. As those transactional focused courses are being added to the curriculum, professors are striving for a way to infuse those issues of …