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The Unplanned Obsolescence Of American Legal Education, Rena I. Steinzor, Alan D. Hornstein
The Unplanned Obsolescence Of American Legal Education, Rena I. Steinzor, Alan D. Hornstein
Rena I. Steinzor
No abstract provided.
Alinsky's Prescription: Democracy Alongside Law, Barbara L. Bezdek
Alinsky's Prescription: Democracy Alongside Law, Barbara L. Bezdek
Barbara L Bezdek
This Article examines the import of the life’s work of Saul Alinsky—arguably the most prominent founder of contemporary organizing—to the content and methodologies of today’s legal education. I review the community organizing theory and practice of Saul Alinsky for its synergies and lessons on two approaches by legal theorists and educators working in law schools today — “community lawyering” and “social justice”education. These approaches embrace the special responsibility of the legal profession for the quality of justice in society[1] by extending the traditional conceptions of lawyers’ relationships with clients in ways that are informed by the insights of community organizers, …
Coalescing With Salt: A Taste For Inclusion, Phoebe A. Haddon
Coalescing With Salt: A Taste For Inclusion, Phoebe A. Haddon
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
To Forge New Hammers Of Justice: Deep-Six The Doing-Teaching Dichotomy And Embrace The Dialectic Of "Doing Theory", Barbara L. Bezdek
To Forge New Hammers Of Justice: Deep-Six The Doing-Teaching Dichotomy And Embrace The Dialectic Of "Doing Theory", Barbara L. Bezdek
Barbara L Bezdek
This essay argues that the teaching-doing tightrope bemoaned among clinicians, while posing real tensions, is overdrawn. The asserted dichotomy is between the demands of teaching legal theory and of doing daily law practice for clients enmeshed in poverty. The dichotomy is misleading because the development of transformative legal theory arises repeatedly on the front lines of client work, and interdependently with the works of attentive scholars. Two bellwether cases, Goldberg v. Kelly and Javins v. First National Realty, illustrate the vital interdependence of justice-seeking scholarship and justice-serving representation of clients in challenging the reigning structure of legal rules and constraining …
Reflections On The Practice Of A Theory: Law, Teaching, And Social Change, Barbara L. Bezdek
Reflections On The Practice Of A Theory: Law, Teaching, And Social Change, Barbara L. Bezdek
Barbara L Bezdek
No abstract provided.
Clinical Programs Of The University Of Maryland School Of Law, Barbara L. Bezdek
Clinical Programs Of The University Of Maryland School Of Law, Barbara L. Bezdek
Barbara L Bezdek
The University of Maryland provides 'clinical education' in two distinct ways, through its Clinical Law Office, and through its Legal Theory and Practice courses. For many years the Law School has operated The Clinical Law Office, one of the largest and longest-lived 'in-house' clinics in any law school in the United States. Students may elect to enroll in this course in the upper years of the law degree program. It is a year-long, intensive practice experience, under faculty supervision. Quite recently, the Law Faculty began the Legal Theory and Practice courses, which combine the study of doctrine and legal theory …
The Cuny Law Program: Integration Of Doctrine, Practice & Theory In The Preparation Of Lawyers, Barbara L. Bezdek
The Cuny Law Program: Integration Of Doctrine, Practice & Theory In The Preparation Of Lawyers, Barbara L. Bezdek
Barbara L Bezdek
The CUNY Law Program differs markedly from every other law school in the United States. Founded in 1983, at a great, diverse, public university sprawling across New York City, its curriculum emerged from the Law School's mandate to rethink the traditional law school curriculum and develop approaches oriented toward public interest and public service law, with emphasis on clinical teaching methods. In this paper, the author provides a concrete description of the CUNY Program, and articulates the principles expressed by CUNY's extensive redesign of typical American legal education. Since it began in 1983, the CUNY Law Program has been the …
The Socratic Method And The Mathematical Heuristic Of George Polya, Robert J. Rhee
The Socratic Method And The Mathematical Heuristic Of George Polya, Robert J. Rhee
Robert Rhee
A number of commentators have observed the decline of the Socratic method. This is unfortunate as the Socratic method can be an effective teaching tool. But this article recognizes that the Socratic method can be monochromatic. This article argues that the Socratic method should not be conceived simply as a method to teach analytic skills. Rather, once learned, it can be a concrete analytic tool for the students to use without the help of professors. In other words, it is an end to itself rather than a means. To do this, we can adopt George Polya's heuristic for teaching mathematical …
Education For A Public Calling In The 21st Century, Phoebe A. Haddon
Education For A Public Calling In The 21st Century, Phoebe A. Haddon
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
The Mdp Controversy: What Legal Educators Should Know, Phoebe A. Haddon
The Mdp Controversy: What Legal Educators Should Know, Phoebe A. Haddon
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
Academic Freedom And Governance: A Call For Increased Dialogue And Diversity, Phoebe A. Haddon
Academic Freedom And Governance: A Call For Increased Dialogue And Diversity, Phoebe A. Haddon
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
Misuse And Abuse Of The Lsat: Making The Case For Alternative Evaluative Efforts And A Redefinition Of Merit, Phoebe A. Haddon, Deborah W. Post
Misuse And Abuse Of The Lsat: Making The Case For Alternative Evaluative Efforts And A Redefinition Of Merit, Phoebe A. Haddon, Deborah W. Post
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
Keynote Address: Redefining Our Roles In The Battle For Inclusion Of People Of Color In Legal Education, Phoebe A. Haddon
Keynote Address: Redefining Our Roles In The Battle For Inclusion Of People Of Color In Legal Education, Phoebe A. Haddon
Phoebe A. Haddon
No abstract provided.
Educating Lawyers For The Global Economy: National Challenges, Carole Silver
Educating Lawyers For The Global Economy: National Challenges, Carole Silver
Carole Silver
This essay addresses the challenge of educating law students to work in an increasingly global context. For students enrolled in United States law school, insight into the ways in which globalization matters can be drawn from the structural approaches to globalization of US-based law firms. These firms pursue their international practices by integrating lawyers educated and licensed in the firm’s home country (the US) and in the host jurisdictions in which the firm has offices. As a result, the success of the firm in its international practice depends upon the ability of its lawyers to develop strong and effective cross-national …
Negotiation As A Post-Modern Process, Kenneth H. Fox
Negotiation As A Post-Modern Process, Kenneth H. Fox
Kenneth H Fox
Conventional pedagogy treats negotiation as a strategic and instrumental process. Yet, recent developments in our field suggest that our frame for teaching negotiation is overly limited. Second generation negotiation research and teaching must recognize this limitation and expand our frame to incorporate additional paradigms for understanding people and how they interact. This article suggests a different conception for negotiation research and teaching.
Do Unto Others: Widener Law School Using Pro Bono Service As An Educational Access Outreach Strategy Within The Constraints Of Recession Policies, Sydney Howe-Barksdale
Do Unto Others: Widener Law School Using Pro Bono Service As An Educational Access Outreach Strategy Within The Constraints Of Recession Policies, Sydney Howe-Barksdale
Sydney Howe-Barksdale
No abstract provided.
El Nuevo Plan De Estudios De Licenciatura De La Escuela Libre De Derecho, Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño
El Nuevo Plan De Estudios De Licenciatura De La Escuela Libre De Derecho, Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño
Dr. Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño
No abstract provided.
The Lawyer's Mind: Why A Twenty-First Century Legal Practice Will Not Thrive Using Nineteenth Century Thinking 2010 (With Thanks To George Lakoff), Phyllis E. Bernard
The Lawyer's Mind: Why A Twenty-First Century Legal Practice Will Not Thrive Using Nineteenth Century Thinking 2010 (With Thanks To George Lakoff), Phyllis E. Bernard
Phyllis E. Bernard
No abstract provided.