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University of Tennessee College of Law

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2019

Legal education

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A Proposal For The Adoption Of Research-Based Interventions By Instructors For Law School Research Classes In American Law Schools, Nathan A. Preuss Jul 2019

A Proposal For The Adoption Of Research-Based Interventions By Instructors For Law School Research Classes In American Law Schools, Nathan A. Preuss

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This paper identifies educational motivation issues in the law student population; particularly in required legal research courses. The author summarizes two relevant psychological theories widely applied in educational contexts: expectancy-value theory and attributional theory. Intervention methods to reduce or eliminate these motivational problems are suggested.


Where Do We Go From Here?, George Kuney, Joan Macleod Heminway, Howard E. Katz Jan 2019

Where Do We Go From Here?, George Kuney, Joan Macleod Heminway, Howard E. Katz

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No abstract provided.


Critical Theory And Clinical Stance, Wendy A. Bach Jan 2019

Critical Theory And Clinical Stance, Wendy A. Bach

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Clinicians, unlike their peers in the legal academy, are embedded in their clients’ experiences of the legal system. Because of their location in the academy, “they have the potential to transform the study of law into the study of a culture that deploys law for various purposes,” in the words of Phyllis Goldfarb. In this short essay, we highlight a thread of clinical scholarship which we identify as growing from clinicians’ unique and embedded stance. We seek to convince, using a few examples of clinical scholarship, that our collective critical stance has yielded, over the last several decades, a growing …


Law Student Motivation, Satisfaction, And Well-Being: The Value Of A Leadership And Professional Development Curriculum, Douglas A. Blaze Jan 2019

Law Student Motivation, Satisfaction, And Well-Being: The Value Of A Leadership And Professional Development Curriculum, Douglas A. Blaze

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