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Making The Move From Law Practitioner To Law Professor, Or How Not To Simplify Your Life, Susan J. Becker
Making The Move From Law Practitioner To Law Professor, Or How Not To Simplify Your Life, Susan J. Becker
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The author discusses her transition from litigation practice to teaching law. She concludes that there are three discrete yet connected components of a law professor's job which closely parallel that of a litigator: teaching, administrative service, and scholarship.
Development Of A Criminal Law Clinic: A Blended Approach, Norman Fell
Development Of A Criminal Law Clinic: A Blended Approach, Norman Fell
Cleveland State Law Review
Traditionally law schools have viewed the study of law as an academic science with the development of theoretical skills and methodology being the objective of a legal education. There are legal educators who believe that a curriculum teaching the traditional model is the school's exclusive role and that the professional skills and values associated with the practice of law are more properly acquired by the emerging lawyer in post-graduation settings. This article discusses how the traditional law school curriculum is changing. Section II lays out the historical perspective of practical legal education, and then Section II discusses how this is …
Being Out And Fitting In, Susan J. Becker
Being Out And Fitting In, Susan J. Becker
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The author discusses her experience as a law professor and a member of the gay and lesbian community.