Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

The University of San Francisco

Legal education

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

Towards Engaged Scholarship, Tim Iglesias Jan 2013

Towards Engaged Scholarship, Tim Iglesias

Tim Iglesias

In response to widespread criticism of legal education and profound changes in the legal services market, law teaching is evolving toward embracing skills, values, and professionalism in legal practice. Should legal scholarship also become more engaged in the practice of law? This article contains the reflections on this question of sixteen law professors who gathered for a one day symposium. After a brief introduction, Part II of the article synthesizes the critical issues presented by the question. Part III contains the reflections of the symposium participants. Part IV concludes with several themes participants recommend for their colleagues’ consideration as they …


Rhetoric Of Academe, Curtis E. A. Karnow Jan 2006

Rhetoric Of Academe, Curtis E. A. Karnow

University of San Francisco Law Review

This piece explores the ways in which legal education moved from clerkships in law offices to receiving law degrees from academic institutions. As such, this piece also tracks the formation of legal precedent over time, which too, has shifted from rigid reliance on case law, to more reliance on academic rhetoric propounded by legal scholars.