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Access To Law Or Access To Lawyers? Master’S Programs In The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Edwin Burge Nov 2019

Access To Law Or Access To Lawyers? Master’S Programs In The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Edwin Burge

University of Miami Law Review

The general decline in juris doctor (“J.D.”) law school applicants and enrollment over the last decade has coincided with the rise of a new breed of law degree. Whether known as master of jurisprudence, juris master, master of legal studies, or other names, these graduate degrees all have a target audience in common: adult professionals who neither are nor seek to become practicing attorneys. Inside legal academia and among the practicing bar, these degrees have been accompanied by expressed concerns that they detract from the traditional core public mission of law schools—educating lawyers. This Article argues that non-lawyer master’s programs …


Engendering Law Faculties, Carl Tobias May 1990

Engendering Law Faculties, Carl Tobias

University of Miami Law Review

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Educating For The World View: A Primer On The Role Of U.S. Law Schools, L. Gilles Sion Dec 1982

Educating For The World View: A Primer On The Role Of U.S. Law Schools, L. Gilles Sion

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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