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Understanding The Socratic Method In Law School Teaching After The Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers: Preparation For The Legal Profession, Joseph A. Dickinson
Understanding The Socratic Method In Law School Teaching After The Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers: Preparation For The Legal Profession, Joseph A. Dickinson
Joseph A Dickinson
For many committed law school teachers, the traditional Socratic pedagogy they practice is the irreducible core of legal education. For others its continued practice is a scandal and,more damning, an impediment to learning the practice of law. The Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers: chose not to take a position in this debate, while framing it, thus leaving its call for reform ungrounded.