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Here Are Ways Professional Education Leaders Can Prepare Students For The Rise Of Ai, A. Benjamin Spencer Jul 2023

Here Are Ways Professional Education Leaders Can Prepare Students For The Rise Of Ai, A. Benjamin Spencer

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John Osborn's Enduring Words On Law & Learning, Walter Effross Mar 2023

John Osborn's Enduring Words On Law & Learning, Walter Effross

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When I started my first year at Harvard Law School, 17 years after Osborn did, I wasn’t looking for enlightenment. But I expected to be — and was — intimidated by Socratic taskmasters who, like the movie version of Osborn’s Professor Kingsfield (a role for which John Houseman won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 1973), were ready with “always another question, another question to follow your answer.”


"Civil Procedure Is What It's All About": Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer Reflects On Career, Molly Parks, A. Benjamin Spencer Feb 2023

"Civil Procedure Is What It's All About": Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer Reflects On Career, Molly Parks, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Making The Path To A Law Degree More Accessible For Everyone, A. Benjamin Spencer Oct 2022

Making The Path To A Law Degree More Accessible For Everyone, A. Benjamin Spencer

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US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recently asked if a law degree should require seven years of college and mountains of debt. William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer answers that question and provides solutions for knocking down the barriers to a legal education.


Higher Ed Has Faults -- But Don't Ignore Its Utility, A. Benjamin Spencer Sep 2022

Higher Ed Has Faults -- But Don't Ignore Its Utility, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Law Schools Must Do More To Retain First-Generation Students, A. Benjamin Spencer, Charleigh Kondas Feb 2022

Law Schools Must Do More To Retain First-Generation Students, A. Benjamin Spencer, Charleigh Kondas

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Law schools must do more to encourage, mentor, and engage first-generation law students to not only improve graduation rates, but also to improve law firm diversity, say William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer and second-year law student Charleigh Kondas. They explain the work of the school’s First Generation Student Alliance, created as a place where students can freely discuss any struggles and questions.


Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer Aug 2021

Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Calls for eliminating bar exams to improve fairness and diversity in the legal profession are increasing, but A. Benjamin Spencer, dean of William & Mary Law School, argues that eliminating them is not the answer. They should be transformed into a more effective gauge of professional readiness, which, he contends, can be achieved if more states adopt the Uniform Bar Exam.


Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer Jul 2021

Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Law schools and law firms must partner to ensure that a pipeline of underrepresented students apply to law school and receive the professional development support they need to remain and advance at firms, William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer says. Those who make, interpret, and apply the law must reflect the full range of human experiences, thought, and insight into the human condition, he says.


The Clerkship-Academia Continuum, Merritt E. Mcalister, Katherine Mims Crocker Jul 2021

The Clerkship-Academia Continuum, Merritt E. Mcalister, Katherine Mims Crocker

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In the spring 2021 edition of Judicature (Vol. 105 No. 1), Florida International University Law Professor Howard Wasserman published data analyzing the number of current law professors who have served in clerkships and for which judges those professors clerked. His study offered a compelling picture of “academic feeder judges,” or those on the bench whose clerks tended to matriculate professionally in large numbers within the halls of the academy.

We asked two law professors, Merritt McAlister at the University of Florida, and Katherine Mims Crocker of William & Mary Law School, to reflect on Wasserman’s findings and to offer a …


Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan Apr 2021

Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan

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Together And Apart In An Online Classroom, Laura A. Heymann Dec 2020

Together And Apart In An Online Classroom, Laura A. Heymann

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Bending (And Breaking) The Cost Curve Of Legal Education, Peter B. Rutledge Jan 2020

Bending (And Breaking) The Cost Curve Of Legal Education, Peter B. Rutledge

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Law school graduates will accumulate an average of over $140,000 in debt for their undergraduate and law school studies, and some law schools have reported costs exceeding $100,000 annually. Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, dean of the University of Georgia School of Law, examines the ever-escalating costs and explains his school’s three-part strategy for dealing with it.


Reflecting On The Past, Preparing For The Future: A Q&A With Aals President Paul Marcus, Jim Greif, Paul Marcus Oct 2017

Reflecting On The Past, Preparing For The Future: A Q&A With Aals President Paul Marcus, Jim Greif, Paul Marcus

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John Marshall, The Great Chief Justice, William & Mary Law School Aug 2017

John Marshall, The Great Chief Justice, William & Mary Law School

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John Marshall, the nation's fourth chief justice, was among the first to study law at W&M.


Borrowing From Bob Dylan, "The Times They Are A-Changin' ", Paul Marcus Jul 2017

Borrowing From Bob Dylan, "The Times They Are A-Changin' ", Paul Marcus

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Law Schools And The Public Good, Judith Areen, Paul Marcus Apr 2017

Law Schools And The Public Good, Judith Areen, Paul Marcus

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Access To Justice: Our Faculty Colleagues And Students Stepping Up In A Big Way, Paul Marcus Apr 2017

Access To Justice: Our Faculty Colleagues And Students Stepping Up In A Big Way, Paul Marcus

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Presidential Address: "Access To Justice" At The Second Meeting Of The Aals House Of Representatives, 2017 Annual Meeting, Paul Marcus Jan 2017

Presidential Address: "Access To Justice" At The Second Meeting Of The Aals House Of Representatives, 2017 Annual Meeting, Paul Marcus

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The Aba Got It Right: Veterans Need Our Help, Patricia E. Roberts Apr 2015

The Aba Got It Right: Veterans Need Our Help, Patricia E. Roberts

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Law School Forum: William And Mary Law School, Davison M. Douglas Dec 2012

Law School Forum: William And Mary Law School, Davison M. Douglas

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Section On The Education Of Lawyers Remains Committed To Improving Legal Training, A. Benjamin Spencer Oct 2012

Section On The Education Of Lawyers Remains Committed To Improving Legal Training, A. Benjamin Spencer

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The Usefulness Of . . . Evidence, Jeffrey Bellin Sep 2011

The Usefulness Of . . . Evidence, Jeffrey Bellin

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Scamlaw And The Macroeconomy, Alan J. Meese Sep 2011

Scamlaw And The Macroeconomy, Alan J. Meese

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Creac Scramble: An Active Self-Assessment Exercise, Meredith Aden Oct 2010

Creac Scramble: An Active Self-Assessment Exercise, Meredith Aden

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Teaching Evaluations By Faculty Colleagues, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl Feb 2010

Teaching Evaluations By Faculty Colleagues, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl

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Jefferson's Vision Fulfilled: The Nation's Oldest Law School Celebrates 230 Years Of Educating Citizen Lawyers, Davison M. Douglas Jan 2010

Jefferson's Vision Fulfilled: The Nation's Oldest Law School Celebrates 230 Years Of Educating Citizen Lawyers, Davison M. Douglas

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Playing The Game Of Life, John E. Donaldson Sep 2001

Playing The Game Of Life, John E. Donaldson

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William & Mary Is No. 1, W. Taylor Reveley Iii Aug 2000

William & Mary Is No. 1, W. Taylor Reveley Iii

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The Nation's First Law School, W. Taylor Reveley Iii Apr 2000

The Nation's First Law School, W. Taylor Reveley Iii

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Some Thoughts On The Education Of Lawyers, Thomas G. Krattenmaker Apr 1996

Some Thoughts On The Education Of Lawyers, Thomas G. Krattenmaker

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