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Legal And Medical Education Compared: Is It Time For A Flexner Report On Legal Education, Robert M. Hardaway

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this Article is to explore the common elements of legal and medical education and to compare the reform movements in each profession, with a view toward finding an explanation for the widely differing conditions that exist today in the education of each profession. For example, why is it that medical education can provide facilities and training costing up to ten times that provided law students? Why do medical schools receive outside financial support paying up to 95% of the costs of medical education while law schools are supported primarily by tuition and fees? Why do medical students …

Training The American Aristocracy: An Historical Examination Of American Legal Education Models, Thomas J. Reed

Thomas J Reed

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The Path Of Legal Education From Edward I To Langdell: A History Of Insular Reaction, Ralph Michael Stein

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article presents an analytic overview of key aspects in the history of legal education in England and the United States from the time of Edward I to the end of the last century. The response of lawyers and legal educators to the perceived need to protect the profession from a variety of ills and plagues is explored. The development of a sense of professionalism by those engaged in the teaching of law, a sense of professionalism that was reactive to public perception about lawyers as well as to academic dismay at the roles played by lawyers, will be explored …

Lawyer Competence And The Law Schools, Roger C. Cramton

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Myth Of Legal Reasoning, Alan D. Hornstein

Maryland Law Review

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Towards A Comprehensive Approach To Clinical Education: A Response To The New Reality, Terence J. Anderson

Articles

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Law Deans' "Open Letter" Tells Of Student Skills Training Plan, Sheldon J. Plager, Frank T. Read, David T. Link, Charles A. Ehren Jr.

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Bringing The Educational Reforms Of The Cramton Report Into The Case Method Classroom -- Two Models, Gene R. Shreve

Articles by Maurer Faculty

The Report and Recommendations of the Task Force on Lawyer Competency. The Role of the Law Schools appeared on August 10, 1979. The report was released under the auspices of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association. The title was quickly shortened to the Cramton Report, after Dean Roger Cramton, Chairman of the Task Force.

The Cramton Report advocates reform in law school coursework that would permit students simultaneously to explore and develop a greater number of skills relevant to practicing law. This Article advocates that these reforms' not be confined to …