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What Else Can You Do With A Law Degree?, Gary A. Munneke
What Else Can You Do With A Law Degree?, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Excerpt from Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers, the latest book in the ABA Career Series.
A Response To Russell Engler By Gretchen Flint, Gretchen M. Flint
A Response To Russell Engler By Gretchen Flint, Gretchen M. Flint
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
I am always happy to go back and look at the MacCrate report, and those of you who have been in my clinic know that that's where we start and that's where we end when we talk about the experience of learning. But, as I read Russell's paper, I think the piece that's missing is an acknowledgment of how hard it is for a small group of people who are on the margin to effect change and that institutions have very strong reasons to stay either the way they are or institute very small, incremental changes.
A Response To Thomas Steele, Gary A. Munneke
A Response To Thomas Steele, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The problem with adjunct professors teaching a course in law practice management is that they really are not in a position to think and write about the big issues, the way that full-time faculty members are; they generally have full-time responsibilities in a law firm. The law practice management field loses something valuable when so many of its teachers are part time. Although these professors bring practical experience to the classroom, they do not contribute in a larger way to the law school curriculum as a whole, or to the literature of the legal profession.
Opening Remarks, Gary A. Munneke
Opening Remarks, Gary A. Munneke
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Interestingly, there is hardly any scholarship, and very little discussion, about the MacCrate Report outside of the clinical and skills programs in the traditional segments of legal education. I am not a clinician, although in the past I have taught courses in interviewing and counseling, and negotiations. I teach Law Practice Management and Professional Responsibility, which address professional skills and values; but I teach Torts as well, and my Torts colleagues, like teachers in other traditional subjects, really do not focus on these issues very much. So, one of the things I wanted to do with this symposium was to …