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Teaching Skills In Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg May 2008

Teaching Skills In Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg

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Expert Learning For Law Students, Michael Hunter Schwartz Jan 2008

Expert Learning For Law Students, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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Expert Learning for Law Students is designed to help law students build the analytical skills necessary to succeed in law school, on the bar exam, and in law practice. This book reveals how successful law students and lawyers plan, monitor, and implement their work, and it provides detailed guidance regarding individual student personality types and learning styles. The accompanying workbook includes questions and exercises to assist students in practicing the concepts explained in the text.

The second edition includes greater emphasis on students personalizing all strategy suggestions by adapting strategies to their individual learning styles, personality types, and, most importantly, …


Vico's "Ingenious Method" And Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2008

Vico's "Ingenious Method" And Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz Jan 2008

Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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Perelman In Legal Education: Recalling The Rhetorical Tradition Of Isocrates And Vico, Francis J. Mootz Iii Jan 2008

Perelman In Legal Education: Recalling The Rhetorical Tradition Of Isocrates And Vico, Francis J. Mootz Iii

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This paper was presented on October 14, 2008 as part of a panel addressing "The Influence of Perelman in Legal Philosophy" at a conference hosted by the Perelman Center for the Philosophy of Law, Free University of Brussels.

I argue that Perelman's philosophy is connected with legal practice, but that he never made the connections between his philosophy and legal education explicit. I refer to the work of Isocrates and Vico, and conclude that Perelman's philosophy can teach us much about contemporary legal education as we strive to address the questions raised by the Carnegie Report.


An Assessment Of The Law School Climate For Glbt Students, Kelly Strader, Brietta R. Clark, Robin Ingli, M. Elizabeth Kransberger, Lawrence C. Levine, William Perez Jan 2008

An Assessment Of The Law School Climate For Glbt Students, Kelly Strader, Brietta R. Clark, Robin Ingli, M. Elizabeth Kransberger, Lawrence C. Levine, William Perez

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Nationwide empirical research has assessed the law school climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students. The research shows that the climate for GBLT students at most law schools in the United States, particularly those in urban areas, has improved. The research also shows, however, that this group still encounters substantial discrimination on law school campuses and in law school class¬rooms. This discrimination may result from overt acts, thoughtlessness, and/or neglect on the part of various actors in law school communities. Whatever the cause, the result is that many GLBT students feel disenfranchised from their broader law school communities. …