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Building Community, Recognizing Dignity: Beyond The Ada, Karen Rothenberg, Alan Hornstein

Karen H. Rothenberg

No abstract provided.

The Unplanned Obsolescence Of American Legal Education, Rena I. Steinzor, Alan D. Hornstein

Rena I. Steinzor

No abstract provided.

Alinsky's Prescription: Democracy Alongside Law, Barbara L. Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

This Article examines the import of the life’s work of Saul Alinsky—arguably the most prominent founder of contemporary organizing—to the content and methodologies of today’s legal education. I review the community organizing theory and practice of Saul Alinsky for its synergies and lessons on two approaches by legal theorists and educators working in law schools today — “community lawyering” and “social justice”education. These approaches embrace the special responsibility of the legal profession for the quality of justice in society[1] by extending the traditional conceptions of lawyers’ relationships with clients in ways that are informed by the insights of community organizers, …

Coalescing With Salt: A Taste For Inclusion, Phoebe A. Haddon

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.

Reconstructing A Pedagogy Of Responsibility, Barbara Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

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To Forge New Hammers Of Justice: Deep-Six The Doing-Teaching Dichotomy And Embrace The Dialectic Of "Doing Theory", Barbara L. Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

This essay argues that the teaching-doing tightrope bemoaned among clinicians, while posing real tensions, is overdrawn. The asserted dichotomy is between the demands of teaching legal theory and of doing daily law practice for clients enmeshed in poverty. The dichotomy is misleading because the development of transformative legal theory arises repeatedly on the front lines of client work, and interdependently with the works of attentive scholars. Two bellwether cases, Goldberg v. Kelly and Javins v. First National Realty, illustrate the vital interdependence of justice-seeking scholarship and justice-serving representation of clients in challenging the reigning structure of legal rules and constraining …

Reflections On The Practice Of A Theory: Law, Teaching, And Social Change, Barbara L. Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

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Clinical Programs Of The University Of Maryland School Of Law, Barbara L. Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

The University of Maryland provides 'clinical education' in two distinct ways, through its Clinical Law Office, and through its Legal Theory and Practice courses. For many years the Law School has operated The Clinical Law Office, one of the largest and longest-lived 'in-house' clinics in any law school in the United States. Students may elect to enroll in this course in the upper years of the law degree program. It is a year-long, intensive practice experience, under faculty supervision. Quite recently, the Law Faculty began the Legal Theory and Practice courses, which combine the study of doctrine and legal theory …

The Cuny Law Program: Integration Of Doctrine, Practice & Theory In The Preparation Of Lawyers, Barbara L. Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

The CUNY Law Program differs markedly from every other law school in the United States. Founded in 1983, at a great, diverse, public university sprawling across New York City, its curriculum emerged from the Law School's mandate to rethink the traditional law school curriculum and develop approaches oriented toward public interest and public service law, with emphasis on clinical teaching methods. In this paper, the author provides a concrete description of the CUNY Program, and articulates the principles expressed by CUNY's extensive redesign of typical American legal education. Since it began in 1983, the CUNY Law Program has been the …

"Legal Theory And Practice" Development At The University Of Maryland: One Teacher's Experience In Programmatic Context, Barbara Bezdek

Barbara L Bezdek

No abstract provided.

The Socratic Method And The Mathematical Heuristic Of George Polya, Robert J. Rhee

Robert Rhee

A number of commentators have observed the decline of the Socratic method. This is unfortunate as the Socratic method can be an effective teaching tool. But this article recognizes that the Socratic method can be monochromatic. This article argues that the Socratic method should not be conceived simply as a method to teach analytic skills. Rather, once learned, it can be a concrete analytic tool for the students to use without the help of professors. In other words, it is an end to itself rather than a means. To do this, we can adopt George Polya's heuristic for teaching mathematical …

Education For A Public Calling In The 21st Century, Phoebe A. Haddon

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.

The Mdp Controversy: What Legal Educators Should Know, Phoebe A. Haddon

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.

Academic Freedom And Governance: A Call For Increased Dialogue And Diversity, Phoebe A. Haddon

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.

Misuse And Abuse Of The Lsat: Making The Case For Alternative Evaluative Efforts And A Redefinition Of Merit, Phoebe A. Haddon, Deborah W. Post

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.

Keynote Address: Redefining Our Roles In The Battle For Inclusion Of People Of Color In Legal Education, Phoebe A. Haddon

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.

Resolving Legal Disputes In The Metaverse: A Meditation On Teaching Mediation Skills And Perspectives In Virtual Worlds, Andrea M. Seielstad

Andrea M. Seielstad

Posted on bepress Legal Repository.

A Tiny Heart Beating: Student-Edited Legal Periodicals In Good Ol' Europe, Luigi Russi, Federico Longobardi

Luigi Russi

This paper has a twofold aim: to analyze the possible opportunities disclosed by the observed growth of student- dited law reviews in Europe and to propose an innovative model of student participation to legal publication.

The first part explores the phenomenon of student-edited law reviews in the U.S., focusing on its recognized educational benefits. Among others, it is observed that participation in student-edited law reviews might promote greater scholarly maturity among J.D. students, who might in turn be better equipped for a career in the academia after finishing law school, in comparison to their same-age European peers. Hence, there follows …

An Introduction To Us Legal Education And Preparation For The Practice Of Law, Judith Mcmorrow

Judith A. McMorrow

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Educating Lawyers For The Global Economy: National Challenges, Carole Silver

Carole Silver

This essay addresses the challenge of educating law students to work in an increasingly global context. For students enrolled in United States law school, insight into the ways in which globalization matters can be drawn from the structural approaches to globalization of US-based law firms. These firms pursue their international practices by integrating lawyers educated and licensed in the firm’s home country (the US) and in the host jurisdictions in which the firm has offices. As a result, the success of the firm in its international practice depends upon the ability of its lawyers to develop strong and effective cross-national …

Negotiation As A Post-Modern Process, Kenneth H. Fox

Kenneth H Fox

Conventional pedagogy treats negotiation as a strategic and instrumental process. Yet, recent developments in our field suggest that our frame for teaching negotiation is overly limited. Second generation negotiation research and teaching must recognize this limitation and expand our frame to incorporate additional paradigms for understanding people and how they interact. This article suggests a different conception for negotiation research and teaching.

An Interdisciplinary Framework For Understanding And Cultivating Law Student Enthusiasm, Emily Zimmerman

Emily Zimmerman

Anecdotal evidence abounds about the loss of enthusiasm experienced by law students. Law review articles too note this loss of enthusiasm and the demoralization of law students that occurs during their time in law school. However, although the loss of law student enthusiasm is frequently noted, little has been done to systematically analyze law student enthusiasm. Existing literature does not provide a definition of "law student enthusiasm" or a foundation of theory and research for understanding law student enthusiasm and its significance in legal education.

In an effort to fill the gap in our understanding of law student enthusiasm, this …

Do Unto Others: Widener Law School Using Pro Bono Service As An Educational Access Outreach Strategy Within The Constraints Of Recession Policies, Sydney Howe-Barksdale

Sydney Howe-Barksdale

No abstract provided.

Why I Teach, Amanda Smith

Amanda Sholtis

El Nuevo Plan De Estudios De Licenciatura De La Escuela Libre De Derecho, Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

Dr. Juan Pablo Pampillo Baliño

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The Lawyer's Mind: Why A Twenty-First Century Legal Practice Will Not Thrive Using Nineteenth Century Thinking 2010 (With Thanks To George Lakoff), Phyllis E. Bernard

Phyllis E. Bernard

No abstract provided.