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2014 Year In Review: 2 Law Schools Welcome New Deans While A Third Experiences Abrupt Departure Dec 2014

2014 Year In Review: 2 Law Schools Welcome New Deans While A Third Experiences Abrupt Departure

Austen Parrish (2014-2022)

No abstract provided.


Lawyer, Form Thyself: Professional Identity Formation Strategies In Legal Education, Professional Responsibility, And Experiential Courses, Susan S. Daicoff Dec 2014

Lawyer, Form Thyself: Professional Identity Formation Strategies In Legal Education, Professional Responsibility, And Experiential Courses, Susan S. Daicoff

Susan Daicoff

Professional identity formation as a learning objective in law school may appear to be nontraditional and perhaps even innovative. While perhaps not a new concept, it is not typically an explicit goal of legal education. Empirical data finds that law school has demonstrable effects upon law students’ professional development; it also finds that certain nontraditional skills and competencies (or “soft skills”) make lawyers most effective. This article argues for explicit planning for and inclusion of professional identity development, including training in these nontraditional skills, in legal education. Professional identity encompasses one’s values, preferences, passions, intrinsic satisfactions, emotional intelligence, as well …


Trending@Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: Ending 2014 With An Exclamation Point; Looking Forward To January..., Michael Yelnosky Dec 2014

Trending@Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: Ending 2014 With An Exclamation Point; Looking Forward To January..., Michael Yelnosky

Law School Blogs

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Newsroom: Rwu Law: Holding The Line On Cost, Roger Williams University School Of Law Dec 2014

Newsroom: Rwu Law: Holding The Line On Cost, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


Letter To The Editor, Rachel A. Van Cleave Dec 2014

Letter To The Editor, Rachel A. Van Cleave

Publications

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Southeastern Association Of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Beth Adelman, Constance Ard, Jan Baker, John Beatty, Erika Beck, Jennifer Behrens, Billie J. Blaine, Pamela Bluh, Elizabeth D. Bradsher, Pam Brannon, Kevin Butterfield, Charlene Cain, Sean Chen, Terrye Conroy, Jessica De Perio Wittman, Marin Dell, James M. Donovan, Maureen A. Eggert, Robb Farmer, Elizabeth Farrell, Vicen Feliu, Sarah Glassmeyer, Suzanne R. Graham, Ismael Gullon, Edward T. Harte, Christine Heaton, James Heller, Sally Irvin, Kate Irwin-Smiler, Faye Jones, David Lehmann, Andrew Lentini, Terry Long, Shannon L. Malcolm, Terrance Manion, Roxanne Marmion, Katherine Marsh, Sarah Mauldin, Rebekah Maxwell, Pamela R. Melton, Marian Parker, Merryl Penson, Gordon Russell, James C. Smith, Dick Spinelli, Kay Todd, Robert T. Trotter, Carol A. Watson, Julie Webster-Matthews, Laura Weidig, Sarah K. Wiant, Patrick Wiseman Dec 2014

Southeastern Association Of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Beth Adelman, Constance Ard, Jan Baker, John Beatty, Erika Beck, Jennifer Behrens, Billie J. Blaine, Pamela Bluh, Elizabeth D. Bradsher, Pam Brannon, Kevin Butterfield, Charlene Cain, Sean Chen, Terrye Conroy, Jessica De Perio Wittman, Marin Dell, James M. Donovan, Maureen A. Eggert, Robb Farmer, Elizabeth Farrell, Vicen Feliu, Sarah Glassmeyer, Suzanne R. Graham, Ismael Gullon, Edward T. Harte, Christine Heaton, James Heller, Sally Irvin, Kate Irwin-Smiler, Faye Jones, David Lehmann, Andrew Lentini, Terry Long, Shannon L. Malcolm, Terrance Manion, Roxanne Marmion, Katherine Marsh, Sarah Mauldin, Rebekah Maxwell, Pamela R. Melton, Marian Parker, Merryl Penson, Gordon Russell, James C. Smith, Dick Spinelli, Kay Todd, Robert T. Trotter, Carol A. Watson, Julie Webster-Matthews, Laura Weidig, Sarah K. Wiant, Patrick Wiseman

Jessica de Perio Wittman

The 2009 SEAALL Annual Meeting was held in Athens Georgia, April 16-18, 2009.


Senior Day 2014, University Of Michigan Law School Dec 2014

Senior Day 2014, University Of Michigan Law School

Commencement and Honors Materials

Program for the December 19, 2014 University of Michigan Law School Senior Day


Reforming Knowledge? A Socio-Legal Critique Of The Legal Education Reforms In Japan, Annelise Riles, Takashi Uchida Dec 2014

Reforming Knowledge? A Socio-Legal Critique Of The Legal Education Reforms In Japan, Annelise Riles, Takashi Uchida

Annelise Riles

This article critiques the current Japanese legal education reforms, modeled largely on the United States, by proposing a socio-technical framework for analyzing the distribution of legal expertise in a given society. On one side of the spectrum is the "monocentric" model of legal expertise, in which expertise is monopolized by the profession and legal literacy is low. On the other side of the spectrum is the "polycentric" model of legal expertise, in which a range of social and institutional actors share responsibility for legal expertise and legal literacy is high. If the U.S. is a more monocentric system, the Japanese …


Legal Education In An Era Of Globalisation And The Challenge Of Development, Muna Ndulo Dec 2014

Legal Education In An Era Of Globalisation And The Challenge Of Development, Muna Ndulo

Muna B Ndulo

The article examines the challenges legal education faces as a result of globalisation with specific reference to African law schools. It considers the challenges and ways of meeting them. The practice of law in a globalised world requires a body of knowledge which is both complex and interdisciplinary. It requires the acquisition of a broad range of new skills and techniques of solving legal problems. To equip lawyers with the needed skills to practise law in a globalised world will require changes in the traditional law school curriculum. It will require a curriculum which trains lawyers for the practice of …


Legal Education In Zambia: Pedagogical Issues, Muna Ndulo Dec 2014

Legal Education In Zambia: Pedagogical Issues, Muna Ndulo

Muna B Ndulo

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Remarks At The Workshop On Tapping Into The World Of Electronic Legal Knowledge , Muna Ndulo Dec 2014

Keynote Address: Remarks At The Workshop On Tapping Into The World Of Electronic Legal Knowledge , Muna Ndulo

Muna B Ndulo

Professor Muna Ndulo of Cornell Law School presented the keynote address at the 2007 Starr Workshop, “Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge.” The workshop took place at Cornell Law School October 7-10, 2007 and was co-sponsored by the Starr Foundation, New York University Law Library, and Cornell Law Library. Professor Ndulo addresses the topic of new information technologies and their importance to legal research and teaching.


The Democratic State In Africa: The Challenges For Institutional Building, Muna Ndulo Dec 2014

The Democratic State In Africa: The Challenges For Institutional Building, Muna Ndulo

Muna B Ndulo

No abstract provided.


Legal Education In Africa In The Era Of Globalization And Structural Adjustment, Muna Ndulo Dec 2014

Legal Education In Africa In The Era Of Globalization And Structural Adjustment, Muna Ndulo

Muna B Ndulo

No abstract provided.


Comparative Readings Of Roscoe Pound's Jurisprudence, Mitchel De S.-O.-L'E. Lasser Dec 2014

Comparative Readings Of Roscoe Pound's Jurisprudence, Mitchel De S.-O.-L'E. Lasser

Mitchel Lasser

No abstract provided.


Excerpt From The Next Century: The Challenge -- A Panel Discussion, Sheri Lynn Johnson Dec 2014

Excerpt From The Next Century: The Challenge -- A Panel Discussion, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Sheri Lynn Johnson

No abstract provided.


Newsroom: A Top 10 Law School For Pro Bono, Roger Williams University School Of Law Dec 2014

Newsroom: A Top 10 Law School For Pro Bono, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


The Past, Present, And Future Of Law And Economics, George A. Hay Dec 2014

The Past, Present, And Future Of Law And Economics, George A. Hay

George A. Hay

Any discussion about law and economics ought to begin with a definition or at least an explanation of what it is we are talking about. There is, however, a risk in starting there. Just as classics scholars may debate endlessly about who precisely should be counted as a classicist or philosophers might debate who can properly be counted as a Kantian, there is likely to be no consensus about precisely what counts as law and economics or who is doing it. Indeed, the acknowledged superstar and chief guru of the law and economics movement, Judge Richard Posner, has argued that, …


Exporting The Legal Incubator: A Conversation With Fred Rooney, Fred Rooney, Justin Steele Dec 2014

Exporting The Legal Incubator: A Conversation With Fred Rooney, Fred Rooney, Justin Steele

Fred Rooney

A legal conversion between Justin Steele, Executive Articles Editor of the UMass Law Review and Fred Rooney, Director of the International Justice Center for Post-Graduate Development at Touro Law Center.


Integrating Transnational Perspectives Into Civil Procedure: What Not To Teach, Kevin M. Clermont Dec 2014

Integrating Transnational Perspectives Into Civil Procedure: What Not To Teach, Kevin M. Clermont

Kevin M. Clermont

No abstract provided.


Civil Procedure’S Five Big Ideas, Kevin M. Clermont Dec 2014

Civil Procedure’S Five Big Ideas, Kevin M. Clermont

Kevin M. Clermont

Civil procedure, more than any other of the basic law-school courses, conveys to students an understanding of the whole legal system. I propose that this purpose should become more openly the organizing theme of the course. The focus should remain, of course, on the mechanics of the judicial branch. What I am championing is giving some conscious attention, albeit mainly in the background and at an introductory level, to the big ideas of the constitutional structure within which the law formulates civil procedure. Such attention would unify the doctrinal study, while enriching it for the students and revealing its true …


Why Law Teachers Should Teach Undergraduates, Kevin Clermont, Robert Hillman Dec 2014

Why Law Teachers Should Teach Undergraduates, Kevin Clermont, Robert Hillman

Kevin M. Clermont

For many years, members of the law school faculty at Cornell have taught an introduction to law course that is offered by the government department in the College of Arts and Sciences. The course has surveyed law in general, structured thematically around what law is and what law can and cannot do. Although its teachers have used law school pedagogic techniques in the undergraduate setting, they certainly have not intended the course to be a prelaw practice run. In short, the course--The Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law--is a general education course about law. Our experience leads us to believe …


Teaching Civil Procedure Through Its Top Ten Cases, Plus Or Minus Two, Kevin M. Clermont Dec 2014

Teaching Civil Procedure Through Its Top Ten Cases, Plus Or Minus Two, Kevin M. Clermont

Kevin M. Clermont

The thesis is that Civil Procedure teachers should give more attention to the subject's landmark cases. Law teachers' common sense and cognitive scientists' schema theory lend support to that thesis. The pedagogic implications of that thesis call for an enriched case method, the essence of which is teaching a slightly smaller number of cases and pausing on the key ones, thoroughly examining them in a rich context. The optimal sources of that context are written case studies, assigned as intermittent supplementation.


Race And Gender In The Law Review, Cynthia Grant Bowman Dec 2014

Race And Gender In The Law Review, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cynthia Grant Bowman

No abstract provided.


International Law At The Cornell Law School, John J. Barceló Iii, Lee E. Teitelbaum Dec 2014

International Law At The Cornell Law School, John J. Barceló Iii, Lee E. Teitelbaum

John J. Barceló III

No abstract provided.


Trending@Rwu Law: Kimberly Ahern's Post: Alumni Celebrate, Donate Toys-For-Tots, Kimberly Ahern Dec 2014

Trending@Rwu Law: Kimberly Ahern's Post: Alumni Celebrate, Donate Toys-For-Tots, Kimberly Ahern

Law School Blogs

No abstract provided.


History As Ideology In The Basic Property Course, Gregory S. Alexander Dec 2014

History As Ideology In The Basic Property Course, Gregory S. Alexander

Gregory S Alexander

Why has history played such a prominent role in the basic property course in the twentieth century? Such a loaded question requires some explanation. Legal history is doubtless used in all the first-year common-law courses, but I have the impression that since Langdell's time it has been more conspicuous in property than in the other basic courses. At least let us provisionally accept this rather dogmatic assertion in order to examine the more interesting questions: what function has the historical perspective served in property, and what other function might history serve in the course?


Improving Legal Writing: A Life-Long Learning Process And Continuing Professional Challenge, Kathleen Elliott Vinson Dec 2014

Improving Legal Writing: A Life-Long Learning Process And Continuing Professional Challenge, Kathleen Elliott Vinson

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


You've Got Rhythm: Curriculum Planning And Teaching Rhythm At Work In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Moss Curtis Dec 2014

You've Got Rhythm: Curriculum Planning And Teaching Rhythm At Work In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Moss Curtis

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fostering A Respect For Our Students, Our Specialty, And The Legal Profession: Introducing Ethics And Professionalism Into The Legal Writing Curriculum, Melissa H. Weresh Dec 2014

Fostering A Respect For Our Students, Our Specialty, And The Legal Profession: Introducing Ethics And Professionalism Into The Legal Writing Curriculum, Melissa H. Weresh

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pride And Prejudice: Lessons Legal Writers Can Learn From Literature, Michele G. Falkow Dec 2014

Pride And Prejudice: Lessons Legal Writers Can Learn From Literature, Michele G. Falkow

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.