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2014

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Legal Education

Stephen E Henderson

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A Dedication To Andrew E. Taslitz: “It’S All About The Egyptians,” And Maybe Tinkerbell Too, Stephen E. Henderson Dec 2013

A Dedication To Andrew E. Taslitz: “It’S All About The Egyptians,” And Maybe Tinkerbell Too, Stephen E. Henderson

Stephen E Henderson

This brief memorial remembers Andy's incredible friendship and service, and explains why this Symposium volume is so appropriately dedicated to his memory.


Crowdsourced Coursebooks, Stephen E. Henderson, Joseph T. Thai Dec 2013

Crowdsourced Coursebooks, Stephen E. Henderson, Joseph T. Thai

Stephen E Henderson

Given increasing criticism and dropping admissions, American legal education is likely to change, hopefully reversing the unsustainable trend of increasing expense without increasing value. Much debate focuses on restructuring the curriculum to make it more “practical” and skills-infused; here we instead propose a rethinking of the basic unit of law teaching, the casebook. Casebook authors and publishers are cautiously venturing into electronic editions, but they fail to harness the power of social learning to make textbooks dramatically smarter as well as cheaper. Working with a technology startup, we are developing an online platform that reinvents both authorship and learning. The …