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Legal Education

American University Washington College of Law

Legal education

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Experiential Learning And Assessment In The Era Of Donald Trump, Jamie Abrams Jan 2017

Experiential Learning And Assessment In The Era Of Donald Trump, Jamie Abrams

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Law teaching is turning a critical corner with the implementation of new ABA accreditation standards requiring greater skills development, experiential learning, and student assessment. Years of debate and discourse preceded the adoption of these ABA Standards, followed by a surge in programming, conferencing, and list-serv activity to prepare to implement these standards effectively. Missing from the dialogue about effective implementation of standards has been thoughtful consideration of how implementing these requirements will intersect with the challenges, realities, opportunities, and complexities of political divisiveness and polarization so prevalent in society and university campuses today.

Law schools are notably implementing these pedagogical …