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Standing On Quicksand: Why Law Students Need New Survival Skills For An Evolving Legal Landscape, Allen Moye

College of Law Faculty

While most disciplines and professions have adapted varying uses of technology in their everyday functions and tasks; legal education still remains one of the last holdouts. Much of what has become standard to legal education pedagogy over the past 140 years has been subject to a growing criticism and calls for a new and different approach. This is particularly true when it comes to teaching practical lawyering skills, which include a working knowledge of the form and function of legal resources. The technology age has considerably altered both aspects of these resources, and undoubtedly more changes will come. These changes …