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The First Year Courses: What's There And What's Not, David L. Chambers

Book Chapters

At the great majority of American law schools, students begin with a set of required courses that bear the titles of the next six chapters: Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, Torts, and Constitutional Law. The six are likely to be taught in ways that resemble each other on the surface. Each will have a "casebook" slightly heavier than a Chicago phone book. Each casebook will devote more pages to the decisions of courts of appeals than any other form of material, and assignments will come almost entirely from the casebook. In class, the professors will have an arched eyebrow for …

Clinical Realism: Simulated Hearings Based On Actual Events In Students' Lives, Samuel R. Gross

Articles

This essay describes a novel clinical format, a simulation course that is based on students' testimony about actual events in their own lives. The two main purposes of the course, however, are not novel. First, I aim to teach the students to be effective trial lawyers by instructing them in the techniques of direct examination and cross-examination and by making them sensitive to the roles of the other courtroom players: the witness, the judge, and the jury. Second, I hope to encourage the students to think about the social and ethical consequences of our method of trying lawsuits.

Gender And Race Bias Against Lawyers: A Classroom Response, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

In reviewing other clinicians' approaches to teaching about bias, I identified problems that eventually led me to design a two-hour class session on bias against lawyers. The following is a review of a few other teaching methods and a description of my own approach, detailing its own strengths and weaknesses. This is not an exhaustive review of all possible approaches to bias. It is offered to promote classroom discussion of bias against lawyers and to invite the development of innovative alternatives to my approach.

Vol. 39, No. 11, November 29, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Campbell Board Announces Semi-Finalists •RG Football Contest: 1L Martin Leads Pack •This is only a Test •Ruminations at Decade's End •Thank You •Berlin Wall Is Falling Down •Huskers, Blue Slighted By Media •Test Taking Tips •Use Bowls for College Football Playoffs •Law in the Raw

Vol. 39, No. 10, November 15, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Judge Posner Delivers Cooley Lectures •FLP to Honor Local Judge •Some Things Never Change •Classifieds •Farewell to Superclerk •Low Degree of Volition? •Harold Reveals His Bowl Predictions •Vikings, Eagles Clash •Winter 1989 Grade Curves •A Survival Guide for First-Years •Law School-Induced Psychopathology •The Final Chapter •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 9, November 8, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Drachman Honors Women Lawyers •Posner to Deliver Cooley Lectures •EDF Director to Speak on Movement's Future •The Libertarian Ethos •Survey of Winter 1989 Courses •Classifieds •Lions Improving--Take The Points •Nebraska Should Have Won, Illinois to Beat U-M •Rams, Giants Battle: Week Ten •The 1989 RG Football Bowl Contest •Law Student: This Is Your Week •Law in the Raw

Vol. 39, No. 8, November 1, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Fellowship Honors Law School Professor •Reynolds, Chambers Debate Decisions •Committees Address Student Senate •Registration Horror •Go Ask Dothan, Alabama •Classifieds •Survey of Winter 1989 Courses •Colorado To Beat Huskers •Into the Great Outdoors •Rare Species Inhabits Hutchins •Vikings, Rams Battle: Week Nine •The Sex Drive: An Alternative •Rice Favored to Win Heisman •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 7, October 25, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Special Collections Department Exhibits University Books •Chief Justice Lectures on Judiciary •Positive Verdict on Visit •Post-Modern Racial Ruminations •Whither the Democrats on Capital Gains? •Debate Will Keep Eyes on the Prize •Chief Justice Rehnquist Discusses Samuel Chase Trial •Amnesty International Forms Chapter •LSSS Announces Party for Friday •Classifieds •Cowboys Should Finally Win a Game •Notre Dame Is Acting Like Miami •Spirits of Halloween Visit Superclerk •A Halloween Tale •Halloween Videos: Available at the Store Near You •Vikings, Giants Clash on Monday Night •Deplorable Developments in Sports •Nightmares on Tappan Street •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 6, October 18, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Rehnquist to Speak to Law School Community •Senate Discusses Budget •Ellsworth Study Qualifies Validity of Eyewitness Testimony •Sports Committee Announces Winners •Money Matters •Equal Opportunity to Discriminate •Working for Covington: Hazardous to Your Health? •Hellish Interviews •Equal Opportunity Should Be Reality In Interviewing •LSSS Budget Requests and Allocations •SFF: How They Do What They Do •Ellsworth Sees Problems With Expert Witnesses •Classifieds •Husbands-In-Law •Denver Is This Year's Surprising NFL Contender •My Biggest Trial •From the Dining Hall Cuisine Scene •Top 10 College Football Teams Since 1968 •On Gunners: The Response* •Bears and Browns Brawl •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 5, October 11, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Twitchell Comes North for Fall Semester •Israeli Professor Supports Intifada •Form.er Editor Faults RG Coverage •Unconscionable Unconsciousness •Redskins, Giants Rumble •Rams Are NFL's Best •U-M to beat State in a Squeaker •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 4, October 4, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Duke Professor Culp Visits Michigan •Social Committee Calendar Set •Ethics Charges Dismissed •Cheaters Should Be Punished •The Broader View •Why the Stagnation in Women's Admissions? •Does Michigan Need Another Journal? •LSSS First Year Election Statements •Classifieds •Pipe Smoking: It's Not Just for 50's Reruns •Copier Goes Berserk, Film at 11 •On Gunners: The Morality of Gunning •Giants, Eagles Clash: N.F.L. Week 5 •Football Season Gets Underway •Key Games: Colorado- Nebraska, Miami- N.D. •The Photocopier Strikes Back •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 3, September 27, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•LSSS Discusses Funding Teams •1989-90 Campbell Competition Begins •Speaker Discusses Venture Capital Strategies •Eklund Clears Nine More •Business as Usual •Getting There •For The Record •Bollinger Speaks on Grading Controversy •Administration's Integrity Questioned •Classifieds •Sports Committee Announces Fall Events •Harold Speaks: This Week's Hot College Football News •For Pete's Sake, It Ain't the World Series •The Ongoing Adventures of Superclerk •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 2, September 20, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Senate Discusses Elections •Grades: A Study in Teacher Discretion •A Scary Scene •The Side Not Spoken •Classifieds •Kicking Game Leaves Bo Kicking Himself •Summer Clerk Suffers First-Day Disorientation •The Ongoing Adventures of Superclerk: Disorientation •Law in the Raw

Vol. 38, No. 1, September 13, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Exam Flap Rocks Second Year Class •Family Law Project Gets Staff Attorney •Park Named RG Managing Editor •No Easy Answers •Hitchhiker's Guide to Ann Arbor •The Res Gestae Speaks with Professor •Schneider about the Grading Issue •Art Committee Forms at Law School •LSSS Holds First Meeting •Chronology: How the Events Unfolded •Classifieds •Lawyers Club Welcomes Students Back •1989 Pro Football Preview •Vikings, Oilers to Super Bowl •Why Michigan Won't Be #1 •The Ongoing Adventures of Superclerk: Prologue •Law in the Raw

Persuasion, Joseph William Singer

Michigan Law Review

Lawyers spend a lot of time attempting to persuade other people. They persuade judges to promulgate rules of law that favor their clients. They persuade their law partners to adopt their interpretation of existing law or to adopt their strategy for litigation. They persuade clients to accept the dictates of the law. They persuade adversaries in settlement negotiations and their clients' business associates in contract negotiations. They persuade legislatures to fund legal services for the poor, to adopt or to reject law reforms.

Law professors spend most of their time teaching - or at least practicing - the art of …

God, Metaprocedure, And Metarealism At Yale, Linda S. Mullenix

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Procedure by Robert M. Cover, Owen M. Fiss, and Judith F. Resnik

The University Of Michigan Bulletin: Law School Announcement 1990-1991, University Of Michigan Law School

Law School Announcement and Bulletins

Contents; Legal Education at Michigan; Personnel and Facilities; The Law Curriculum; The J.D. Program: Admission and Finances; Graduate Law Study Programs; Graduation, Honors, and Prizes; Extracurricular Activities; Lectures, Alumni, and Continuing Legal Education; Living in Ann Arbor; Officers, Faculty, and Students.

Vol. 37, No. 25, April 12, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Bazany, Lattin, Hammer Win Campbell Competition •Edwards Condemns Racism in American Sports •A Farewell to Staffers •SFF Sets New Funding Record •An Interview With LSSS President John Moore •Environmental Law Needs a Professor •A Better Reason to Play the Lottery •Classifieds •Securities Economist Discusses LBO Concerns •A Trip Through Parking Hell •An Optimist Strikes Back •Who'll Win The '89 Baseball Campaign •All's Fair in Love, War & Football •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 24, April 5, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Last Crit Lecture Focuses on Alternative Teaching Approaches •Music Industry Discussed in IPSA Lecture •Student Groups Plan Class Boycott •Hail to the Victors •Open Grading •Coming Down the Home Stretch •A Different World •Sessions Invitation Is Symbolic Affront •Fall 1988 Course Curves Finally Released •Lecturer Explains Crit Teaching •New Library Addition to be Built; Art Critics Applaud •Placement Office Adopts New Firm Selection Procedure •Margo Adams To .. . Uh ... Matriculate Here •Classifieds •Crossword •The Res Gestae Course Review: What Classes Are You Going to Take Next Year? •It's Opening Day! The RG Previews the Baseball Season •Professor Writes …

Vol. 37, No. 23, March 29, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•MacKinnon Accepts Position at Law School •MJIL Chooses New Editorial Board Members •Vandals Hit JLSU Basement Board •Ringsmuth, Tsai Lead Wild NCAA Contest with 91 Points •Senate Stays the (Same) Course •The Market Pariah •Classifieds •Wrong Team Declared Winner in Law School Bowling Tournament •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 22, March 22, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Senator Levin Discusses ConLaw Issues •Panelists Focus on Racial Discrepancies in Death Penalty •Gab Sessions •Artists of the World, Unite! •Editorial Freedom •Proposition 48 to Proposal 42: Bad to Worse •Extortion Is Not Affirmative Action •Classifieds •A Visitor Portrait: Prof. Menachem Mautner •A Law School Mid-Stream Report •Davis Leads RG Tournament Contest Field •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 21, March 15, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Grades and Records: What Are The Standards? •Meese Keynotes Banquet •Bollinger Justifies Commencement Invitation •Federalist Kudos •Grading Gripes •Put Yourself in Islam's Shoes •Something Randall Adams Never Done •Open Secret Faculty Meetings to Public •MacKinnon Is Feminist Scholar •Wet T-Shirt Column Trivializes Sexism •Students React Favorably to MacKinnon offer •Brzezinski Delivers 1989 Copernicus Lecture •Federalists' Convention Addresses Prope Concepts •Classifieds •Crossword •A Farewell to Thongs •Zousmer Sets Law School Record in Bowling Tournament •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 20, March 8, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Federalists to Convene in Ann Arbor •Crit Lecture Focuses On Sex and Race •Students May Sue to Open Faculty Meetings •Desperate Efforts •'We'll Have a Gang Bang' •Proposal 42: A Necessary Improvement •Classifieds •Spring Sports Dates Announced •Thongs Lose Finale, 4-1 •Simon and Marcotty Triumph in Women's Racquet Tournaments •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 19, February 22, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•MLR,JLR Name Editors •Bollinger Announces New Faculty Appointment •Black History Month Seeks Inclusion •Glimmers of Truth •Is this What We Fought for? •The NRA: Beyond the Lunatic Fringe •Practice What You Preach •Playing Politics with Environmental Disaster •The Richness of Black History •Perspectives on Western Civilization •LSSS Argues Over Committee Staffing Rules •Classifieds •Crossword •To the Finals! •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 18, February 15, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Korematsu Recounts World War II Internment •Review for Placement Violations Proposed •Twin Obligations •Of FBI, Baker and MAP •Tear Down the Wailing Wall •Praise for Faculty •Give Me Baseball •MAP Column Racist, Inaccurate and Unfair •Bargain Compact Discs Available •Classifieds •Law Hockey Team Suffers Second Setback •Premier Programs Pen Prime Prepsters •First-year Team Spikes Way to Volleyball Title •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 17, February 8, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Bollinger Bans FBI Recruiting at Law School •Baker & McKenzie Fails Stress Test •Legality of Liberation Movements Topic of Lecture •Hope in the Rubble •Revelations of a Neophyte •MAP Does More Harm Than Good •SFF: A Very Worthy Cause •ACLU Prevents Imposition of 'Decency' •Give Dean Eklund Some Respect •Giamatti Explores Nature of Sport and Leisure •Leak Leads to Asbestos Discovery •Classifieds •BALSA Dating Game •Michigan Group Opposes Privacy Statutes •Korematsu to Speak on Japanese Internment •Public Interest Conference Explores Alternatives to Corporate Practice •Wrath of THONGS Part XXIV •Crossword •Big Ten to Send 5 to NCAA Finals (or Whatever) …

Vol. 37, No. 16, February 1, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•CBS to Broadcast from Law Quad •Giamatti Demands Excellence for Fans •Tony Winner Criticizes Arts •The Failing Wall •A Kinder, Gentler Militarism •Ah, the Irony of It All •In America Today, Racism Is In •Club Rates Set to Jump for 1989-90 •Classifieds •Wolverine Cagers Lazy on Defense •Law lcers Humiliate Squalid Frat Boys •Roundball Tourney Next Sports Event •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 15, January 25, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Australian Jurist Speaks on AIDS Crisis •Computer Lab Moves to Legal Research •Trade in Services Subject of New Book •Going, Not Gone •Get Rid of Grades •Living the Sheltered Life •The ACLU: Enemy of Decency •Discovering What Is Really Important •Leave Racism Out •Reflections on the New Year •Diversity Forum Examines Pluralism •Social Committee's New Agenda •Classifieds •Crossword •Lifton Makes IM Sports Debut •Law in the Raw

Vol. 37, No. 14, January 18, 1989, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Diversity Day Mock Trial Draws Capacity Crowd •Palestinian Pacifist Speaks on Nonviolence •Awad Criticizes 'Racists' •Kangaroo Court •Hey! Where's My Job? •Out of the Mouths of Whiners •Let the People Know and Decide •Michigan Flunks Legal-Writing Test •Sorry About the Bologna and Asian Cracks •Student Escorted from Hutchins •Classifieds •Law and Diet Don't Always Agree •Bengals 1989 Team of Destiny •Lullo Hits Bull's Eye in Football Contest •Faculty Sell Their Bodies for Student Groups •Law School Skaters Hit the Ice •Law in the Raw

Class Of 1989 Five Year Report Dean's Letter, Jeffrey S. Lehman

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This letter was sent to alumni with the report.