The Paradox Of Being An Interim Dean: The Permanent Nature Of A Transitory Position,
2013
Cleveland State University
The Paradox Of Being An Interim Dean: The Permanent Nature Of A Transitory Position, Phyllis L. Crocker
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
No abstract provided.
Tackling "Arithmophobia": Teaching How To Read, Understand, And Analyze Financial Statements,
2013
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Tackling "Arithmophobia": Teaching How To Read, Understand, And Analyze Financial Statements, Paula J. Williams, Kris Anne Tobin, Eric Franklin, Robert J. Rhee
UF Law Faculty Publications
This discussion presents different ideas on how to teach accounting and practical finance to law students.
Employment Law Inside Out: Using The Problem Method To Teach Workplace Law,
2013
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Employment Law Inside Out: Using The Problem Method To Teach Workplace Law, Rachel Arnow-Richman
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article, prepared for the Saint Louis University Law Review’s 2013 Symposium on Teaching Employment & Labor Law, explores the use of the problem method in employment law instruction. Drawing on my experience teaching the basic employment law course, I suggest that those areas of the field that require transactional lawyering skills are perhaps best taught contextually through a hypothetical problem, rather than through cases. Adopting the problem method in such circumstances not only gives students a richer understanding of the law and how it operates, but also the opportunity to cultivate problem-solving skills and professional judgment, thereby advancing the …
A Case For Grade Inflation In Legal Education,
2013
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
A Case For Grade Inflation In Legal Education, Joshua M. Silverstein
Law Faculty Scholarship
This Article contends that every American law school ought to substantially eliminate C grades by setting its good academic standing grade point average at the B- level. Grading systems that require or encourage law professors to award a significant number of C marks are flawed for two reasons. First, low grades damage students' placement prospects. Employers frequently consider a job candidate's absolute GPA in making hiring decisions. If a school systematically assigns inferior grades, its students are at an unfair disadvantage when competing for employment with students from institutions that award mostly A's and B's. Second, marks in the C …
Legal Education: Globalization, And Institutional Excellence: Challenges For The Rule Of Law And Access To Justice In India,
2013
Jindal Global Law School
Legal Education: Globalization, And Institutional Excellence: Challenges For The Rule Of Law And Access To Justice In India, C. Raj Kumar
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Legal education plays an important role in developing lawyers who act as social engineers and work towards the cause of nation building. In a globalized world, law schools face the challenges of increased foreign competition and reduction of the role of the state. At the same time, globalization affords space for re-examining higher education systems by affording opportunity for establishing global universities with international collaborations and programs. This article examines the role of law schools in India and proposes reforms in Indian legal education system in the light of globalization. It examines how the private sector in India can contribute …
Contract Stories: Importance Of The Contextual Approach To Law,
2013
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Contract Stories: Importance Of The Contextual Approach To Law, Larry A. Dimatteo
UF Law Faculty Publications
How law is taught is at the center of the debate over the need to change legal education to better prepare students for a difficult and changing marketplace for legal services. This Article analyzes the benefits of using “stories” to teach law. The stories to be discussed relate to contract law: this Article asks whether they can be used to improve the method and content of teaching law. The ruminations offered on teaching contract law, however, are also relevant to teaching other core, first-year law courses.
Improving Law School "Transparency",
2013
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Improving Law School "Transparency", Jeffrey E. Stake
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Teaching Amidst Transformation: Integrating Global Perspectives On The Financial Crisis Into The Classroom,
2013
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Teaching Amidst Transformation: Integrating Global Perspectives On The Financial Crisis Into The Classroom, Shruti Rana
Journal of Business & Technology Law
No abstract provided.
Teaching Antitrust After The Financial Crisis,
2013
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Teaching Antitrust After The Financial Crisis, Maurice E. Stucke
Journal of Business & Technology Law
No abstract provided.
A Community Of Procedure Scholars: Teaching Procedure And The Legal Academy,
2013
Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
A Community Of Procedure Scholars: Teaching Procedure And The Legal Academy, Elizabeth Thornburg, Erik Knutsen, Carla Crifo', Camille Cameron
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
This article asks whether the way in which procedure is taught has an impact on the extent and accomplishments of a scholarly community of proceduralists. Not surprisingly, we find a strong correlation between the placement of procedure as a required course in an academic context and the resulting body of scholars and scholarship. Those countries in which more civil procedure is taught as part of a university degree — and in which procedure is recognized as a legitimate academic subject — have larger scholarly communities, a larger and broader corpus of works analyzing procedural issues, and a richer web of …
A Community Of Procedure Scholars: Teaching Procedure And The Legal Academy,
2013
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
A Community Of Procedure Scholars: Teaching Procedure And The Legal Academy, Elizabeth Thornburg, Erik S. Knutsen, Carla Crifo', Camille Cameron
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
This article asks whether the way in which procedure is taught has an impact on the extent and accomplishments of a scholarly community of proceduralists. Not surprisingly, we find a strong correlation between the placement of procedure as a required course in an academic context and the resulting body of scholars and scholarship. Those countries in which more civil procedure is taught as part of a university degree — and in which procedure is recognized as a legitimate academic subject — have larger scholarly communities, a larger and broader corpus of works analyzing procedural issues, and a richer web of …
Accelerating The Growth Of The Next Generation Of Innovators,
2013
University of Michigan Law School
Accelerating The Growth Of The Next Generation Of Innovators, Dana Thompson
Articles
In a recent study on the best practices of business incubators that contribute to the success of startups, one of the best practices asserted is to include a business lawyer on the advisory board of business incubators, who may suggest necessary legal issues for startups to address and connect the incubator startups with legal assistance. Although many college and university incubators may have access to experienced attorneys who are able to provide advice, and who are able to represent student-led ventures, most do not have access to a university law clinic established to provide pro bono, direct legal representation and …
Law School As Liberal Education,
2013
University of Michigan Law School
Law School As Liberal Education, Sherman J. Clark
Articles
The president of a liberal arts college, if asked why college is worthwhile, would be able to respond on several levels. He or she would certainly say something about the value of the degree as a credential to help students get a job or get into graduate school. In addition, he or she would likely emphasize the professional value of the skills and capacities developed through a liberal education, which can help students succeed at work or in graduate school. More deeply, however, we would expect that he or she would have something to say about the intrinsic value of …
Pointing Out The Power Of Prezi, Part I: Why Consider Prezi,
2013
University of Richmond
Pointing Out The Power Of Prezi, Part I: Why Consider Prezi, Paul M. Birch
Law Faculty Publications
This article introduces Prezi, the online presentation software which has emerged as a most promising alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint. Part I offers a basic description of Prezi, points out widely perceived shortcomings of PowerPoint, and considers whether Prezi can remedy them.
The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project: American Legal Education's Ambitious Experiment In Democratic Constitutionalism,
2013
American University Washington College of Law
The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project: American Legal Education's Ambitious Experiment In Democratic Constitutionalism, Jamin B. Raskin
Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals
The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project is the leading effort in American legal education to mobilize law students to teach high school students about the Constitution and Bill of Rights. This Article traces the development of the project from its beginnings in the 1990s at American University Washington College of Law to its unexpected but dramatic expansion across the country to eighteen law schools today. The Article explains the Marshall-Brennan curriculum, which focuses on Supreme Court decisions addressing the rights of America's student population in school and in the criminal justice process, and canvasses the essential operational ingredients of Marshall-Brennan chapters …
The Teaching Of Procedure Across Common Law Systems,
2013
Duke Law School
The Teaching Of Procedure Across Common Law Systems, Erik S. Knusten, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., David Bamford, Shirley Shipman
Faculty Scholarship
What difference does the teaching of procedure make to legal education, legal scholarship, the legal profession, and civil justice reform? This first of four articles on the teaching of procedure canvasses the landscape of current approaches to the teaching of procedure in four legal systems—the United States, Canada, Australia, and England and Wales—surveying the place of procedure in the law school curriculum and in professional training, the kinds of subjects that “procedure” encompasses, and the various ways in which procedure is learned. Little sustained reflection has been carried out as to the import and impact of this longstanding law school …
Founding Legal Education In America,
2013
Duke Law School
Founding Legal Education In America, Paul D. Carrington
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Professional Learning Communities And Collaborative Teams: Tools To Jump-Start The Learning Outcomes Assessment Process,
2013
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Professional Learning Communities And Collaborative Teams: Tools To Jump-Start The Learning Outcomes Assessment Process, Sharon Sandeen
Faculty Scholarship
The legal community has talked for years about proposed changes to the American Bar Association's (ABA) standards for the accreditation of law schools to include some form of learning outcomes assessment (LOA).' Although it is still unclear if and when comprehensive new standards will take effect and, more importantly, when law schools will be required to fully implement LOA processes, it is never too early to help law students meet their full potential since the essential purpose of LOA is to improve student learning. Moreover, current ABA Standard 203 (Strategic Planning and Assessment) requires law schools to regularly assess their …
The Fully Formed Lawyer: Why Law Schools Should Require Public Service To Better Prepare Students For Private Practice,
2013
Seattle University School of Law
The Fully Formed Lawyer: Why Law Schools Should Require Public Service To Better Prepare Students For Private Practice, Sara Rankin
Faculty Articles
It is now commonly accepted that law schools are graduating students who are under-prepared for practice in the real world. In other words, students that perform adequately in the classroom seem to struggle or suffer — to an unnecessary degree — when they enter practice. It is as though law schools are graduating inchoate or “partially-formed” lawyers, who demonstrate classroom fluency but lack meaningful ability to grapple with the wrinkles and complexity of real-world practice. This article argues that to create practice-ready or “fully formed” lawyers, law schools should reform to prioritize hands-on training in public service. It may seem …
Gideon's Legacy: Taking Pedagogical Inspiration From The Briefs That Made History,
2013
Barry University School of Law
Gideon's Legacy: Taking Pedagogical Inspiration From The Briefs That Made History, Elizabeth Berenguer Megale
Barry Law Review
No abstract provided.
