Reproduction of Hierarchy - A Social Network Analysis of the American Law Professoriate;
Katz, Daniel Martin; Gubler, Joshua R.; Zelner, Jon; Bommarito, Michael J. II
61 J. Legal Educ. 76 (2011)
"...the emergence of an d convergence upon conceptions of what constitutes a sound legal rule." (77). On Heinonline, here. Read more [...]
Legal Ethics Forum: Welcome to the LEF Symposium on Legal Education's Response to the Economic Realities Facing the Profession.
From Monday, Feb. 6 to Wednesday, Feb. 8, scholars on the legal profession from the United States and around the world will post contributions about the implications of economic pressures on the way we teach our students. We hope that a robust exchange will be sparked as readers weigh in with comments. Our goal is to inspire a meaningful conversation about how we Read more [...]
The Next Revolution in Legal Education - YouTube. Thought provoking, as always. H/T Peer Zumbansen.
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Albany Law School - Center for Excellence in Law Teaching Conference 2012.
Albany Law School’s Center for Excellence in Law Teaching (CELT) will host a national conference on “Setting and Assessing Learning Objectives from Day One” for law school faculty and administrators on March 30, 2012. Read more [...]
Lawyers v. Businessmen: Where Are the Bad Men? - Jotwell: Legal Profession.
Richard Moorhead reviews Parker et al's article, described here:
In the glamorous/murky/elite/financially rewarding world of commercial law is it clients or lawyers who are the bad guys? Put another way, does business corrupt law or do lawyers corrupt business? This is the question that lies at the heart of Parker, Rosen and Nielsen’s paper.
Neat for those teaching/thinking about teaching ethics. Read more [...]
10 Commandments of Lecturing | Inside Higher Ed.
these are kind of fun. A caffeinated hummingbird? Oh dear.
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Speaker's Corner: Time to train lawyers on cultural competence | Commentary | Law Times News.
Although the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal doesn’t explicitly use the exact phrase, the tone and substance of the decision indicate that cultural competency requires knowledge, skills, and attitudes and that the failure to be culturally competent isn’t just insensitivity but can result in a miscarriage of justice and a wrongful conviction. Read more [...]