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Law School Deans Seek Equilibrium between New and Old Teaching Methods

Katherine Kirk
In The Docket , Barbara Mueller discusses the 2nd Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference as a window into the ongoing discussions of legal education reform that are taking place nationwide. At one session, a panel of law school deans from across the country discussed a number of such approaches that their law...

Video: Three Questions About the Future of Legal Education—What Are Your Answers?

Alli Gerkman
In October, we had a room full of people abuzz with talk about the present state of legal education and its future. These were educators and practitioners who are already working together to change legal education to meet the needs of the profession. So it's not a surprise that when we asked some of them three...

Law Schools' Untapped Resources: Using Advocacy Professors to Achieve Real Change in Legal Education

Wes Reber Porter
If the current law school model is dilapidated, then it requires real structural and architectural changes. Legal education (finally) must cater to the needs of students and teaching them the knowledge, skills, and values required to serve clients. However, to reinvent legal education in a meaningful way, law schools...

Rutberg: Experiential Learning in Law School May Encourage Student Happiness

Cindy Pham
A study from the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics shows "law students who found ways to exercise their top strengths in daily life were less likely to report depression and more likely to report satisfaction." With this understanding, Golden Gate University School of Law, an Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers...

Golden Gate University School of Law Joins the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Consortium

Marnee Baker
Consistent with the promise made in its mission statement to “blend practical skills training with legal theory throughout the curriculum,” Golden Gate University School of Law integrates skills training and professional development across its curriculum, preparing students to be critical thinkers, problem solvers,...