Preparing Law Students for Real-World Practice by John Lande. Abstract This article summarizes a program entitled Pracademically Speaking: Incorporating Real-World Legal Practice Into the Curriculum at the annual conference of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. It describes problems with…
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The Importance of Professional Identity Training in Law School
With professional identity training, law schools are helping students train their own minds. Scott Fruehwald
Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz, Beyond "Hard" Skills: Teaching Outward – and Inward-Facing Character-Based Skills to 1Ls in Light of ABA Standard 303(B)(3)’s Professional Identity Requirement
Marni Goldstein Caputo & Kathleen Luz, Beyond “Hard” Skills: Teaching Outward – and Inward-Facing Character-Based Skills to 1Ls in Light of ABA Standard 303(B)(3)’s Professional Identity Requirement. Abstract In this article, we share some ways in which we have adjusted…
What Is Legal Writing Scholarship? Part I
With the 40th anniversary of the first LWI conference coming up soon, it is a good point to review how legal writing scholarship has developed over the last 40 years and what it is today. I shall do this over…
Reciprocal Altruism as the Basis for Contract Revisited
Reciprocal Altruism as the Basis for Contract by E. Scott Fruehwald. Behavioral Biology illuminates the basis of contract. Behavioral biologists believe that genes are selfish; they are only interested in their survival. However, reciprocal altruism – “I’ll scratch your back…
Whither the Monograph: Changes to the ABA Standards on Library and Information Resources and Their Unintended Consequences for Legal Scholarship by Nicholas Mignanelli
Whither the Monograph: Changes to the ABA Standards on Library and Information Resources and Their Unintended Consequences for Legal Scholarship by Nicholas Mignanelli. Abstract Recent actions by the American Bar Association (ABA) threaten the future of the legal monograph. Resolution…
Preface: How To Teach Legal Writing
How To Teach Legal Writing by E. Scott Fruehwald. Preface The Joys of Teaching Legal Writing There is nothing more gratifying in the professional world than to watch a student learn–to watch a light bulb go off above a student’s…
The New Legal Ethics by W. Bradley Wendel
Here is a thought-provoking article on legal ethics. No matter how you view the article, it will make you think about the relationship between personal values and institutional principles in legal ethics. There are no easy answers. The New Legal…
The Unkillable Learning Styles Myth by Michael Blasie
Here is an excellent article on the learning styles myth: The Unkillable Learning Styles Myth by Michael Blasie :: SSRN “Is it time to kill the Learning Styles Myth in law school classrooms? The article details the absence of scientific…
The Book Students Should Read Before Law School
Think Like a Lawyer: Legal Reasoning for Law Students and Business Professionals by E. Scott Fruehwald. Law students need to start with the cognitive basics in order to develop into expert legal thinkers and writers. The early chapters of this…