Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Law Schools Out of Touch
The Australian: Law schools out of touch [May 19, 2004]:
... "Managing Justice, found that while the profession had changed dramatically, the teaching of it was still too much 'chalk and talk'.
Universities needed to focus more on 'professional ethics, dispute resolution, negotiations, client interviewing, working with teams [and] having a greater identification with client interests', Professor Weisbrot told the HES.
'If what you're doing is teaching law students to remember rules from cases, you're not giving them much of an intellectual skill. "
The Australian: Law schools out of touch [May 19, 2004]:
... "Managing Justice, found that while the profession had changed dramatically, the teaching of it was still too much 'chalk and talk'.
Universities needed to focus more on 'professional ethics, dispute resolution, negotiations, client interviewing, working with teams [and] having a greater identification with client interests', Professor Weisbrot told the HES.
'If what you're doing is teaching law students to remember rules from cases, you're not giving them much of an intellectual skill. "
