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Mofsky, James S. – Journal of Legal Education, 1976
On the premise that corporate counsel must be an able diagnostician before he can focus on highly specialized and interrelated issues of business law, the author suggests an approach to corporate law curriculum in which the basic course balances the quality and quantity of material designed to create the needed sensitivity. (JT)
Descriptors: Business, Course Content, Course Objectives, Courses

McLeod, Wilson – Journal of Legal Education, 1993
It is proposed that traditional labor law retain its current place in the legal curriculum, despite its limited applicability, but with emphasis on its theoretical importance rather than its technicalities. Traditional labor law is found to provide more rigorous inquiry into the nature of law than broader "employment law." (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Employment

Imwinkelried, Edward J. – Journal of Legal Education, 1991
Although statutes, not common law, have become the dominant source of law in the United States, the time and intellectual energy most law schools devote to legislation and interpretation is inadequate. Teachers of evidence courses are uniquely positioned to change this through creative instructional use of the Federal Rules of Evidence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies

Tanford, J. Alexander – Journal of Legal Education, 1991
A course devoted to trial law and procedure would be useful in the law school curriculum. It is a meaningful contribution to law students' core education, and there are educational costs in not teaching it. Simply adding a trial law component to existing advocacy courses would not serve the purpose. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Course Content, Court Litigation, Curriculum Design

Erickson, Nancy S. – Journal of Legal Education, 1988
A study of sex bias in law school course content found many topics of particular concern to women to be virtually absent from criminal law casebooks, despite growth in legal scholarship and public sensitivity. Casebook authors and law professors are urged to integrate these topics into the curriculum. (MSE)
Descriptors: Course Content, Criminal Law, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development

Strachan, Kristine – Journal of Legal Education, 1989
The University of Utah College of Law's capstone-cornerstone program seeks to provide each year of legal education with a distinctive purpose and character, a logical progression of knowledge and skills, diverse teaching and evaluation methods, and learning experiences that integrate doctrine, skills, and values. Capstone and cornerstone course…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Higher Education

Bernstein, Anita – Journal of Legal Education, 1996
A seminar at Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois) that reviews six first-year law school courses by focusing on feminist issues in course content and structure is described. The seminar functions as both a review and a shift in perspective. Courses revisited include civil procedure, contracts, criminal law, justice and the legal system,…
Descriptors: Contracts, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Courts