The merits and problems of offering a course in the philosophy of law in the law school curriculum are discussed. (MSE)

Reasons for the current inattention in law schools to appellate litigation and its effects on appellate courts and the performance of attorneys appearing in them are explored, and curricular changes designed to provide law students with an education for appellate litigation comparable to that provided for trial litigation are proposed. (MSE)

Current law school curriculum reform efforts are reviewed and three issues are addressed: (1) what model should guide law schools' choice of curricula; (2) how that choice relates to change in the social and professional environment; and (3) how social and student needs should influence the curriculum choice. (MSE)

Response to criticism of law students' legal research skills makes three observations: (1) the legal research curriculum may be adequate already; (2) the faculty reward structure favors research and works against teaching; and (3) law school administrators will not change the legal research curriculum until they feel pressure to do so. (MSE)

The substance and directions of the 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988 annual workshops on women's rights in the law school curriculum held by American University's Washington College of Law are summarized. (MSE)

If ways are to be found to integrate doctrine, practice, and theory in the law school curriculum, a new perspective of legal education is needed. One useful approach builds on work on moral development based on two distinctive modes of thinking about moral issues. (MSE)

This article argues that statutory law is underemphasized in law school curricula and that increased attention to the teaching of statutory law would have benefits for legal education, including increased reflection on instructional goals and methods. Strategies for integrating statutory law into the curriculum are discussed. (MSE)

Structural and functional characteristics of legal education define law learning in terms that determine, through the kind of professionals it trains, the strongest possibilities for societal use of law. (Author/KE)

English legal history should continue to be taught in our law schools because it does provide context for the study of American law, but it has long been a question how much of that context has value in training for actual practice. (Author/KE)

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)

A recent American Bar Association report (the MacCrate Report), a comprehensive study of lawyers' educational and professional development needs, is discussed. The report strongly supports practical legal skills training as part of legal education. Implications for current law school curriculum and operations are examined. (MSE)

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…

A 1996 Association of American Law Schools survey of 83 institutions investigated recent developments in course and seminar additions to the law school curriculum. Results are reported here, including an analysis of the 25 most popular areas for curricular innovation and a dozen fields in which new courses were less common. Trends are identified…

Harvard University Law School's redesigned first-year curriculum is organized to convey the tradition of the first year and also to allow for the introduction of alternative ways of knowing, in response to changes in legal reality. Coordinated teaching, "bridge periods," and newly developed materials characterize the changes. (MSE)

A discussion of legal education needs for a global industrial and science-based economy looks at influential demographic and economic trends, sketches several possible scenarios for the future of world trade, and outlines steps and considerations in designing an appropriate transnational legal curriculum. (MSE)