A program designed to test alternate schemes for providing legal education by changing content and methodology of courses. (HS)

Southwestern University School of Law's two-year, intensive, year-round program, the Southwestern Conceptual Approach to Legal Education, which emphasizes hypothetical problems as teaching tools rather than the case-book method, is described. (MSE)

The development of Georgetown University Law Center's clinical law course, which involves law students teaching street law to high school students and inmates, is presented. Information on program origins, training and clinical experience of law students, street law curriculum, and the National Street Law Institute are included. (JMD)

An experimental first-year course introducing law students to the law firm addressed: a single issue in contract law from both sides, writing as an advocate, the lawyer's role, legal research methods, the legislative process, the counseling function, the appellate process, and traditional legal writing. An interdisciplinary approach was used. (MSE)