The law school as an organization is examined by a hypothetical Irish monk from several moral points of view (teleologically, interpersonally, and according to the ethics of responsibility) and advised as to the effect of the law school community on its members. (MSE)

The humanistic orientation of students at different points in their law school experiences was examined to determine whether this value changed markedly from entrance to graduation, and whether alumni practitioners and teachers held the same or different views from their students.

The Baltimore lawyer David Hoffman (1784-1854), the father of American legal ethics, was also the first of the systematic American legal educators. The history and operation of his law school, the curriculum, and his effective use of the lecture method are described and discussed. (MSE)

Despite the myths and the movies, law teaching does little more than the most obvious things for its students. It is a sometimes clever, often boring, initiation rite for the legal profession, and it serves up reams of information about the law. However, the materials of law are the materials of human beings, and these experiences have to be…

Four issues that have become prominent in law school accreditation as the profession adjusts to changes in itself, education, and the flow of consumers of legal education are discussed: the demand for new buildings, student faculty ratios, restricting law school admission to "A" and "B" level students, and faculty tenure. (MSE)