Examines judicial education options, proposing pre-judicial education opportunities. Proposes an academic degree program--an L.L.M. for prospective judges. (EV)

Surveys clinical scholarship about the lawyer's role in constructing a case from facts and law. Contends that this literature is creating a deeper analysis of what lawyers do when they represent clients, and that this developing analysis of the lawyer's role can improve the ability of practicing lawyers to anticipate problems and resolve them, and…

Presents an evidenced account of Christopher Columbus Langdell, arguably the best-known and most influential figure in the history of U.S. legal education, from his birth in 1826 until his departure from law school in 1854. Attempts to explain the formation of his interest in education, as well as the origins of significant reforms in legal…

The conceptions of legal ethics or professional responsibility as (1) disciplinary rules or codes; and (2) as the personal moralities of individual lawyers prevail. However, it is the application of general norms to specific circumstances through complex, creative judgment that is the ethical component of the ideal of legal professionalism. (MSE)

Stories give meaning to our lives and create community, offering other worlds of relation and possibilities, contexts for human action, sentiment, and feeling. Until recently, law and literature were assumed to be radically different kinds of intellectual activity, and in law, fiction has not been used to teach important lessons. (MSE)

Adds to the "Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" with an eighth principle: Good practice in legal education involves identifying and resolving professorial conflicts of interest. Discusses the problem with professorial conflicts of interest, categories of conflict, and effectively resolving such conflicts. (EV)

Presents some of the questions raised during debate within the American Bar Association about multidisciplinary practice (MDP). Provides responses based on recorded testimony and other communications with the bar's commission on MDP. (EV)

A discussion of natural law outlines some of the theory and tradition surrounding it and examines its relationship to the social science and legal curriculum and to the teaching of jurisprudence. (MSE)

Introduces papers from a conference focused on the bijural programs of Louisiana State University Law Center and McGill University Faculty of Law. The programs educate all first-degree law students in both the common law and civil law traditions, preparing them for the increasing globalization of legal practice. (EV)

Describes the bijural program of McGill University Faculty of Law. The program educates all first-degree law students in both the common law and civil law traditions, preparing them for the increasing globalization of legal practice. (EV)

Using the example of McGill University's bijural program, explores how teaching the common and civil law traditions together provides an opportunity to teach in law's "cosmos" rather than its "empire," so that a bijural legal education can plainly and confidently ally itself with the great university tradition of prizing…

Explores a text by Rene David relating to the teaching of comparative law and the comparative teaching of law. Discusses bijural education as a way to comprehensively teach the civil and common law traditions. Addresses construction of a bijural curriculum and skills of comparative law teaching. (EV)

Explores why bijuralism as a pedagogical strategy is not enough if globalization is to turn from ideal into reality, but asserts that, nevertheless, it will instill a certain intellectual curiosity of still other forms of legal life, and a sensibility that may result in a better understanding of these other forms. (EV)

Describes a yearly series of about 10 classes in which a constitutional law teacher and a property law teacher blend their classes to team-teach a topic that has a solid footing in each course: the law applicable to governmental takings of private property for public use. (EV)

Used survey data to assess the third-year experience of law students. Found that most students were disengaged but satisfied and optimistic; a much smaller group felt alienated. Proposes some legal education reforms. (EV)