Saturday, February 23, 2013
Lies, damned lies, and the statistics that expose them
Friday, February 15, 2013
The wrong kind of theory
Legal education has come under a great deal of fire
lately. One criticism that has been
around long before the recent legal education crisis, however, is that law
schools teach only theory, and not practical skills. The debate, in a nutshell, boils down to two
competing camps. The practicing-lawyer
camp mocks theory, while praising the value of a practical education. After all, we lawyers are licensed to
practice law, and clients deserve some basic level of competence, even from new
graduates. The law-professor camp, on
the other hand, elevates theory to heavenly heights, singing its praises along
with the importance of teaching students “how to think like a lawyer”—whatever that phrase may mean. Unfortunately, the
two sides are only preaching to their respective choirs. In fact, the debate never gets off the
ground because the word theory means something different to each camp.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Law review publishing: In search of a useful ranking system
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Speaking Freely
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Sports and Courts: What Judges Can Learn from the NCAA
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