Bricks without Straw: The Sorry State of American Legal Education

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University Law School
Contact

Charles E. Rounds, Jr., delves deeply into law school education to explain how "great swaths of core legal doctrine have been scythed from the required law curriculum, a process of misguided reform that began in the 1960s." This has left law students trying to make bricks without straw. Rounds exhorts "seasoned" law practitioners to become once again "fully engaged in the affairs of the legal academy" and "take a good hard look for themselves at the doctrinal side of the law school curriculum."

Please see full publication below for more information.

LOADING PDF: If there are any problems, click here to download the file.

DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.

© Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University Law School | Attorney Advertising

Written by:

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University Law School
Contact
more
less

Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - Suffolk University Law School on:

Reporters on Deadline

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
Custom Email Digest
- hide
- hide