The History of Legal Education in the United States

The History of Legal Education in the United States
Author: Steve Sheppard
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 1250
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1584776900

An invaluable and fascinating resource, this carefully edited anthology presents recent writings by leading legal historians, many commissioned for this book, along with a wealth of related primary sources by John Adams, James Barr Ames, Thomas Jefferson, Christopher C. Langdell, Karl N. Llewellyn, Roscoe Pound, Tapping Reeve, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Story, John Henry Wigmore and other distinguished contributors to American law. It is divided into nine sections: Teaching Books and Methods in the Lecture Hall, Examinations and Evaluations, Skills Courses, Students, Faculty, Scholarship, Deans and Administration, Accreditation and Association, and Technology and the Future. Contributors to this volume include Morris Cohen, Daniel R. Coquillette, Michael Hoeflich, John H. Langbein, William P. LaPiana and Fred R. Shapiro. Steve Sheppard is the William Enfield Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law.

Teaching Legal Research

Teaching Legal Research
Author: Barbara Bintliff
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317986733

Legal research is a fundamental skill for all law students and attorneys. Regardless of practice area or work venue, knowledge of the sources and processes of legal research underpins the legal professional’s work. Academic law librarians, as research experts, are uniquely qualified to teach legal research. Whether participating in the mandatory, first-year law school curriculum or offering advanced or specialized legal research instruction, law librarians have the up-to-date knowledge, the broad view of the field, and the expertise to provide the best legal research instruction possible. This collection offers both theoretical and practical guidance on legal research education from the perspectives of the law librarian. Containing well-reasoned, analytical articles on the topic, the volume explains and supports the law librarian’s role in legal research instruction. The contributors to this book, all experts in teaching legal research, challenge academic law librarians to seize their instructional role in the legal academy. This book was based on a special issue of Legal Reference Services Quarterly.

A Well-Founded Fear

A Well-Founded Fear
Author: Philip G. Schrag
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135962456

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Looking Back at Law's Century

Looking Back at Law's Century
Author: Austin Sarat
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801439575

This book describes a century of tremendous legal change, of inspiring legal developments, and profound failures. The twentieth century took the United States from the Progressive Era's optimism about law and social engineering to current concerns about a hyperlegalistic society, from philosophical idealism to the implementation of democracy, the rule of law, and the idea of human rights throughout the world. At the same time, law maintained its status as the key language of governance in the United States, the most "legal" of all countries, which has succeeded in making its version of the state a point of reference around the globe.

Newsletter

Newsletter
Author: Association of American Law Schools
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1994
Genre: Law
ISBN: