Chapter 5: The Criticism of Legal Education

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Roy Stuckey et. al, Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and a Roadmap (2007).

John O. Sonsteng et al., A Legal Education Renaissance: A Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century, 34 Wm Mitchell L. Rev. 303 (2007).

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Susan Swain Daicoff, Lawyer Know Thyself: A Psychological Analysis of Personality Strengths and Weaknesses (2004).

Lawrence S. Krieger, Human Nature as a New Guiding Philosophy for Legal Education and the Profession, 47 Washburn L.J. 247 (2008).

Lawrence S. Krieger, Psychological Insights: Why Our Students and Graduates Suffer and What We Might Do About It, 1 J. Ass’n Legal Writing Directors 258 (2002).

Talbot D’Alemberte, Law School in the Nineties: Talbot D’Alemberte on Legal Education, 76 A.B.A. J. 52 (1990).

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Michael Hunter Schwartz, Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction to a Symposium Whose Time Came, 47 Washburn L.J. 235 (2008).

Kennon M. Sheldon & Lawrence S. Kreiger, Does Legal Education Have Undermining Effects on Law Students? Evaluating Changes in Values, Motivation and Well-Being, 22 Behav. Sci. & L. 261 (2004).

James B. Levy, As a Last Resort, Ask the Students: What They Say Makes Someone an Effective Law Teacher, 58 Me. L. Rev. 49 (2006).

Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, Law School Survey of Student Engagement, Student Engagement in Law School: Knowing Our Students (2007).

Nancy Levit & Douglas O. Linder, Happy Law Students, Happy Lawyers, 58 Syracuse L. Rev. 351 (2008).

Marjorie Silver, The Affective Assistance of Counsel: Practicing Law as a Healing Profession (2007).

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Gerald Hess, Gonzaga University School of Law, Presentation at the Humanizing Legal Education Conference/Symposium: Collaborative Course Design: Not My Course, Not Their Course, But Our Course (Oct. 20, 2007).

Susan Daicoff, Florida Coastal School of Law, Presentation at the Humanizing Legal Education Conference/Symposium: The Comprehensive Law Movement and its Relation to Humanizing Legal Education (Oct. 21, 2007).

Carol L. Wallinger, Rutgers School of Law-Camden, Presentation at the Humanizing Legal Education Conference/Symposium: From First to Final Draft: Autonomy Support in Legal Writing Class (Oct. 20, 2007).

American Bar Association, Legal Education and Professional Development – An Educational Continuum: Report of The Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: Narrowing the Gap (1992).