Comments on: National Law Journal Reports on Carnegie and BP reforms at Duke, UCLA, Dayton and ….. http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/ A Vision and a Road Map Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: intelligentchallenge http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/#comment-3759 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:40:34 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=979#comment-3759 I absolutely agree there is a need for law school training to be more practical. Space could be made for much more pragmatic training by being more focussed around the theory: I bet most attorneys never use 80% of the black letter law they use, and of the 20% they do use, it will all be refreshed, updated and trained better once they start practice.

More thoughts on the topic here if you are interested: http://intelligentchallenge.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/your-training-was-useless-%C2%A0discuss/

]]> By: Duke Law School Dean David Levi Comes Out Swinging for Young Lawyers « Attorneys Directory http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/#comment-3554 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:04:23 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=979#comment-3554 [...] in recent years to try to make law school education more practical. Duke is featured in this NLJ article from last year on the topic, for its Dean’s Lecture Series, which brings in “a wide array [...]

]]> By: Law Blog Law Bombs: 9/14/2009 « The Reasonably Prudent Law Student http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/#comment-2875 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:50:11 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=979#comment-2875 [...] The recession is forcing law schools to bow to reality [Best Practices Legal Ed] [...]

]]> By: Holly Eaton http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/#comment-1739 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:46:59 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=979#comment-1739 Northeastern School of Law was way ahead of the curve on these issues when it was first established in 1974 by a group of Harvard Law graduates who thought legal education was thoroughly lacking practical experience. By the time I graduated after 3 years of law school, I had served in four full-time, semester-long legal postions in a variety of settings. I am glad to see the rest of legal academia is starting to see the light.

Holly Eaton
Northeastern School of Law ’91

]]> By: Law school is dump 3rd year curriculum for practical training « Reading Tea Leaves by Randy Wilson http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/#comment-1637 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:24:49 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=979#comment-1637 [...] Article: [...]

]]> By: Law Schools Waking Up - Dumping 3rd Year Curriculum For the Practical | Build A Solo Practice @ SPU http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/2009/09/07/national-law-journal-reports-on-carnegie-and-bp-reforms-at-duke-ucla-dayton-and-others-egje/#comment-1636 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:52:00 +0000 http://bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org/?p=979#comment-1636 [...] woke up this morning and smiled from ear-to-ear as I read this article.  And buried in there was a jewel.. “A lot of the changes are in response to the marketplace,” [...]

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