Legal Education in the United States: A Report Prepared for the Survey of the Legal Profession,9781584774419

Legal Education in the United States: A Report Prepared for the Survey of the Legal Profession

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9781584774419
ISBN10: 158477441X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-12-30
Publisher(s): Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION 1(3)
II. OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE 4(14)
A. The Inns of Court
4(4)
B. William Blackstone
8(7)
C. Influence of the English System in America
15(3)
III. THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF AMERICAN LEGAL EDUCATION 18(17)
A. The Colonial Period
18(3)
B. The Transition Period
21(2)
C. The Establishment of Chairs of Law
23(5)
D. The Litchfield School
28(4)
E. The Development of Bar Admission Requirements
32(3)
IV. EARLY AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS AND THE LAISSEZ FAIRE PERIOD 35(16)
A. The Royall Professorship of Law at Harvard-Justice Parker
35(2)
B. Other Schools
37(2)
C. Barriers to Development of Law Schools
39(1)
D. Story and the Harvard Law School
40(11)
V. THE CASE METHOD 51(20)
A. Law Schools, 1839-1870
51(2)
B. The Influence of Langdell
53(7)
C. Early Disciples of Langdell
60(2)
D. Later Appraisal of the Case Method
62(2)
E. Developments in the Case Method
64(7)
VI. IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 71(51)
A. Import of the Profession
71(1)
B. The ABA-Its Organization and Immediate Interest in Legal Education
72(6)
C. The "John Marshall" and "Abraham Lincoln" Argument
78(2)
D. The Formation of the Section of Legal Education-Early Programs
80(6)
E. Further Moves to Strengthen Legal Education Conference of Bar Examiners
86(2)
F. Formation of the Association of American Law Schools
88(2)
G. The Problem of Prelegal Education
90(4)
H. Developments, 1903-1913
94(3)
I. The Separation of the AALS from the ABA
97(5)
J. Resolutions of ABA in 1921; Influence of Elihu Root
102(6)
K. Conference of Bar Association Delegates in 1922
108(4)
L. Progressive Steps in Legal Education since 1922
112(6)
M. The American Law Institute
118(2)
N. In Perspective
120(2)
VII. CRITICISMS OF MODERN LEGAL EDUCATION 122(39)
A. The Objectives of Legal Education
122(3)
B. The Unapproved Law School
125(1)
C. Prelegal Education
126(7)
D. The Financial Status of Law Schools
133(4)
E. Criticisms of the Case Method
137(3)
F. Lack of Perspective
140(4)
G. Failure to Provide Synthesis
144(2)
H. Neglect of Training in Practical Skills
146(9)
I. Failure to Inculcate Professional Standards and Ideals
155(6)
VIII. LEGAL EDUCATION-A PRESENT APPRAISEMENT 161(38)
A. Objectives and Pertinent Appraisals of Legal Education
161(11)
(1) Quantity and Quality
163(2)
(2) Schools Inadequately Financed
165(1)
(3) Problem of Large Classes
166(1)
(4) Comments on Prelegal Education
167(1)
(5) Overcrowded Curriculum
168(3)
(6) Public Law
171(1)
B. Bridging the Gap between Law Schools and Practice
172(4)
(1) The Legal Clinic
173(2)
(2) The Responsibility of the Schools
175(1)
C. Part-time Schools
176(4)
D. Ferment in the Law Schools
180(7)
E. Rapprochement between Law Teachers and Practicing Lawyers
187(1)
F. Legal Scholarship and Research
188(4)
G. Law Reviews
192(2)
H. Professional Standards and Ethics
194(2)
I. In Prospective
196(3)
INDEX 199

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