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Legal Education Study


The Foundation's two-year study of legal education involved a comprehensive look at teaching and learning in American and Canadian law schools today. Intensive field work was conducted at a cross-section of 16 law schools during the 1999-2000 academic year. The study provides an opportunity to rethink "thinking like a lawyer"—the paramount educational construct currently employed, which affords students powerful intellectual tools while also shaping education and professional practice in subsequent years in significant, yet often unrecognized, ways. Findings from the study were released in the book, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law, published by Jossey-Bass in March 2007.
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Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law
William M. Sullivan, Anne Colby, Judith Welch Wegner, Lloyd Bond, Lee S. Sh...
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Summary of the Findings and Recommendations from Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law
William M. Sullivan, Anne Colby, Judith Welch Wegner, Lloyd Bond, Lee S. Sh...
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