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A Farewell 11 Jan 2013 | 08:55 am
Dear Contributors and Readers: With great regret, Law Schooled will be posting its last post tonight. As much as interest has grown, the blog no longer is sustainable. We hope that future students and...
A Proposal for Change Now 11 Jan 2013 | 08:40 am
An interesting piece has recently been published in the Boston College Law Review. R. Michael Cassidy’s essay, Beyond Practical Skills: Nine Steps for Improving Legal Education Now proposes nine disti...
Technically, I’m Only Red-Green Colorblind 27 May 2012 | 02:32 am
I go to a really progressive school. As in, my classmates keep the granola industry in business. As in, I’ve been able to go through law school with a course schedule loaded up with social-justice a...
JD v. MBA: Teaching Methodologies and Working with Lawyers 24 May 2012 | 06:10 am
In this podcast, a JD and MBA compare and contrast law and business school. CLICK THE FOLLOWING TO LISTEN TO: JD v MBA Heard round the block: If you, law student, want to have a client simul...
Encouraging Bottom Feeders: Consequences for Clients 22 May 2012 | 07:47 am
We all came into law school thinking we were the pick of the litter, the top of the top, rarely failing at anything we did, and rarely ever feeling like we couldn’t achieve anything as long as we put ...
Students Online: Can law schools teach students online self-preservation? 20 May 2012 | 05:22 am
I like to think we’re all really tech savvy law students – bright, sophisticated, social media gurus (and not complete idiots). Then, I come across posts on Facebook, tweets, and pics on instagram, w...
If the economy bounces back, why bother to reform? 12 May 2012 | 06:36 am
“We have a duty as educators to make legal education sound and responsive, regardless of the current state of the economy. We shouldn’t be misled into thinking that reforming our practices would help ...
“A course on career paths” 11 May 2012 | 01:47 am
Professor Paul Horwitz on PrawfsBlog posts a few promising ideas for improving law schools. His suggestion for a “course on career paths” interests me most after having had recent conversations with ...
Let’s Cut the Crrr… Curve Already 10 May 2012 | 09:33 am
Three students take a stab at the Curve, and boy, does it need some stabbbing: Running from Bears The law school curve is a little bit like running from a bear. Your survival isn’t dependant ...
Collaborative Exams: Horrifying and Brilliant 8 May 2012 | 02:32 pm
A few professors on The Faculty Lounge described an innovation in giving out exams, aka “the collaborative exam”. While reading the post, to be honest, I became incredibly anxious at the thought of s...
