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Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Changing Face of Legal Education


It's always a little puzzling when people talk about 'traditional legal education' because legal education has always been in such flux, any equilibrium has been so temporary. It seems that those who like to use the term are a) complaining about something new being different from when they were at law school or b) use it as a straw devil, thinking that their fantastic new teaching idea is going to shake the foundations of the grey beards' orthodoxy. Take the long view and legal education as a collective effort has been changing and evolving, embracing new technologies and approaches as the law itself evolves. Common law method equips you with tools for change.