IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis responds to questions from the ABA Journal about Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers:
"Traditional law classes featuring a professor at a podium directing questions at students may work in the first year when… MORE
The New York Times laments the growing justice gap and looks to bridge it through increased funding for the Legal Services Corporation, required pro bono, and reformed legal education that allows students to gain experience in public advocacy.… MORE
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which gave rise to Educating Lawyers and its findings and recommendations for legal education reform, recognized the launch of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers.
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Colorado Public Radio's Ryan Warner watches a clip from The Paper Chase with Dean Martin Katz, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and takes a look at the changing landscape of legal education. Dean Katz discusses the launch of Educating… MORE
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver today launches a unique, national initiative to change the way law schools educate students. “Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers” provides a platform to… MORE
Denver Post covered the launch of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, highlighting the innovative approach taken by University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Sturm College of Law is one of our Consortium schools and its dean, Martin Katz, is on our… MORE
The National Law Journal previewed Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, which is set to officially launch on August 22, 2011:
"A consortium of reformers hopes to turn the tide with a $250,000 initiative aimed at helping law schools and professors share… MORE
Law school once set the pattern for modern professional education. In his study of Christopher Columbus Langdell, originator of the case method of teaching law, historian Bruce A. Kimball credits him with the invention of meritocracy as a system for… MORE
The authors suggest that, though the Supreme Court of the United States has in recent years struck down campaign finance laws, it may be willing to tolerate limits on spending in judicial elections.
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This article recognizes that there is no shortage of debate about the best way to seat judges. Some states, like Tennessee, are considering moving from a judicial appointment system to an election system, while others, like Pennsylvania, are… MORE