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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 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. Click …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 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 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 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 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 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 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director 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 …

Bill Sullivan Senior Scholar, Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College 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 …

Bill Sullivan Senior Scholar, Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College The legal academy is giving increased attention to the question of the education needed to appropriately equip today’s students to serve the needs of clients, employers, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article, which we discovered here , looks at the opportunities in teaching a real estate class "from the dirt" and discusses a class in which students interact with a parcel of land from the perspective of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director "Delegates approved a series of resolutions pertaining to the financing and curriculum of legal education, although the ABA's legislative body lacks the power to compel law schools to make changes or control over how …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director "The ABA House of Delegates voted Tuesday to adopt a resolution to urge law schools to more adequately prepare law students for the real-life experience of practicing law and bolster CLE training to better bridge the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director LawWeek Colorado interviewed Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Director Bill Sullivan about the initiative's goals: “It will give people some models and examples and a community of people to talk to,” Sullivan said. “That’s …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This is a survey of deans and associate deans conducted at the 2011 Conference on the Future of the Law School Curriculum by Franklin A. Gevurtz, of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Click here to …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Douglas G. Scrivner is former General Counsel of Accenture, where he worked for 31 years, 14 of which as General Counsel. During his tenure there, he also oversaw the company's government relations and served as …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Rich Baer is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty Media Corporation, where he is responsible for overseeing the company's legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. Previously, he served as …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article cites Educating Lawyers in its discussion of law schools turning to experiential models for ethics courses. This year, Yale Law School started the Ethics Bureau , a clinic in which law students assist …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article argues that instead of scholar-driven casebooks, we need learning-centered casebooks that engage students in the three Carnegie apprenticeships. Click here to read the article. Wed, 06/01/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In this article, the author suggests that bar examiners consider innovations in bar examiners based on the Carnegie Report . Wed, 06/01/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Rebecca Love Kourlis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) and retired Colorado Supreme Court justice, discusses Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers and the importance of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Law School Survey of Student Engagement is administered to all students at participating law schools via the Internet. In 2010, 77 law schools participated. The objective of the survey is to "provide data to law …