Reflections on ABA Task Force Report, II: Governance | Word on the...
Meaningful change in legal education will be more or less a bottom up process. That is, it will come from systematic attention to key problems and diligent reform within the law schools themselves,...
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Although this does not pertain to law school in particular, I was struck by the parallels between how we construct legal advocacy courses (first year legal writing and moot court, in particular). But...
View ArticleLegal education for non-lawyers: Why? | Word on the Streeterville | Dean...
I will have much more to say on the “how” question. And, over the course of the next few weeks, I look forward to sharing with readers some of the exciting information about our new Master of Science...
View ArticleUnbundling legal education | Word on the Streeterville | Dean Rodriguez’s...
The ever growing strategic focus on legal education for non-lawyers builds on an emerging insight about the nature of legal education. I would describe this as follows: Legal education consists of...
View ArticleA new year’s message | Word on the Streeterville | Dean Rodriguez’s Blog |...
Happy New Year and very well wishes for a healthy, productive, and in every way successful, 2014 to all of our friends. As I begin my third year as dean of Northwestern Law School and embark on a new...
View ArticleLaw school of big shoulders | Word on the Streeterville | Dean Rodriguez’s...
(I’ll trust readers to get the “shoulders” reference.) After an early January of quite wacky weather, Northwestern Law has moved past the polar vortex — or perhaps it is more accurate to say the...
View ArticleWisdom of the law school crowds | Word on the Streeterville | Dean...
Engaged closely these days with strategic planning and developing innovations that will enhance the quality of a Northwestern legal education while also tackling the high costs and high debt of our...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: The Honorable Richard J. Elrod | Word on the Streeterville |...
In 1968 he was one of the attorneys who advised Mayor Richard J. Daley to let the people protesting the Democratic National Convention camp in Grant Park. Mayor Daley did not heed this advice, with...
View ArticleProf. Carole Silver on international legal education | Word on the...
NU Prof. Carole Silver, a leading expert on the global dimensions of legal curriculum, describes succinctly a presentation she recently gave at a major conference on this topic in San Diego,...
View ArticleWhat’s next for ABA Standards Review? | Word on the Streeterville | Dean...
One suspects that the ABA Council is taking a deep breath, and perhaps also a victory lap, after several years in which it reviewed existing standards and made some meaningful reforms. Attention...
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