Category Archives: Introduction
Thinking Like a Lawyer, Designing Like an Architect: Preparing Students for the 21st Century Practice, by Tanina Rostain et al
Building systems has become a critical skill among legal practitioners. While courses like the one they teach at Georgetown University Law Center also teach legal analysis, empathy and plain language communications, Tanina Rostain, Roger Skalbeck and Kevin Mulcahey argue that law … Continue reading
Lives of Lawyers Revisited, by Michael J. Kelly
This piece focuses upon how the practice of lawyering has changed over the past 2 decades. Kelly particularly emphasizes how practice management and organizational structures have changed, and the effects of those changes upon the lawyers experiencing them. Further, Kelly … Continue reading
Two Questions for Law Schools about the Future Boundaries of the Legal Profession, by Elizabeth Chambliss
Law schools face two critical strategic problems. This essay suggests that critical theory and research can resolve both of these problems. The first problem is the increasing segmentation of the profession, both between corporate and personal legal services, and also … Continue reading
If Only We Knew What We Know, by Conrad Johnson and Brian Donnelly
The Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic has taught law students how to use law practice and technology tools in a professional setting for the better part of a decade. Conrad Johnson and Brian Donnelly, who teach the course at … Continue reading
The Last Days of the American Lawyer, by Thomas D. Morgan
Thomas Morgan envisions a future where there is a demand for more people trained in the law, but that training may not require a three-year graduate degree like it does today. Continue reading
Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (“Carnegie Report”)
The Carnegie Report presents a rich image of how law schools transform students into professionals and rethinks the goal of “thinking like a lawyer.” Continue reading
Apps 4 Justice: Law Schools, Technology and Access to Justice, by Ronald W. Staudt
The civil justice system is failing the poor and law schools are failing their students by not providing practical lessons for the modern law environment. An Apps 4 Justice Clinic can deliver essential, pragmatic education while simultaneously improving our legal services delivery system for the poor. Continue reading
Access to Justice: Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants, by Charles L. Owen et al
A two-year study of state court systems throughout the country identifies barriers to justice and redesigns court processes to provide self-represented litigants with efficient and effective access. Continue reading
Apps for Justice: Code to the Rescue, by Marc Lauritsen
“The profession is endangered.” But could coding be the solution? Continue reading
Access to Justice and Technology Clinics: A 4% Solution, by Ronald W. Staudt and Andrew P. Medeiros
Ron Staudt and Andrew Medeiros argue that the law school curriculum should include a new type of course that simultaneously lowers barriersto justice for low income people while significantly improving the practice readiness of law school graduates. The Access to … Continue reading