Rites de Passage: Law Students

Elkins, James R.

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ERIC Number: EJ317095

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Rites de Passage: Law Students "Telling Their Lives."

Elkins, James R.

Journal of Legal Education, v35 n1 p27-55 Mar 1985

Excerpts from law students' journals illustrate themes of their early experiences with law school, including idealism, high expectations, exhilaration, frustration, stress, conflict, boredom, alienation, and despair. (MSE)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Autobiographies, Diaries, Higher Education, Law Schools, Law Students, Lawyers, Legal Education, Psychological Patterns, Socialization, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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