Judges were surveyed for their views on their law clerks' responsibility for confidentiality. Background is outlined, results are presented, and guidelines for law clerk conduct are suggested. The questionnaire is appended. Available from: Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 3400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, $6.50.…

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)

Legal education is seen as too narrow because it fails to develop in students ways of thinking within and about the role of lawyers--methods of critical analysis, planning and decision-making that are conceptual foundations for practical skills. (MLW)

Urges speech communication educators to adapt their curricula to the needs of potential law students. Describes a course of instruction which includes units on communication theory and the legal/trial process, interviewing and counseling, negotiating and pretrial strategies, and special topics in judicial communication. (PD)

The purpose in teaching a negotiation course is to stimulate law students' awareness of both their own capabilities and limitations as negotiators. It is anticipated that students will develop an understanding of how to recognize, control, and cope with the demands of personality interactions. (MLW)

Developments in legal education in Papua New Guinea are examined and the efforts to meet the challenge of the International Legal Center to produce "new kinds of law-trained people" are analyzed. In recent years a conscious effort has been made to produce an entirely new approach to legal education. (MLW)

As law schools shed their pervasive elitism, clinical training will grow in scope and importance. Lawyers who meet the demands of a broad-based clientele cannot function with the limited skills that traditional education has provided. Law schools will have to train people to operate independently. (MLW)

The potential for using case examples in the education of evaluators is paralleled to the legal case method of instruction currently used in the education of law students. Ways in which such cases are used in instruction are discussed. Types of information an evaluation case history might contain are then documented and the QUEMAC acronym is…

In explaining the pre-law recruitment campaign and curriculum plans of the Speech Communication Department at Drake University, this paper places emphasis on the department's broader eclectic approach to human behavior and communication theory as it relates to law and other aspects of life. The curriculum for the pre-law communication major is…

Discusses the ingredients of effective legal writing: reading, mechanics, reasoning, and writing. Addresses a general description of each area, the kinds of skills needed in the area, writing problems particular to poorly prepared minority students, and steps that teachers might take to remedy these problems. (CMG)

A reminiscence of Willard Hurst with reference to events occurring over more than a quarter-century is presented. Emphasis is on the training of graduate law students in legal historical research. (Journal available from: University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI 53706, $4.00.) (MLW)

Outlined are the establishment of the law school in 1967, development of an administrative staff, design of the curriculum, clinical experience program, growth of the faculty, composition of the student body and prospects for the future. Available from William S. Hein and Co., Inc., 1285 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14209. (MSE)

Finding the appropriate judicial clerkship begins with identifying the most qualified, personable, and respected judges, at all levels. Resume and letter writing, recommendations, and interviews are also essential elements to be carefully undertaken. (Journal availability: 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, sc $1.00). (MSE)

A preliminary classification of methods used during first-year law courses to develop a sense of professional identification among students is presented. Professors' images of lawyers conveyed to students are described based on faculty comments. In addition, informal student interviews were conducted to determine their awareness of this…