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Orfield, Gary; Whitla, Dean – 2001
This study examined how diversity influenced law students' educational experiences. Predominantly White students at Harvard Law School and the University of Michigan Law School, as well as at five other law schools, completed surveys that examined such topics as: frequency of contact with diverse people growing up and in high school, college, and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment
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Doyel, Robert L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
A new course of clinical education at the University of Mississippi is described. A member of the teaching faculty was appointed under the Criminal Justice Act to represent indigent defendants with the assistance of student interns. Goals for the future and possible implementation at other law schools are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Descriptions, Criminal Law, Experiential Learning
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Cane, Barbara H. – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
The law review, it is suggested, is a species of publication that exists primarily to be written, not to be read. How the institution came into being, how a law review actually functions, and the consequences of the dominant law review pattern for legal education and the profession are examined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competitive Selection, Editing, Education Work Relationship
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Bruce, Nigel – English for Specific Purposes, 2002
Describes an approach to teaching first-year law students in an English for academic purposes course on how to write the academic genre of the legal problem answer. Offers students rhetorical tools to translate legal reasoning moves into effective written response to legal problems. The dovetailing of language and content involved considerable…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Law Students
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Courson, Amy – Tribal College Journal, 2002
Profiles Native American graduates of tribal colleges who are now in law school at Arizona State University (ASU). Describes the ways in which tribal colleges prepared these students for the demands of graduate education. (NB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Colleges
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Givelber, Daniel J.; And Others – Journal of Legal Education, 1995
A study of law students' beliefs about quality of learning in work settings, and which factors distinguish between settings supporting good learning and those that do not, is described. Results correspond to a theory of ecological learning. Criticisms of workplace learning are examined. It is argued that legal educators need not control the work…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Quality, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
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Coleman, Phyllis G.; Jarvis, Robert M. – Journal of College and University Law, 1997
Because certain disabilities cause students to need additional time to complete course work, law schools typically allow enrollment in fewer credit hours, which requires additional time for program completion. Tuition adjustment is considered as a possible solution to this problem, and it is concluded law schools may have to adjust tuition…
Descriptors: College Administration, Disabilities, Higher Education, Law Schools
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Gijbels, David; van de Watering, Gerard; Dochy, Filip – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to get more insight in the effects of written assessment tasks integrated in a problem-based learning environment. Both the influence on students' performances and students' perceptions were investigated. Students' final exam results were used to find out whether students who make the assessment tasks do better than…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Problem Based Learning
Muntjewerff, Antoinette J. – 1994
An examination of Dutch research on legal case solving revealed that few law students get systematic instruction or testing in the technique of legal problem solving. The research being conducted at the Department of Computer Science and Law at the University of Amsterdam focuses on identifying the different functions in legal reasoning tasks in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Foreign Countries
Epstein, Steve – 1996
This paper outlines the changes and resultant strategy alterations that took place in the legal education system of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1991 and how these changes affected the Vientiane School of Law. In the late 1980s, the government was transformed from a centrally-governed economy into a market economy. The difficult task…
Descriptors: Change Agents, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries, Law Schools
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1998
This report examined 10-year trends in applications to Maryland's two law schools (the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Maryland School of Law), enrollment, and the first-time passage rates of graduates on the Maryland Bar Examination. Breakdowns by gender and race are also provided. The study also explored the projected…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Credentials, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns
Horch, Dwight H. – 1978
Educational loan limits for graduate and professional students were estimated to provide manageable repayments that were a proportion of the borrowers' future consumption budget data. Based on each professional group's income profile, loan repayments were computed for each year of repayment and summed across alternative repayment periods to arrive…
Descriptors: College Students, Computation, Financial Support, Graduate Students
Brownlee, Don; Brownlee, Susan – 1980
Although the study of communication has been consistently recognized as a vital segment of legal training, it has not been universally adopted as part of the law school curriculum. A survey of 150 law schools was designed to determine the communication skills and training necessary for competent performance in both law school and professional…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Research
Remole, Mary K.; Brown, James W. – 1980
In the study described in this paper, 221 students in beginning and senior level university journalism and law courses read descriptions of ten cases of alleged invasions of privacy by photojournalists, gave their opinions on the ethics of taking and publishing the pictures, and indicated their degree of interest in a number of topics related to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Background, Ethics, Freedom of Speech
Denver Univ., CO. Coll. of Law. – 1969
The main purpose of this project (1966-1969) was to provide law students with a basic understanding of modern sociological inquiry since the importance of sociology to the law has increased with applications ranging from the presentation of evidence in court to the design of programs for legal reform and social change. The general objective here…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Institutes (Training Programs), Interdisciplinary Approach
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