Thursday, December 15, 2011

It’s Almost Time to Dream About What We Would Like Law Schools to Look Like— Last Installment on the History of Legal Education « SALTLAW

Last of a four part series on legal education in America. - GWC
It’s Almost Time to Dream About What We Would Like Law Schools to Look Like— Last Installment on the History of Legal Education « SALTLAW:
by Hazel Weiser
Society of American law Teachers
"Perhaps it is time for all of us to ask the question: what does it mean to be a lawyer? As we go through this final year of the comprehensive review of standards governing law schools, perhaps we need to reexamine the concept of the “citizen lawyer” proposed by Thomas Jefferson: a class of residents who will act in the public good and not just for private gain"

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