This article traces the development of the modern American law school curriculum including the case method, as designed by Christopher Columbus Langdell and the Socratic method as implemented by James Barr Ames; discusses early tensions between law schools and the American Bar Association and the ultimate triumph of law schools as the primary method of law study and frames the Langdell legacy for a modern time
In the late nineteenth century Christopher Columbus Langdell, Dean of Harvard Law School, introduced...
The origin of this essay is a presentation the author made at the Office of the Attorney General of ...
In the early days of America, neither law school books nor formal law schools existed. American lawy...
This article traces the development of the modern American law school curriculum including the case ...
The article discusses the Case Method – the dominant method of teaching in American law schools, bas...
The 19th century saw dramatic changes in the legal education system in the United States. Before the...
The modest aim of this piece is to supply some historical background to the other contributions to t...
In the 1870’s, Christopher Columbus Langdell, then Dean of Harvard Law School, introduced the teachi...
This paper is concerned with the development of the case method system of teaching which has remaine...
This article traces the origins of the casebook classroom, the medical school teaching hospital, and...
Within the context of a brief overview of the history of legal education in the United States, in th...
Professional legal education at American law schools began in 1870, when Christopher Langdell initia...
Lawyers’ belief in their professionalism was fostered by the creation and development of modern lega...
Here we are, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, using a model of legal education that was...
This article presents an analytic overview of key aspects in the history of legal education in Engla...
In the late nineteenth century Christopher Columbus Langdell, Dean of Harvard Law School, introduced...
The origin of this essay is a presentation the author made at the Office of the Attorney General of ...
In the early days of America, neither law school books nor formal law schools existed. American lawy...
This article traces the development of the modern American law school curriculum including the case ...
The article discusses the Case Method – the dominant method of teaching in American law schools, bas...
The 19th century saw dramatic changes in the legal education system in the United States. Before the...
The modest aim of this piece is to supply some historical background to the other contributions to t...
In the 1870’s, Christopher Columbus Langdell, then Dean of Harvard Law School, introduced the teachi...
This paper is concerned with the development of the case method system of teaching which has remaine...
This article traces the origins of the casebook classroom, the medical school teaching hospital, and...
Within the context of a brief overview of the history of legal education in the United States, in th...
Professional legal education at American law schools began in 1870, when Christopher Langdell initia...
Lawyers’ belief in their professionalism was fostered by the creation and development of modern lega...
Here we are, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, using a model of legal education that was...
This article presents an analytic overview of key aspects in the history of legal education in Engla...
In the late nineteenth century Christopher Columbus Langdell, Dean of Harvard Law School, introduced...
The origin of this essay is a presentation the author made at the Office of the Attorney General of ...
In the early days of America, neither law school books nor formal law schools existed. American lawy...