Aloha everyone. As per my custom, below is an unedited paper written by Tracy Dudick (a rockstar evening student at McGeorge) during my last Craft Beer Law class. This paper examines the sometimes complex relationship between craft beer and legal cannabis. While there are some similar studies out there, Ms. Dudick provides some great insights
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Innovative Electives Part 2: Electives Focusing on Lawyer Well-Being and Other Innovative Electives
On July 23, 2019, I emailed the Associate Deans’ and Deans’ ABA listservs asking for information about innovative courses. I received 54 responses describing more than 60 courses. This is my third post describing what I have learned.
I organized the courses into four categories: Required, Electives, Skills and Clinics, and Law and Technology, and…
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On July 23, 2019, I emailed the Associate Deans’ and Deans’ ABA listservs asking for information about innovative courses. I received 54 responses describing more than 60 courses. This is my second post describing what I have learned. (Note 1: I adjusted my label from “unique courses” to “innovative courses” so I can duck the…
Innovative Required Courses
On July 23, 2019, I emailed the Associate Deans’ and Deans’ ABA listservs asking for information about innovative courses. I received 54 responses describing more than 60 courses. I felt so fortunate to get to learn about all the interesting and innovative classes law schools have created, and I hope this post, which will be…
Nebraska’s Children’s Justice Clinic
Giving law students the opportunity to advocate for clients is an essential part of the law school experience. When those clients are some of their state’s most vulnerable residents, the experience can be even more rewarding.
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Chicago-Kent’s Early Specialization 1L Program
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UA Little Rock Strives to Strengthen Pre-Law Advising by Leading a One-Day Statewide Meeting
Many pre-law advisors assume their roles because of passing interest, arm-twisting, or forcible assignment. A mix of academic advisors, career counselors, faculty, staff, and community organizers who take on pre-law advising in addition to their other responsibilities, at best, they are enthusiastic participants who lack the time or resources necessary to devote to mastering and…
New Clinics at the West Virginia University College of Law
I genuinely believe all law schools make a significant effort to serve their local communities, and I am convinced we succeed. Our legal clinics provide hundreds of thousands of hours of free legal services each year to people who could not otherwise afford such services, and our externship students support our local, state, and federal…
Texas A & M Requires New Dispute Resolution Course for 1Ls
Law schools continue to tinker with the first-year curriculum, with some law schools adding Legislation and Regulation courses, others adding professionalism or professional identity-focused courses, still others adding international law courses, and a few affording students first-year electives. Texas A&M University School of Law has added another possibility to the mix—a required, first-year, one-credit Dispute…