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From casebooks to case studies: L-schools adopting B-school methods Adam Henry Leading law school news of the past two weeks is a report from the New York Law Journal on the increasing adoption of business school methods of instruction, particularly the team-based case-study method, by law schools looking to better prepare their students for the changing marketplace. Some law school admissions offices have even begun to take greater account of applicants' work experience, as business schools already do. In somewhat related news, the faculty of Harvard Law School recently endorsed changes to strengthen the school's First-Year Lawyering course, founded three years ago following complaints from law firms about the level of students' preparation. In other, unrelated news out of Cambridge, the owner of US News & World Report magazine has announced a $10 million gift to Harvard to support fellowships for current and past professional school students to seek additional degrees in public health, education, or government. Mortimer Zuckerman, himself an HLS alumnus, hopes that the fellowships will alleviate for recipients the financial pressures that steer many would-be public servants from public service. Last Friday, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announced the election of 178 new Fellows, including seven legal academics, to its prestigious membership ranks. Armed with the information, Professor Brian Leiter of the University of Texas School of Law has ranked the top law schools by number of non-retired faculty members in the Academy. Yale Law School tops his list with an astounding 19 Academy members from a faculty of approximately 50. Additionally, Leiter today reports the succesful recruitment of Professor Elaine Shoben of the University of Illinois College of Law to an endowed chair at the University of Las Vegas's William S. Boyd School of Law. "Nevada," he marvels, "has really done better than any law school established in the last decade in attracting well-known faculty." 2:25 PM | | link to this post | latest Law School News Comments by Haloscan |
