Comments on: What kind of faculty would I want in the ideal law school? http://madisonian.net/2008/04/08/what-kind-of-faculty-would-i-want-in-the-ideal-law-school/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://madisonian.net/2008/04/08/what-kind-of-faculty-would-i-want-in-the-ideal-law-school/comment-page-1/#comment-246529 Stephen M (Ethesis) Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:20:20 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1362#comment-246529 <b>values those who tend to be at the bottom of the law school caste system: those who teach in the clinic and those who teach legal research and writing. (In my fantasy world, these colleagues would be tenured or tenure-track.) Both of these groups do more to turn our students into lawyers than do podium teachers, in part because of the substance of what they teach and in part because of the hands-on nature of how they teach.</b> You've just captured the key to the gulf that is between the practicing bar and many law professors. values those who tend to be at the bottom of the law school caste system: those who teach in the clinic and those who teach legal research and writing. (In my fantasy world, these colleagues would be tenured or tenure-track.) Both of these groups do more to turn our students into lawyers than do podium teachers, in part because of the substance of what they teach and in part because of the hands-on nature of how they teach.

You’ve just captured the key to the gulf that is between the practicing bar and many law professors.

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