Law student professional development and formation : bridging law school, student, and employer goals /

"Law schools currently do an excellent job of helping students to 'think like a lawyer,' but empirical data show that clients, legal employers, and the legal system need students to develop a wider range of competencies. This book helps legal educators to understand these competencies...

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Main Authors: Hamilton, Neil W. (Author), Bilionis, Louis D. (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Law schools currently do an excellent job of helping students to 'think like a lawyer,' but empirical data show that clients, legal employers, and the legal system need students to develop a wider range of competencies. This book helps legal educators to understand these competencies and provides practical ways to build them into a law school curriculum. Based on recommendations from the American Bar Association, the American Association of Law Schools, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ... With this proposed model, students will internalize the need for professional development toward excellence, their responsibility to others, a client-centered approach to problem solving, and strong well-being practices"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 167 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108776325
1108776329
DOI:10.1017/9781108776325