Political Economy, Capitalism and the Rule of Law

Abstract

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Like Pulling Teeth: How Dental Education's Crisis Shows the Way Forward for Law Schools

“…374 Not every law school will be identically affected, of course, and those at the top of the rankings hierarchy may not be affected much at all. 375 Further, it seems likely that the cost to the university and law school of increased law school prestige is likely less than increasing the prestige in some other units, notably in the STEM fields or healthcare. In those other settings, attracting grants may require significant faculty recruitment costs and physical plant enhancements, the costs of which are only partially offset by the grant money received.…”

“…It also means that many schools are unable to formulate rational, consistent responses to the legal education crisis because of both the change in leadership and the lag time necessary for a new (usually inexperienced) dean to get up to speed. 56 Many observers, often law school deans, proposed many programmatic and operational changes that law schools should adopt, either to help end the crisis in legal education or to take advantage of the radical change in the landscape, but as might be expected, absolutely no consensus emerged about what legal education as a whole, or law schools individually, should do. 57 One of the more frequent suggestions, however, was some form of curricular and structural change that would permit law schools to train graduates who would be "practice ready."…”

Accountability and the Regulation of the Large Law Firm Lawyer

“…On the other hand, Barnhizer has argued that corporate lawyers should be more highly regulated than others because they exercise significant power over the quality of the law and its strength as an institution, and manipulate social and economic policy on behalf of their influential clients. Related to this is the argument that where those accountable are entrusted with a discretion regarding how to exercise power, accountability is necessary to ensure that trust is not abused. The broader the discretion the greater the degree of accountability required.…”

Clinic as the Crucible for Theorised Practice and the Practice of Theory in Legal Education

“…He observes that clinic is likely to be the place where students' individual work is 'subjected to intensive and rigorous post-mortem critical review both by student and tutor'. 94 However, the role of the supervisor goes beyond critical review. It is inevitable that the supervisor will be a role model for students.…”