This comprehensive study, conducted with a sample size of 134 law school faculty from 80 North American law schools, provides valuable insights into faculty opinions on various aspects of law school curriculum development.
The survey assessed faculty views on several key areas, including the emphasis on practical legal skills, tuition policies, technology training, experiential learning, course development, and alternative legal education models.
A few of this report's main findings are that:
- Emphasis on Practical Legal Skills: Over 51% of faculty agreed or strongly agreed that law school curricula should emphasize practical legal skills more, with strong support from Assistant/Associate Professors and Adjunct/Clinical Faculty.
- Tuition Reductions for Public Interest Commitment: 63.43% of faculty supported tuition reductions or increased aid for students who commit to public interest legal work post-graduation, with the highest agreement among full Professors.
- Legal Technology Training: 47.02% of faculty agreed that law schools prepare students well for legal technology, with Adjunct/Clinical Faculty being the most positive.
- Two-Year Legal Education Models: 75.37% of faculty were not confident in two-year legal education models, with Professors showing the most resistance.
- Experiential Learning vs. Classroom Time: 29.85% supported reducing classroom time in favor of internships and legal clinics, while 45.52% disagreed.
The survey highlights the diverse opinions among law school faculty and provides a roadmap for future curriculum development. The findings underscore the importance of practical skills, public interest commitment, technology training, and experiential learning in shaping the future of legal education.
Table of Contents
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
LIST OF TABLES
Sources / Contributors
- IU McKinney
- Belmont University College of Law
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Bennett Law Firm
- Boston University School of Law
- BU School of Law
- Buffalo State University
- Cardozo
- Carey Law, U Maryland
- Charleston School of Law
- Chicago-Kent
- Columbia Law School
- Creighton University School of Law
- Duke Law
- Emory University
- Fisher Broyles
- Fordham Law School
- Fordham University School of Law
- Harvard Law School
- Howard University
- Indiana University
- LMU Law School
- LMU Loyola Law School
- Louisiana State Univ. Law Center
- LSU Law Center Juvenile Defense Clinic
- LSU Law, Tulane law
- Marquette University Law School
- MC Law
- McGill University
- Mercer Univ. School of Law
- Mississippi Supreme Court
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- MSU College of Law
- New England Law | Boston
- Northeastern University School of Law
- Northern Illinois University College of Law
- Northwestern Law School
- OU Law
- Pace Law School
- Pepperdine Caruso Law
- Public Counsel
- Roger Williams University School of Law
- Rutgers Law School
- Salesforce, Inc.
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Schulich School of Law
- SMU Law School
- Southern University Law Center
- St. Mary’s University School of Law
- Stetson University College of Law
- Temple Law School
- The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- The University of Tennessee College of Law
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Thurgood Marshall S of Law
- UCI law
- UCLA School of Law
- UGA School of Law
- UIC Law
- UMass Law School
- UMKC Law School
- UNC-CH
- Univ. of Washington School of Law
- University of Arkansas
- University of California Irvine Law School
- University of California San Francisco law
- University of Connecticut Law School
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia Law School
- University of Idaho
- University of Illinois Chicago Law School
- University of Iowa, College of Law
- University of Maryland School of Law
- University of Mississippi, School of Law
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law
- University of North Carolina School of Law
- University of Oklahoma College of Law
- University of Oregon School of Law
- University of Richmond
- University of South Dakota Law School
- University of St. Thomas -- Minnesota
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas
- University of Toronto
- University of Tulsa
- University of Virginia
- University of Wyoming
- UT Law and Bush School
- UVA Law
- UW School of Law
- Villanova University
- Washington Univ in St Louis
- Wayne State University Law School
- William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
- Wise Law Library, CU Boulder
- Yale Law School
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