Teaching Business Lawyering in Law Schools: A Candid Assessment of the Challenges and Some Suggestions for Moving Ahead

Gouvin, Eric

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Teaching Business Lawyering in Law Schools: A Candid Assessment of the Challenges and Some Suggestions for Moving Ahead

Eric J. Gouvin

Western New England University School of Law

2009

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 429, 2009

Abstract:
As a result of several recent studies and changes in the ABA's Standards for Approval of Law Schools, legal education is paying more attention to skills training for law students. The need to bring the skills and values of business lawyers into the classroom has never been greater, yet there remains a real risk that "skills training" may be skewed in favor of litgation skills, with little emphasis given to transactional practice. This Article assesses some of the obstacles that stand in the way of effective integration of transactional skills into the law school curriculum and offers some concrete suggestions for overcoming those obstacles.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 25

Keywords: legal education, entreprenurship

JEL Classification: K29,

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Date posted: November 1, 2009 ; Last revised: December 28, 2011

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Gouvin, Eric J., Teaching Business Lawyering in Law Schools: A Candid Assessment of the Challenges and Some Suggestions for Moving Ahead (2009). University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 429, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1498108

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