To Develop Critical Thinking Skills and Allow Students to Be Practice Ready, We Must Move Well Beyond the Lecture Format
Elon Law Review, Vol. 8:443
18 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Date Written: July 19, 2016
Abstract
Casebooks are constructed around the case method of teaching - reading appellate opinions to understand the law. However, when the case method approach is compared to what an attorney is expected to do in practice, there is a definite gap. If students are to emerge from law school with practice ready skills, they must be given the opportunity to learn and practice a variety of skills and develop the necessary qualities that will allow them to effectively and efficiently enter the practice of law. Examples are given for how to incorporate skills into the learning environment.
Keywords: case method, skills
JEL Classification: K00
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation