2022-23 Survey of Applied Legal Education

70 Pages Posted: 11 Oct 2023

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Robert R. Kuehn

Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

David A. Santacroce

University of Michigan Law School

Margaret Reuter

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

June T. Tai

University of Iowa - College of Law

G.S. Hans

Cornell Law School

Date Written: September 11, 2023

Abstract

This report presents the results of the 2022-23 Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education (CSALE) Survey of Applied Legal Education. The survey was composed of two parts – a Master Survey of School Programs directed to ABA-accredited U.S. law schools and a Sub-Survey of Clinical Instructors distributed to each person teaching in a law clinic or field placement course. Ninety-six percent of law schools and over 1,200 teachers participated in the survey.

The results provide valuable insight into clinical programs and law clinic and field placement courses in areas such as design, capacity, administration, funding, and pedagogy, and into the role and status of clinical educators in the legal academy. This is CSALE's sixth triennial survey, following up on surveys in 2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2016-17, and 2019-20.

Keywords: legal education, applied legal education, clinical legal education, clinic, law clinic, externship, field placement, law school, law faculty, clinical faculty, clinician, experiential education

JEL Classification: K00

Suggested Citation

Kuehn, Robert R. and Santacroce, David and Reuter, Margaret and Tai, June and Hans, Gautam, 2022-23 Survey of Applied Legal Education (September 11, 2023). U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-32, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4568376 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4568376

Robert R. Kuehn (Contact Author)

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David Santacroce

University of Michigan Law School ( email )

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Margaret Reuter

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law ( email )

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June Tai

University of Iowa - College of Law ( email )

Melrose and Byington
Iowa City, IA 52242
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Gautam Hans

Cornell Law School ( email )

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