Legal Skills Prof Blog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-86843247801505548 2013-05-24T14:00:00-07:00 A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network TypePad LegalSkillsProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.com The Overwrought Metaphor Department tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c21d8ce970b 2013-05-24T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-24T14:00:00-07:00 The Overwrought Metaphor Department From a Comment on the Education Week blog: “Too many "cooks" have entered the metaphorical kitchen of education and are turning it into a gelatinous mess that is extremely unhealthy for our youth.” (ljs) Legalskillsblog NYU Law Gets a New Dean tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c86c916970b 2013-05-24T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-24T14:00:00-07:00 Trevor Morrison, a constitutional law expert and chaired professor at Columbia Law School, has been selected as the 15th dean of NYU School of Law. He will succeed Richard Revesz, who will step down from the deanship on May 31,... Legalskillsblog Required reading for lawyers-to-be and recent grads alike. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191027d075d970c 2013-05-24T12:47:16-07:00 2013-05-24T12:47:16-07:00 Richard Susskind's new book Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future has been out for a little while now. If you didn't already know, Mr. Susskind is the author of the highly influential The End of Lawyers? Over at Career... Legalskillsblog Should law schools be teaching conceptual thinking skills? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa3fd652970d 2013-05-23T20:45:43-07:00 2013-05-23T20:45:43-07:00 That's what Professor Paula Franzese (Seton Hall) argues in this article posted on SSRN. Here's the abstract: We are teaching in challenging times. In response to the economic downturn, fickle client demands and an increasingly global landscape, the practice of... Legalskillsblog NYU Will End Its Law Program in Singapore tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c7e0684970b 2013-05-23T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-23T14:00:00-07:00 From NYU’s announcement: After much careful deliberation our two institutions have decided to conclude the NYU@NUS program with the graduation of the class of 2014. The incoming class that begins its studies in May 2013 will be the last intake... Legalskillsblog Can Women Have It All? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191020680fd970c 2013-05-23T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-23T14:00:00-07:00 A recent media theme is that women can’t “have it all.” Business executive Joan Solotar disagrees. Here is her advice for young women:  Be confident.  You don't need to "know it all" on day one.  Get comfortable... Legalskillsblog The Stone: Why Do I Teach? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c7e4249970b 2013-05-23T11:30:33-07:00 2013-05-23T11:25:51-07:00 Gary Gutting has an interesting perspective on teaching in an article in the New York Times. He writes, "It may be, of course, that many employers do not really want critical and creative employees. Even so, engagement with intellectual culture... Legalskillsblog U. Kansas School of Law announces plan to reduce incoming class size tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c78bcb0970b 2013-05-22T20:55:25-07:00 2013-05-22T20:55:25-07:00 It's not the first school to do this (here, here and here) but what may be unique is that its Dean has said this is decision to permanently "right-size" the incoming class for the foreseeable future even if the job... Legalskillsblog Have You Heard About “Google Glass”? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb0dc6e1970d 2013-05-22T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-22T14:00:00-07:00 It’s a computer screen attached to a pair of eye glasses. Here’s a description from Wikipedia Google Glass (styled as "Google GLΛSS") is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project... Legalskillsblog Some Socratic Questions on the Importance of Teaching Contract Drafting tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa33ab67970d 2013-05-22T11:21:37-07:00 2013-05-22T11:20:22-07:00 Preston M. Torbert has posted an article on SSRN in which he raises the issue of the importance of teaching contract drafting. Contract Drafting: A Socratic Manifesto Abstract: This manifesto is one practitioner's reaction to the concerns raised by Harry... Legalskillsblog