Rethinking the law school : : education, research, outreach and governance / / Carel Stolker, Leiden University.

Law, by its very nature, tends to think locally, not globally. This book has a broader scope in terms of the range of nations and offers a succinct journey through law schools on different continents and subject matters. It covers education, research, impact and societal outreach, and governance. It...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 454 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Law schools: some preliminary sketches
  • Universities and their strategic challenges
  • Law school in search of identity
  • Educating law students
  • Pedagogy: teaching law students
  • Legal scholarship: venerable and vulnerable
  • Lawyers' ways of publishing
  • Law schools' economic and societal impact
  • Whose law school is it?
  • Creating creativity in the law school
  • Governing law schools: strategy, leadership and collegiality
  • Towards a common agenda for law schools: some conclusions.