One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law SchoolOne L, Scott Turow's journal of his first year at law school and a best-seller when it was first published in 1977, has gone on to become a virtual bible for prospective law students. |
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... Socratic method , " in which individual students are interro- gated at length about their impressions of the material . These days , students at all law schools are usually bright and accomplished , and the struggle for jobs in the ...
... Methods . The courses we begin now are considered the traditional stuff of law school , analytical matter , rather than mere how - to . Unlike Methods , these courses ... method . " In a way I'm looking forward to Socratic instruction . 39.
... Socratic method . " David lowered his hand and looked sincerely at the building . " May he rot in hell , " David said . The Socratic method is without question one of the things which makes legal education - particularly the first year ...
... questioning . However employed , the Socratic method is often criticized . Ralph Nader has called it " the game only one can play , " and there have been generations of students who , like David , have wished curses on Dean Langdell ...
... Socratic method . They feel that Socratic instruction offers the best means of training students to speak in the law's unfamiliar language , and also of ac- quainting them with the layered , inquiring style of analysis which is a ...
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