Research Catalog

Title

Looking at law school : a student guide from the Society of American Law Teachers / edited by Stephen Gillers ; with a pref. by David L. Bazelon and an introd. by Norman Dorsen.

Publication

New York : Taplinger Pub. Co., 1977.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gillers, Stephen, 1943-
• Society of American Law Teachers

Description

xix, 234 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Gives a vivid picture of the special teaching methods and the entire experience of becoming a law student in the U.S. today, and presents a wide range of the personal and professional problems that students will confront.

Subject

• Law > Study and teaching > United States
• Law students > United States
• Law schools > United States

Note

• "Commissioned by the Society of American Law Teachers."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Norman Dorsen -- Why go to law school? / Nathaniel E. Gozansky -- Getting into law school / Peter A. Winograd -- Psychological problems of law students / Bernard L. Diamond -- The first year courses : what's there and what's not / David L. Chambers -- Civil procedure / Arthur R. Miller -- Contracts / Robert L. Bard -- Criminal law / Lloyd L. Weinreb -- Property / Curtis J. Berger -- Torts / Jeffrey O'Connell -- Constitutional law / Paul Bender -- Legal writing / Elliot L. Biskind -- Examinations / Irving Younger -- Planning a three-year curriculum / Robert A. Gorman -- Advice for minority students / Christine P. Clark and Leroy D. Clark -- Issues of special concern to women / Carole E. Goldberg -- Ethical problems of the lawyer / Monroe H. Freedman -- Afterword : the purpose of professional education / Sylvia A. Law

ISBN

0800849663

LCCN

^^^76053301^

OCLC

• 2847857
• SCSB-9920280

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library