Law Schools Customize Degrees to Students' Taste

Autor/in	Schmidt, Peter
Titel	Law Schools Customize Degrees to Students' Taste
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2009) 18, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Legal Education (Professions); Law Students; Law Schools; Curriculum Implementation; Curriculum Enrichment; Specialization; Majors (Students) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Juristischer Beruf; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung
Abstract	Going to law school to get a law degree has become a little like going to an ice-cream parlor for a scoop of vanilla. Plenty of people still do it, but many schools' brochures--like the elaborate flavor-and-topping menus on ice-cream parlor walls--now tempt them with something different, something more. Law students can have their "juris doctor" credential flavored with a concentration in a specialty like environmental or intellectual-property law. Or they can go for a double, mixing their J.D. with a master's degree in some other field like business administration, clinical psychology, or the geosciences. If they wish, they can top their selection off with a master of laws (LL.M.) degree, signifying expertise in some subfield like alternative dispute resolution. This article reports that the curriculum at law schools has undergone a major transformation in recent years, as many have set up niche programs to attract students. A few critics, however, are beginning to speak out against the trend, arguing that it is driven largely by marketing considerations and hurts legal education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10