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3D JD

By jlutz99

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Standford Law school has announced a new model for legal education, which is changing the law degree program into a three dimensional program. News.LawReader.com has a short article on the subject. Here's an excerpt:

STANFORD, Calif.?(BUSINESS WIRE)?Stanford Law School today announced changes that are transforming the JD into a three-dimensional degree program that combines the study of other disciplines with team-oriented, problem-solving techniques and expanded clinical training that enables students to represent clients and litigate cases?before they graduate.

Stanford?s innovation is being driven by the new demands on modern lawyers, which are fundamentally different from those present when the law school curriculum was formed.

Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer said the pedagogical changes the school is spearheading are focused on the second and third year curriculum. He hopes Stanford?s reform?which began last year and should be fully implemented by 2009?will provide a model for legal education generally.

Read the whole article here.

Posted by Jon Lutz

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on December 01, 2006 (boomark / email).