Legal reelism - is learning law and ethics from flicks a farce?

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Motion pictures can be an effective teaching tool since pictures have great staying power. Michael R. Asimow and Paul B. Bergman, professors at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, use motion pictures which have lawyers among their characters as teaching aids and there are professors around the country who have followed this example. Professor John Denvir of the University of San Francisco School of Law has written "Legal Reelism," which deals with the influence of motion pictures on public ideas about justice. As class material Denvir uses both traditional textbooks and film.

United States, Legal ethics

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1Ls in cyberspace: Harvard joins race to create virtual classroom

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Seven professors from the Harvard Law School have started the Harvard Bridge Project, a joint project with Lexis-Nexis which will offer the first year of law school in digital form to some of the 1L students. Lexis will provide the software free-of-charge and it will allow students to see the case on one side of the screen and have space for taking notes on the computer on the other. The computer will also take students through exercises in the Socratic method and in legal doctrine.

Innovations, Computer-assisted instruction, Computer assisted instruction, Massachusetts, Law schools, Harvard Law School

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At Arizona State, Washington, special curricula find niches

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The Indian Legal Program at Arizona State University College of Law aims to inspire Native Americans to study law and to serve as a legal resource for Indian tribes. An ABA survey showed that the number of Native Americans at accredited law schools increased 83% between 1990 and 1995. The increase was marked at Southwestern law schools, where topics of importance to Native Americans such as environmental regulation and gaming have become key issues.

Laws, regulations and rules, Curricula, Native Americans, Arizona, Native North Americans, Arizona State University. Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

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