Older, wiser, more altruistic: today's law students seek personal, professional balance

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Law students of the 1990s are more diverse demographically than those of the 1980s and they are more interested in doing social good through law than their income-minded predecessors. Students of the 1990s seem to be more interested in environmental issues and public interest law. Skeptics claim that this is more of an apparent than real difference and that these interests are not the result of individuals' interests but of cultural and economic influences.

Behavior, Law students

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Suing for extra credit, latest 'A' got rid of clubs' 'ladies nights.' (Professor John F. Banzhaf III's 'Legal Activism' course at George Washington University National Law Center)

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Professor John F. Banzhaf III teaches a popular legal activism course at the George Washington University National Law Center. Since 1967 when Banzhaf started teaching this course, students have been preparing real legal actions as homework, and this long before clinical legal education became popular. Usually students choose to file complaints with administrative agencies. Some critics feel this adds to the litigation explosion, but Banzhaf disagrees.

Curricula, George Washington University. National Law Center

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Report by Massachusetts upstart trashes nation's legal education

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The Massachusetts School of Law has distributed a report throughout the legal education community severely criticizing legal education. The report criticizes law reviews, law school teaching practices, law professors' concentration on research to the exclusion of teaching, the financial status of many law schools and ABA accreditation standards. The Massachusetts School of Law has yet to be accredited by the ABA.

Evaluation, Reports, Law schools, Massachusetts School of Law

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