Sentences with phrase «existing law schools»

- Electronic versions of existing law school reviews / journals or all submitted articles whether published or unpublished?

A letter published by the Canadian Council of Law Deans in November 2016 countered that «any decision to approve and fund such a program must be based on an accurate picture of the dynamism and innovation at existing law schools, as well as their long - standing commitment to academic and educational excellence, not the caricature of Canadian legal education that Ryerson has advanced.»

And, let's not confuse the failure of existing law school programs to affect their graduates ability to participate in the market for legal services and the failure of the legal academy to find a way to do that.

however, no one has accurately explained why a NEW LAW SCHOOL IN TORONTO IS REQUIRED for that?!?! Just improve the curriculum in existing law schools — a much more efficient use of resources.

The proposal's stress on innovation and practice readiness has raised hackles among existing law schools.

on the new school, but I seem to recall complaints from dozens of students (if not hundreds) from existing law schools that there are insufficient articling positions available to ensure that future lawyers receive proper training in practice, rather than the theory behind it.

This claim has caused some consternation for existing law school deans, who have said they are continuing to evolve and offer innovative curricula.

One wouldn't expect a trade association based on the membership of individual existing law schools to argue in its official capacity, say, that some 20 or more of them ought to shut down.

We should be looking to make it more like the American system (JD as opposed to LLB) and we ought to PREVENT new law schools from being accredited as well as preventing expanding the size of new graduating classes at existing law school.

The report sent to the Ryerson senate also cites an external review by Professor Brent Cotter, who concluded that «Ryerson is proposing the establishment of a law school that builds upon the solid academic traditions of existing law school programs, but contemplates a different, supplementary objective — a focus on the future of law practice, and a model of educating law students that will prepare them for that future, all within the context of Ryerson's own vision.»

Even if we do quibble about the numbers (and I'm not yet ready to concede the one - third figure arbitrarily thrown out there above), what does appear clear from the new LSUC report is that the existing law schools are not inclusive environments for racialized law students.

FLSC and the existing law schools should work in conjunction to develop a curriculum that focuses on both legal theory and the skills necessary for legal practice.

Of course we can make the same argument raised above about technology, that existing law schools can and should change.

Firstly, there's nothing to be said that existing law schools can't take steps to become more like Ryerson.

Those behind the Ryerson proposal say the school is necessary as there are a lot of Ontario residents that study abroad because they can not get into the province's existing law schools.

Ryerson says its proposed law school will offer graduates a new kind of program, one that is more focused on innovation than existing law schools.

Ryerson has pitched the new law school as a program that will be more focused on innovation than existing law schools.

The question is how easy it is to make these changes to an existing law school that has been around for over a century, in a profession steeped in tradition and resistance to change.

What's missing from the discussion about the need for a new public law school for Massachusetts is any consideration of the failure of the existing law schools to serve not only the educational needs of their students but also the legal needs of the public.

Related to these programs» longstanding nature is their focus on serving underserved communities; my law school, for example, is said to have started, as a night school, in order to provide legal education to Catholics and Jews, who were excluded from the then - existing law schools in southern California.

The problem isn't a shortage of articling positions, but a sharp increase in the number of law school graduates owing to (i) increases in enrollment at existing law schools (Queens, Ottawa, being particular offenders), (ii) the addition of new law schools (Lakehead — although that likely hasn't really be felt yet), and (iii) an increase in the number of Canadian students getting legal education abroad.