Sentences with phrase «legal education foundations»

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Legal education in the United States still purports to be a foundation for all types of legal Legal education in the United States still purports to be a foundation for all types of legal legal work.

Iannuzzi was on CapTon earlier this week to discuss the possibility of a new legal challenge of what education advocates say is a long - standing inequity in the state's foundation aid formula that disproportionately hurts low - income districts.

Ultimately, however, all three of these cases rest on the same legal foundation: the claim that there is a constitutional right to education.

The education clauses of state constitutions have also provided the legal foundation for the wave of court - ordered school funding equalization reforms over the past three decades.

Using case studies and surveys, the report outlines special education requirements for charter schools — including the challenge of pursuing unconventual approaches but still staying true to the legal foundations of federal special education law.

The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights lacks any reasonable legal foundation for its adventures in educational management.

Students develop a broad foundation in higher education administration, including insight into historical / contemporary perspectives, current issues, governance, legal issues, and social and personnel functions of higher education.

Ralia's passion and her keen legal expertise have laid the foundation for PEJ to further its mission, pursuing education advocacy through litigation and empowering families and communities to improve public education through the courts.

Included topics include: concepts of inclusive society, schools, classrooms and services; legal foundations for inclusion and government support for education; qualities of inclusive schools and classrooms; individualized educational programming, assessment and diagnosis of problem situations and prescriptive teaching.

Through clinical experiences and a solid legal foundation, law schools with the most student - centered educations essentially give their graduates two years of practice.

I think we are looking at a time where legal education is very strong, built on a very strong foundation across the country, but what we're looking at, at a time when the paradigm shift is happening in the way in which legal services are being delivered and the way in which our understanding of what it means to be a lawyer is changing... legal education has to be flexible, adaptable, and changing in order to respond, to make sure the lawyers of the future are ready for those new challenges.

In particular, he singles out Houston, after whom the Harvard - based foundation Ogletree directs is named, for having laid the legal and theoretical groundwork that paved the way for the civil rights movement and Brown v. Board of Education.

The public legal education aspect of this will build legal capability among the public so that people will recognize that many of their everyday activities have legal foundations.

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

The whole point of continuing legal education for lawyers is that it finesses, updates, and enhances knowledge that is built on the solid foundation of a legal education.

Flood describes her legal education as the «foundation to the house.»

Adapting technology to the legal profession and legal education, which predates computers by thousands of years, requires a stable foundation of shared concepts and vocabulary as well as the adoption of technical literacy as a component of legal education.

«We still have a significant amount of those traditional kinds of courses and if done well I think many of them become the foundations for a great legal education,» says Sossin.

His expertise ranges from a strong foundation in computer science to experience as a technology executive in diverse industries including education, healthcare, finance, and legal services.

However, these efforts will always be inadequate if the antiquated foundations of legal education remain unchanged.

The foundation's examination of legal education is entitled Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law and was published in 2007.

How do you bring the stakeholders (Court Administrators, AG's, Tax Authorities, Law Societies, Law Foundations, non-profit legal agencies, the profession and rich benefactors) to the table, without an initiative or proposal which outlines some common goals: reform and streamline, access and sustainability, shared responsibility and accountability (legal and fiscal) and better public education?

At Liberty, we believe a quality legal education can only be achieved when traditional courses are integrated with a comprehensive practical skills curriculum that's built on the solid foundation of a Christian worldview and a stable understanding of the Western legal tradition.

Searching for an environment to utilize 18 years legal administration experience with formal education to achieve the diverse goals of balancing human resource legal requirements, hiring, training and supporting employees, and providing the foundation for business success and growth.

Experience includes service as a legal secretary, executive secretary, and executive assistant to the CEO of a non-profit foundation dedicated to education and promotion of alternative fuels and green technology.

Common Ground Foundation (Insert City, ST) 2007 — 2009 Executive Director • Launched foundation and directed all operations on behalf of Grammy Award Winner Common • Created and implemented marketing collateral to educate, engage, and inspire clients and supporters • Recruited key corporate, private, and industry players for Board of Directors and Advisory Board • Generated in excess of $ 500,000 in first year of operation through varied fundraising efforts • Obtained pro bono legal team saving foundation more than $ 75,000 annually • Directed youth outreach events furthering social service, education, and character development including Be Empowered, «A Minute» Campaign, & The Corner Book Club • Partnered with MTV, Kaiser Family Foundation, National Education Association / Read Across America, American Library Association, and nationally acclaimed singers, songwriters, and authors • Directed multiple charity concerts featuring Common, Kanye West, Ludacris, The Rootseducation, and character development including Be Empowered, «A Minute» Campaign, & The Corner Book Club • Partnered with MTV, Kaiser Family Foundation, National Education Association / Read Across America, American Library Association, and nationally acclaimed singers, songwriters, and authors • Directed multiple charity concerts featuring Common, Kanye West, Ludacris, The RootsEducation Association / Read Across America, American Library Association, and nationally acclaimed singers, songwriters, and authors • Directed multiple charity concerts featuring Common, Kanye West, Ludacris, The Roots, and Nas