The most significant change that followed the 2003 review was the reconnection of the LAWR I course to
a required doctrinal course.
Not exact matches
In the past two decades, the field of legal writing has made great strides within the academy.51 The
course is now a
required part of the law school curriculum, pursuant to the ABA's Standards for Approval of Law Schools.52 It is taught, most often, by full - time faculty who specialize in teaching legal writing, and who, increasingly, have similar titles, benefits, and rights to participate in school governance as faculty who teach
doctrinal courses.53
The Concentration also encourages but does not
require students to take important non-litigation substantive
doctrinal courses (such as Business Associations and Constitutional Law II).
Anecdotally, I've found that empirical approaches to the
required PR
course, which help students map out career choices, have much higher satisfaction that
doctrinal approaches, moral philosophy approches, etc..