In particular, since a key
goal of TURN is to create positive change in
school and district practice by promoting innovative ideas among union and district leaders, APA's evaluation focused on the following target: To identify districts that have implemented
substantive changes in
schools as a direct result
of participating in SW TURN.
While the
goals of LA&W are similar to those
of legal writing classes taught at many
schools — to teach students to understand, analyze, and apply legal authority and to communicate the results
of that analysis in writing — the course also contains some components that are influenced by its Legal Methods roots, as well as some that may or may not be taught in a first - semester civil procedure class: a focus on judicial methods, an introduction to legal institutions and processes, and instruction on the anatomy
of a civil law suit, the timeline
of a civil case, and the link between procedural and
substantive law.30 The full set
of course
goals was outlined in the 2000 Report and has remained unchanged: