Reforming Legal Education

In today's volatile law school environment, curriculum reform has emerged as a significantfocus. It is commonly understood that law schools effectively teach certain analytical skills, butare less successful in other areas, and often scramble to adapt to evolving aims. This book demonstrateshow law schools are successfully reforming their curriculum - and lays the frameworkto show how all schools of law can engage in a continuous reform model that proactivelyshapes our profession.It is expected that faculty and professional staff engaged in legal education will utilize this bookas a primary resource to guide their respective reform efforts. Each contributed chapter presentsa case study of a data-driven curriculum reform effort. The initial chapters set the conceptualcontext for the book, while the final chapter offers summative recommendations for considering legal education reform as derived fromthe earlier case study chapters. This book adds significantly to the literature in legal education, as we gain first hand insight into evidencebased reform for the legal education community.