Reflections on Twenty Years of Law Teaching: Remarks at the Rutter Award Ceremony

11 Pages Posted: 21 Apr 2008

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Stephen M. Bainbridge

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

Date Written: April 2008

Abstract

On April 16, 2008, the author received the UCLA School of Law's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. This essay consists of a revised and extended version of the remarks he gave on that occasion. In it, he addresses his progression from frustrated Socratic teacher to happy lecturer and his aspirations for incorporating new technologies into his teaching. He also reflects on the subject of his teaching - the American corporation - and argues that being a business lawyer is a very real form of public interest lawyering.

Keywords: Socratic method, legal education, public interest law

JEL Classification: A29, K00, K22, K40

Suggested Citation

Bainbridge, Stephen Mark, Reflections on Twenty Years of Law Teaching: Remarks at the Rutter Award Ceremony (April 2008). UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 08-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1122577 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1122577

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