Ask Not for Whom the Law School Bell Tolls: Professor Tamanaha, Failing Law Schools, and (Mis)Diagnosing the Problem
30 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2013
Date Written: February 26, 2013
Abstract
In this article, I critically review the Brian Z. Tamanaha book, Failing Law Schools (2012). I believe that Professor Tamanaha’s book is a needed wakeup call. However, had his analyses been more comprehensive and his proposed remedies been more nuanced and less self-abnegating, the project would have been a useful irritant and a beacon, shining uncomfortable and disinfecting light on an important sector of postsecondary education. It might have even set out real reforms that could have been adopted and could have led to real change, rather than the cursing the darkness and blaming faculty evident in Failing Law Schools.
Keywords: legal education
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