Emotional Intelligence and Legal Education

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, American Psychological Association Inc., Vol 5(4), p. 1173-1203, Dec 1999

Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Series

31 Pages Posted: 25 Aug 2016

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Marjorie A. Silver

Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Date Written: 2009

Abstract

The traditional knowledge-based law school curriculum is slowly giving way to one that increasingly exposes students to various lawyering skills. Nonetheless, legal educators are generally averse — or at best ill equipped — to support that training with the empathic and psychological skills good lawyering demands. The author discusses how emotional intelligence is essential to good lawyering and argues that it can and should be cultivated in law school. The article draws upon three examples of popular culture to explore both the absence and possibilities of interpersonal intelligence in the practice of law. The author also describes her own law school's current project of re-imagining legal education and explains how the development of emotional skills might be incorporated into that vision.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Legal Education, Law School, Empathic Abilities, Emotional, Lawyering

Suggested Citation

Silver, Marjorie A., Emotional Intelligence and Legal Education (2009). Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, American Psychological Association Inc., Vol 5(4), p. 1173-1203, Dec 1999, Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2351868

Marjorie A. Silver (Contact Author)

Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center ( email )

225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722
United States
6317617144 (Phone)

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