Inclusive Socratic Teaching : Why Law Schools Need It and How to Achieve It.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abrams, Jamie R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law schools--United States.

Law schools.

Law--Study and teaching--United States--Philosophy.

Law.

Law--Study and teaching--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2024.

Summary:

For more than fifty years, scholars have documented and critiqued the marginalizing effects of the Socratic teaching techniques that dominate law school classrooms. In spite of this, law school budgets, staffing models, and course requirements still center Socratic classrooms as the curricular core of legal education. In this clear-eyed book, law professor Jamie R. Abrams catalogs both the harms of the Socratic method and the deteriorating well-being of modern law students and lawyers, concluding that there is nothing to lose and so much to gain by reimagining Socratic teaching. Recognizing that these traditional classrooms are still necessary sites to fortify and catalyze other innovations and values in legal education, Inclusive Socratic Teaching provides concrete tips and strategies to dismantle the autocratic power and inequality that so often characterize these classrooms. A galvanizing call to action, this hands-on guide equips educators and administrators with an inclusive teaching model that reframes the Socratic classroom around teaching techniques that are student centered, skills centered, client centered, and community centered.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Legal Education's Curricular Conformity

Part I

1. Socratic Classrooms Dominate Legal Education's Curricular Core

2. Sustained Calls for Curricular Reforms

3. Students Reveal That We Should Not Fear Curricular Change

4. The Legal Profession Faces Symbiotic Struggles

Part II

5. The Imperative of Inclusive Socratic Classrooms

6. Pivoting Away from Problematic Socratic Performances

7. Identifying the Shared Values That Shape Socratic Classrooms

8. Measuring Effective, Inclusive, and Equitable Socratic Classrooms

Conclusion: Raising the Floor on Legal Education

Appendix A: Essay Exam Assessment Criteria

Appendix B: Additional Resources

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520390737

0520390733

OCLC:

1432587082