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23 J. Legal Stud. Educ. 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/jlse23 and id is 1 raw text is: The Journal of Legal Studies Education Volume 23, Issue 1, 1-51, Winter/Spring 2006 A New Paradigm for the Teaching of Business Law and Legal Environment Classes Marc Lampe* There is a need to develop curriculum and materials on law-related topics better designed for business students planning a career in business. Except incidentally, business school legal faculty are not teaching future lawyers or paralegals. The world of the business practitioner is very dif- ferent from that of the lawyer. For most business people the law and law- yers are a necessary nuisance. Furthermore, the legal world is changing. For example, methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) have become mainstream. Opportunities for self-help law have proliferated. These trends, and other opportunities considered in this article, offer substantial benefits to the business community. To meet the needs of to- day's business person, college business law and legal environment courses must stress economical, intelligent prevention of legal problems and resolution of conflict. This article is about empowering future business managers by utilizing their class time to educate them to more directly meet these goals. Topical coverage and pedagogical approaches for implementing a new paradigm in a business school introductory law course are detailed. Fac- ulty members should not allow fear of change to deter a needed over- hauling of the curriculum, as such procrastination could harm the profession's future standing. INTRODUCTION I first taught undergraduate business law twenty years ago and was sur- prised then at the degree to which textbook materials followed a law school approach. Business law texts were heavy on cases and coverage of © 2006, Academy of Legal Studies in Business *Professor of Business Law and Social Responsibility, University of San Diego, School of Business Administration, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110.

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