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21 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 111 (1995-1996)
Learning by Doing: Preparing Law Students for the Practice of Law - The Legal Practicum

handle is hein.journals/wmitch21 and id is 127 raw text is: LEARNING BY DOING: PREPARING LAW STUDENTS FOR THE PRACTICE OF LAW THE LEGAL PRACTICUM John Sonstengt with June Cicero, Resa Gilats, Roger Haydock and John McLach- lantt I. INTRODUCTION ........................... 112 II. THE LEGAL PRACTICUM: WHAT IS IT? ............ 116 t Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota. BA 1964, University of Minnesota; J.D. 1967, University of Minnesota. Professor Roger S. Haydock and I created and developed The Legal Practicum. Professor Haydock also taught the course with me for several years. Our collaborative efforts form the basis for many of the ideas and approaches that are also reflected in this article. June Cicero was the first Practicum Administrator. Ms. Cicero provided ideas and approaches that are also reflected in this article. Resa Gilats is the current Practicum Administrator. Her work on the management system and budget has made an important contribution to The Legal Practicum and this article. John McLachlan reviewed the entire article and made substantial contributions to the section on educational theory. tt Hundreds of people assisted over the last ten years in the preparation of The Legal Practicum materials. We know as we list the people who have helped us we will inadvertently exclude someone. For that we apologize, for everyone's help was valuable and The Legal Practicum exists because so many were willing to help with the exercises, evaluation materials, and teaching notes. Stacey Roelofs compiled statistics and provided research and editing assistance. Anne Greenwood Brown conducted the research on teaching and learning theories. The following people assisted with the materials: Judge Ann Alton, Judge Roland Amundson, Lane Ayres, Judge Robert Carolan, Dr. James Cicero, Richard Coleman, Judge Jack Davies, James Deye, Renee Fast, Don Fluegel, Tiffaney George, Professor Douglas Heidenreich, Referee William Henschel, Linda Hix,Judge George Hoey, David Hough, Judge Doris Huspeni, Ken Jorgensen, Professor Kenneth Kirwin, Judge Roger Klaphake, Judge Mary Louise Klas, Mark Labine, Judge Robert Lynn, Marie Marino, Douglas McMillan, David Meier, Cathy Middlebrook, Judge Thomas Mott, Professor Robert Oliphant, Virginia Palmer, Dr. Garry Peterson, Dr. John Plunkett, Helen Preddy, Jody Blummer Ramsey, Professor Eileen Roberts, Karen Robinson, Bruce Rubbelke, Lori Schwartz, Steve Smith, Thomas Spence, Scott Swanson,Judith Thomas, Penny Tibke, Dr. Steve Tredal, Kay Tuveson, Nancy Wallrich, Margaret Wanstall, Jean Whitney, Marie Wolf, and Sally Zusman. The support of the Deans and our colleagues at William Mitchell College of Law encouraged us not to give up and to continue to work on the development of the course.

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