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24 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 425 (2013)
Law School Training: Bridging the Gap between Legal Education and the Practice of Law

handle is hein.journals/stanlp24 and id is 451 raw text is: LAW SCHOOL TRAINING: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LEGAL EDUCATION AND THE PRACTICE OF LAW Neil J. Dilloff* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................. .........426 A. Efforts to Reform Legal Education Are Not New ............ .....428 B. A Dual Perspective ......................................429 I. CHANGE: BOTH A CHALLENGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LAW SCHOOLS .....430 A. Basic Competence Out of the Starting Blocks is Required ...... .....431 B. Law Firm Efforts to Train New Hires ..............................432 II. MELDING THE THEORETICAL WITH THE PRACTICAL ........ ...........433 A. Teaching Effective Communication Skills........... .............434 B. Writing for the Real World .....................................434 C. Talking: English for Lawyers ......................... ......435 D. Diagnosing the Client and the Case............. .................437 1. Developing Judgment...........................438 2. Developing Problem-Solving Skills................... .... ...............438 3. Developing People Skills ................. ...................439 4. Learning Teamwork ............................................439 5. Learning Organizational and Time Management Skills......................440 6. Developing Business Savvy............ .......................441 7. Learning How to Develop Business ............ ..........441 8. Learning How to Supervise Others ........... ..............442 9. Learning How to Focus on the Big Picture ..................442 10. Using Common Sense and Understanding Average People................443 III. WHAT Do LAW STUDENTS AND LAW GRADUATES WANT To BE TAUGHT?....444 IV. WHAT Do EMPLOYERS WANT THEIR NEW HIRES TO BE TAUGHT? .................445 V. WHAT Do CLIENTS WANT LAW SCHOOLS To TEACH? ....................446 VI. A SUMMARY OF WHAT LAW STUDENTS, NEW GRADUATES, EMPLOYERS, AND CLIENTS WANT.................................................446 VII. HOW TO STRUCTURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT? ............................447 VIII. HOW To TEACH WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT? ............. .............448 A. Student Role-playing........................... .........450 B. Real-life Third Party Simulations and Demonstrations ...... ......450 C. Getting Out of the Classroom ..............................451

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