Law School Flashcards
Edward T Lee
founded The John Marshall school in 1899
Edward T Lee beliefs
- ABA and AALS were “educational racketeers” due to their support of langdelian method
- refused to hire anyone with less than 5 years of practice experience
- opposed the 2 year college standard; practicing law was all about how you use rules of law to benefit your client
Law school requirements (1920s)
only required one or 2 years of college; law school was seen as an alternative to college
Law school requirements (1930s)
most applicants were required to have a BA
In order to be accredited
Law schools must comply with the ABA
GI Bill of Rights
put higher education within reach of those who could not afford it. School was paid for by the federal government. 90% of harvard class of 1947 were vets
LSAT
developed in 1948. Over 3,500 applicants in 63 cities took the first test
By 1952…
45 law schools required the LSAT
Christopher Columbus Langdell
developed the socratic case method. Rather than lecturing the student the professor engaged them in an incessant line of questioning
Legal formalism
19th century approach that emphasizes the discovery of legal principles through logical analysis. Take a general principle and derive particulars
Legal realism
believed that formalism was too abstract. Jurisprudence should rely on empirical evidence. Take a set of particulars and derive a general principles
Jerome Frank
legal realist that belived judges needed to recognize the gaps in law and fashion decisions that better humanity
Critical legal studies
see law as a tool of oppression. idea rooted in marxist ideology and preeminent in the 1960s and 70s
Law and economics
construed law as an understanding of how rules were efficient or inneficient
Law review
scholarly articles about all matters of the law. In the 1950s about 70 of them existed
