Law School

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Law School

Legal Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s

Legal profession / practice of law: general

Author: Robert Stevens

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Collection: Studies in Legal History

Language: English

Published by: The University of North Carolina Press

Published on: 1st July 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 778 Kb

ISBN: 9781469620510


In this first general history of legal education, Stevens traces the development of law schools, the legal profession, and legal thought, relating their evolution to intellectual, political, and social trends.

He describes how the establishment gained power over education after 1920 and how, in the past two decades, both students and the practicing profession have questioned this authority.

He also examines the implications of the “legal revolution” and new opportunities for women and minorities.

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