The American Case Method and its Influence on Modern Legal Education

Barker, DL

The American Case Method and its Influence on Modern Legal Education

Barker, DL

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Publisher:: ALTA
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: ALTA 2006 refereed Conference Papers, 2006, pp. 1 - 15
Issue Date:: 2006-01

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dc.contributor.author	Barker, DL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-5902	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Adams, M	en_US
dc.date	2006-07-04	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	ALTA 2006 refereed Conference Papers, 2006, pp. 1 - 15	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1462
dc.description.abstract	This paper is concerned with the development of the case method system of teaching which has remained at the core of American legal education until the present time. Whilst Christopher Columbus Langdell has been credited with originating the case method form of teaching law, there is evidence that it had been adopted as a form of instruction prior to Langdells appointment to the Harvard Law School in 1870. Martin Lloyd Levine states that the case method had been developed by Clerke, who ran his own law school, and by Pomeroy at New York University and at Hastings .1	en_US
dc.publisher	ALTA	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ALTA 2006 refereed Conference Papers	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Legal Knowledge: Learning, Communicating, Doing	en_US
dc.title	The American Case Method and its Influence on Modern Legal Education	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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dc.location.activity	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper is concerned with the development of the case method system of teaching which has remained at the core of American legal education until the present time. Whilst Christopher Columbus Langdell has been credited with originating the case method form of teaching law, there is evidence that it had been adopted as a form of instruction prior to Langdells appointment to the Harvard Law School in 1870. Martin Lloyd Levine states that the case method had been developed by Clerke, who ran his own law school, and by Pomeroy at New York University and at Hastings .1

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