In today's volatile law school environment, curriculum reform has
emerged as a significant focus. It is commonly understood that law
schools effectively teach certain analytical skills, but are less
successful in other areas, and often scramble to adapt to evolving aims.
This book demonstrates how law schools are successfully reforming their
curriculum - and lays the framework to show how all schools of law can
engage in a continuous reform model that proactively shapes our
profession. It is expected that faculty and professional staff engaged
in legal education will utilize this book as a primary resource to guide
their respective reform efforts. Each contributed chapter presents a
case study of a data-driven curriculum reform effort. The initial
chapters set the conceptual context for the book, while the final
chapter offers summative recommendations for considering legal education
reform as derived from the earlier case study chapters. This book adds
significantly to the literature in legal education, as we gain first
hand insight into evidence based reform for the legal education
community.