Power, Legal Education, and Law School Cultures

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of
Contents
List of Illustrations
Author Biographies
Introduction
	The Power in Hidden Messages: Law School Cultures in the Process of Reform
	Volume Outline
	Cross-Cutting Themes
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgements
	References
PART I: Legal Pedagogies in Context(s)
	1. Theory and Practice, Together at Last: A Heretical, Empirical Account of Canadian Legal Education
		Introduction
		“Because It Makes Better Lawyers”: The Practical Utility of Theory
and Critical Perspectives
		Theory and Practice, Worlds Apart: Reproducing the Conventional Narrative
		Accounting for the Co-existence of Integrative and Oppositional Accounts of Theory and Practice
		Conclusion
		References
	2. Teaching International Lawyers How to Think, Speak, and Act like U.S. Lawyers: Notes on Inchoate Power and the 
Imperial Process
		Introduction
		Contextual Notes, Research Methods, and the Participants
		Teaching U.S. Law Overseas
		Teaching at Home in Classes Specifically Designed for Transnational Attorneys
		Teaching International Attorneys in Classes Designed for U.S. JD Students
		Conclusions
		Acknowledgements
		References
	3. In the Law School Classroom: Hidden Messages in French Elite Training
		Introduction
		Grandes Écoles of Law?
		An Anti-University Pedagogy of Law?
		Law, Knowledge for Economic Practice
		Conclusion
		References
PART II: Class and Market in Legal Education
	4. Legal Training as Socialization to State Power: An Ethnography of Law Classes for French Senior Civil Servants
		The Political Stakes of Legal Teaching
		The Drafting of Law as a Discipline
		Law as a Resource of Power
		Conclusion: Tensions Surrounding Law
		References
	5. The Perennial (and Stubborn) Challenges of Affordability, Cost, and Access in Legal Education
		Introduction
		The Value Proposition Business Model: Affordability and Access
		The Great Expansion and Rising Tuition
		A Kramer-esque Experiment on the Value Proposition
		Conclusion
		References
	6. Market Creep: “Product” Talk in Legal Education
		Introduction
		Conceptual Framework
		Approach
		Evidence of Product Talk
		Pros and Cons of the Market Metaphor in Legal Education
		Conclusion
		References
PART III: Invisible Processes and Images in Legal Training
	7. Language, Culture, and the Culture of Language: International JD students in U.S. Law Schools
		Trends of International Students in U.S. JD Programs
		Data and Methods
		Interactional Identities of Being an International JD Student
		Language, Culture, and the Culture of Language
		Navigating Law School: Peer Networks and Career Goals
		Conclusion
		References
	8. How the Law School Admission Process Marginalizes Black Aspiring Lawyers
		Introduction
		What is Marginalization
		Marginalization and the Admission Process
		Marginalization and Scholarships
		Marginalization and Student Loan Debt
		Conclusion
		References
	9. The Culture of “raceXgender” Bias in Legal Academia
		The Diversity in Legal Academia Study
		Expecting Incompetence and Academic Caretaking
		Sharing Best Practices and Structural Solutions
		Conclusion
		References
	10. Canaries in the Mines of the U.S. Legal Academy
		Introduction: Imperfect Empirical Information
		Empirical Information on Race and Gender Dynamics among U.S. Law Faculty
		A Profession of Ideas? Deep Culture and Slow Institutional Change
		Conclusion: Inchoate Power and the Miner’s Canary
		References
		Cases Cited
Index