Comments on: True Innovation in Legal Education!

By: Blawg Review #207

Blawg Review #207 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:36:21 +0000

[...] Cohen at MinnLaw Blog has a modest proposal: how about a law school that competes on price? And Susan Cartier Liebel of Build a Solo Practice @ SPU sings the praises of an intensive practical training program at Franklin Pierce College of Law in [...]

By: Frank Ganz

Frank Ganz — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:34:36 +0000

I… am jealous. I have always said law school should consist of an apprentice model.

By: Corinne A. Tampas

Corinne A. Tampas — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:54:41 +0000

What a fantastic program! In my first year civil procedure class twenty-five years ago, I noticed that those that “got it” had been paralegals prior to attending law school.

Back then, even though I understood the Black Letter Law, I had no idea what the corresponding document was suppose to look like. It was like someone explaining to you how to play this complicated card game with several decks of cards, but you’ve never seen the cards and no one was going to let you look at them. I still don’t know what purpose that served; it didn’t serve the law students very well, and it certainly didn’t serve future clients.

By: Barbara Wilson

Barbara Wilson — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:20:52 +0000

What a great write-up about one of the exciting programs at Franklin Pierce Law Center. Chris has taken advantage of many of the hands-on opportunities offered him. His will be the second class graduating from the program. Last year’s graduates hit the ground running. We received a note from Crystal Maldonado in early July after graduation, “Within five weeks of graduation–while everyone else was studying for the bar exam–I had gone to court, cross-examined the plaintiff, put my client on the stand and won my very first case.”