Why Teach ADR to Law Students? Part 2: An Empirical Survey

An application-focused, commercial-utility-driven approach to legal education can seriously undermine the law’s potential and produce students insensitive to the significance of questions they are called upon to ask in legal practice. A mature curriculum will not eschew a survey of the great debates...

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Main Authors: Tom Fisher, Judy Gutman, Erika Martens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bond University 2007-01-01
Series:Legal Education Review
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.53300/001c.6198
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