Law School 2.0

Article about ETL in CBA Legal Newsletter

A brief article I wrote about the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers project of IAALS was published by the Colorado Bar Assocation today.  Entitled: The Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Project at IAALS at DU, it describes the Discovery law course I have taught at Denver Law since 1992.  It is a course that is consistent with the recommendations of the Carnegie Report, since it integrates doctrine, skills, and professional identity. And it describes how this course fits with changes that are being discussed for legal education as part of the ETL project.  If you would like to read the article, you can find it here.  A teaching portfolio for the course, with a syllabus, assessment tools, and video of students in the course, can be found on the ETL site.

Good Press for the ETL Project on Launch

There was a terrific story about the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers project on Colorado Public Radio this morning.  Dean Marty Katz talks about the project, and what we are trying to do. Consortium schools continue to join the effort.  You can listen to the CPR story here.

There was also a story in the Denver Post this morning about ETL.  You can read that here.

The Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Project

The Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers website went live today, and generated this nice article in the Denver Post, and this story on Colorado Public Radio.

Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers (ETL) Initiative leverages the Carnegie Model and the work of law schools and professors committed to legal education reform to align legal education with the needs of an evolving profession by providing a supported platform for shared learning, experimentation, ongoing measurement and collective implementation.

The effort focuses on integrating years of insights and knowledge, as well as sharing current educational models to achieve that purpose. By offering a structured and highly collaborative approach, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative is creating a foundation for ongoing inquiry, exploration and measurement.

Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative is fully staffed and based at IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, a national, independent research center at the University of Denver dedicated to continuous improvement of the process and culture of the civil justice system. William Sullivan, lead author of the 2007 Carnegie Foundation report Educating Lawyers, is the Director of the ETL project. Rebecca Love Kourlis, former Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and Executive Director of IAALS, together with Martin J. Katz, Dean of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law serve with William Sullivan on the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Executive Committee.