Context at the Periphery: The Rise of the Critical-Contextual Legal Education Reform Movement

Authors

Cara R. Shaffer, South Texas College of Law Houston

Abstract

The article argues that legal education must reform by integrating critical-contextual approaches to address declining critical thinking skills and better prepare students for contemporary legal practice. It emphasizes the need to move beyond the traditional Langdell case method, which separates doctrinal learning from practical and contextual understanding, and highlights the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives in legal training.

Disciplines

Education Law | Law | Legal Education | Psychiatry and Psychology

Recommended Citation

Cara R. Shaffer, Context at the Periphery: The Rise of the Critical-Contextual Legal Education Reform Movement, 30 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 55 (2023).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol30/iss1/4