Legal Education in America-万木兰

1、 The basis of legal education in America is the common law.American legal education is general rather than secialized.The development of the American legal system has been influenced by the kind of education that lawyers have received, and legal education in turn reflects the diversity of that legal

2、 system.Charcerteristics of ALE123d. Professional skills training(simulation)and clinical methods e. Externship(校外实习期)Forms:simulated exercises in the classroom、live experience with real clients in administrative and judicial proceedings.Students performaces:video-taped for subsquent discussion and

3、evaluation.Purpose:to replicate the roles and responsibilities of practicing attorneys. Students spend a semester serving as a law clerk for a state or federal judge or working in a governmental agency , public interest law firm,or nonprofit organization.Judges or atterneys supervise the students ac

4、tivities.Methods of InstructionAll states except 8BCAan applicant to graduate from an ABA(美国律师协会) approved law school(Clifornia is the main exception).to satisfy the criteria of an ethics committee.to pass a written examination of two to three days duration.The Bar ExaminationThe Bar ExaminationTo p

5、ratice in another state a lawyer normally must either take its bar ecamination or apply for admission on motion(if he or she has praticed for 5 years).Bar admission includes the right to litigate in federal courts.New York dominates this trend,passing 977 foreign lawyers(43% of thier total).All but

6、three states use the standardized Multistate Bar Examination as part of this process.About 75% of first-time test takers pass bar examinations nationwide.TextTextTextTextYour own textYour own textYour own textPlease insert TitlePlease insert sub-titleTextTextTextTextTextText TextPlease insert TitlePlease insert sub-titleTextYour own textYour own textYour own textTextTextPlease insert TitlePlease insert sub-titleProduct BProduct CProduct AProduct APlease insert