Thursday, October 11, 2007 7:21 AM
At Tax Prof Blog, Dean Paul L. Caron at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and Professor William D. Henderson at Indiana University School of Law posted the 40 different answers they received, Forty Words of Wisdom for Erwin Chemerinsky, in answer to the following question:
What is the single best idea for reforming legal education you would offer to Erwin Chemerinsky as he builds the law school at UC-Irvine.
The question stemmed from the debate flowing from the apparent hiring, firing and re-hiring of Edwin Chemerinsky as the Dean of UC-Irvine law school last month. For more information on that topic, see Brian Leiter Law School Report's final post on the subject, Chemerinsky To Become Dean of the Law School at UC Irvine, as well as all of his earlier posts as he followed developments in the story.
Back to the reforming legal education Q & A, I was impressed by both the breadth of responders and the quality of responses themselves. Whether college presidents, deans, professors or private practice lawyers, forty people took the time to share their two cents worth.
As there were a number of very interesting comments and ideas, for anyone even remotely interest in the topic of reforming legal education, I recommend reading the responses. Click here to see them: Forty Words of Wisdom for Erwin Chemerinsky
The blawgosphere continues to evolve and this sort of spontaneous discussion prompted by--and responded to--the community itself is a great sign of the times.
Good stuff.