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as a judge of the Family Court of the State of New York. Her scholarly work has been influential in the areas of child welfare, constitutional rights of family liberty and interdisciplinary analysis of legal pedagogy and process. “When I was a law student in the 1960s, we were very much operating under the illusion that there was some kind of hidden logic that would tell us the answers,” she said. “We were all kind of searching fruitlessly for that. Because of legal realism and thinking that’s come after, people no longer have faith in that hidden logic.” Today, students are much more realistic and pragmatic about what law is and how it’s formed and used. So, Davis and her colleagues are studying more realistic ways. “I hope that demystifies the process for students, so they won’t be as I was, searching for a logic for all the answers, but understand that as they become legal professionals they become the authors,” Davis said. HONORABLE MENTION AUTHORS OF THE CARNEGIE REPORT “EDUCATING LAWYERS: PREPARATION FOR THE PROFESSION OF LAW” Most of the law schools we talked to this past year in some way referenced The Carnegie Report when discussing curriculum and staff changes. Authors of the report, “Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law,” urged legal administrators to revamp curriculum in order to better prepare graduates for the practice of law. News spread of the new report, by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, during the American Association of Law Schools conference held in January 2008 in New York. The annual meeting’s theme “Reassessing Our Roles as Scholars and Educators in Light of Change,” brought the process of teaching students to “think like lawyers” to light. William Sullivan The report is written by William Sullivan, senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation; Anne Colby; Lloyd Bond; Lee S. Shulman, Carnegie president and Judith Welch Wegner. Over two academic semesters, a research team visited 16 law schools in the United States and Canada, The schools were both public and private and were geographically diverse. In result of the findings, the authors called for law schools to offer an integrated, threepart curriculum, which includes the teaching of legal doctrine and analysis. For more on the authors findings in The Carnegie Report, go to http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0308/index.php?startid=12 2009 Touro Law Summer Study Abroad Opportunities CHINA • GERMA NY • RUSSIA • INDIA • ISRAE L Hong Kong/Xiamen/ Beijing The China Experience Program begins in Hong Kong, includes four-day tour of Great Wall and Beijing. Based in charming and vibrant Xiamen, featuring interaction with law students of Xiamen University. Two three-credit sessions with choice of two courses in each. Optional additional tours to Xian and Shanghai. Free local tours in Xiamen area. Potsdam/Berlin Humanity & Law Experience a great capital re-inventing itself. Study global and regional law at the crossroads of the New Europe. Visit German Parliament and a secret police prison. Optional concentration camp visit. Moscow The Russian Legal System in the 21st Century Shimla/Dharamsala Discover India May 25 - June 23 May 22 - June 29 Experience India in Shimla, the scenic capital of Himachal Pradesh, nestled in the foothills of Touro Law and Loyola New the Himalayas and in Dharamsala, Orleans, in cooperation with Moscow State University. Learn the seat of the Tibetan about Russia’s legal system while government in exile. Visit Hindu and Buddhist temples, cultural living in its dynamic capital, Moscow. Visits to Russian legal events and the heritage of the British colonial empire. Optional institutions, and an optional excursion beforehand to the Taj excursion to historic St. Mahal, ancient Mughal forts, Petersburg during the White tombs and the lost city of Fatipur Nights festival. Sikri. May 29 - June 21 Jerusalem Ancient History, Modern Law From historic Hebrew University overlooking both old and new Jerusalem, explore cutting-edge issues of religious, constitutional, human rights and international law with distinguished faculty from throughout the world. June 28- July 29 May 29 - June 29 For more information visit: www.tourolaw.edu/summerprograms 225 Eastview Drive, Central Islip, NY 11722 Tel: (631) 761-7055 • Fax: (631) 761-7019 E-mail: summerprograms@tourolaw.edu TOURO LAW Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Touro Law Center is accredited by the ABA and is a member of the AALS. January 2009 THE NATIONAL JURIST 35 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0308/index.php?startid=12 http://www.tourolaw.edu/summerprograms http://www.tourolaw.edu/summerprograms

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National Jurist - January 2009 Contents Hot Button: Affirmative Action Entertainment: A Road Trip Through Law School News: American Justice, Kaplan Survey, Part-time Ranking The Firm Report: Diversity Law School Online No label No label Fordham Student Honored for Public Interest Work Former Law Student's Life Lives on After Her Death Most Influential People in Legal Education Most Innovative Law Schools Your Guide to Studying Abroad Career Hotline Texas Tech Law Grads Explore Dispute Resolution Evaluating First-Year Exams Disturbing the Peace

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