Education
Jan. 19, 2007
Legal Education Gives Ethics Training Short Shrift
FORUM COLUMN - By Anne Colby and William Sullivan - Breaking news: Law schools relegate ethics to the back burner, creating a class of technicians without sufficient moral coordinates. After students graduate, they feel they aren't doing anything good in life. Two scholars explore the issue and propose solutions.
By Anne Colby and William Sullivan
About 10 years ago, the Professionalism Committee of the American Bar Association concluded that "lawyer professionalism has declined in recent years, and increasing the level of professionalism will require significant changes in the way professionalism ideals are taught" (ABA, 2006, p.5). In our research on legal education, to be released nex...
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