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Perspective

May 18, 2016

Is the traditional approach to law school the most effective?

Law schools should systematically provide first-year law students with individualized feedback in at least one "core" doctrinal first-year class before final exams. By Daniel Schwarcz and Dion Farganis

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By Daniel Schwarcz and Dion Farganis

For well over a century, students' grades in most law school classes have been based exclusively on end-of-semester exams. Many weeks - if not months - after these exams are complete and the classes are concluded, law students typically receive a single piece of feedback consisting of a letter grade. Other than these end-of-semester grades, students - particularly during their formative first-year of law scho...

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