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Law Practice

Aug. 27, 2009

UCI Teaching the Classics - But With a Twist

Students at the UCI School of Law are taking courses such as "Common Law Analysis" and "Statutory Analysis" but some still call them by the old names: contracts and criminal law.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

IRVINE - Students at the UCI School of Law are taking courses called "Common Law Analysis," "Statutory Analysis," and "Procedural Analysis." But the students, the faculty and even the dean still sometimes call them by their old names: contracts, criminal law and civil procedure.

The mantra among those creating the UCI School of Law is "traditional enough to be credible, innovative enough to justify...

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