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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Mar. 7, 2008

Game On

Forum Column - By I. Nelson Rose - Although proposals abound, lawmakers are generally averse to the expansion of legal gaming.

FORUM COLUMN

By I. Nelson Rose
This article appears on Page 6.

      Law school classes are conducted using the case method. Students are given edited versions of published court opinions and then questioned on what they deduce the law is. This produces lawyers with the mistaken belief that the first place to look when conducting legal research is reported cases. It also puts an overemphasis on federal constitutional issues.
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