Law Practice,
Education Law
Aug. 6, 2019
Why students study Shakespeare in law school
When higher education is reduced to return on investment, that decision requires an explanation. The assignment is to watch a Shakespeare play, either in a critically respected movie version or live on stage, and then write a paper on the moral of the story.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
I assign law students a bit of Shakespeare. When higher education is reduced to return on investment, that decision requires an explanation. The assignment is to watch a Shakespeare play, either in a critically respected movie version or live on stage, and then write a paper on the moral of the story. In Remedies, an upper level elective synthesizing a range of doctrinal specialties, they can select from 'King Lear," "Merchant of Venice," "Titus Andronicus," "Measure ...
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