The Holy Grail? Designing and Teaching an Integrated Doctrine and Drafting Course

Claire C. Robinson May

The Holy Grail? Designing and Teaching an Integrated Doctrine and Drafting Course

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I’ve long considered teaching doctrine and skills together in a single course to be the holy grail of legal education. If we could do so successfully, we might make significant strides in providing a legal education that better prepares our students to be practicing lawyers. In spring 2016, my colleague Professor April Cherry and I took the plunge and collaboratively offered a course titled Estates and Trusts: Doctrine and Drafting at our institution, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. This essay describes our experience and lessons learned pursuing the holy grail.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Second Draft (Legal Writing Institute)
Volume	31
State	Published - Oct 1 2018

Keywords

doctrine
skills
curricular reform
legal drafting
wills
co-teaching
integrated course

Disciplines

Contracts
Estates and Trusts
Law
Legal Education
Legal Writing and Research

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The Holy Grail? Designing and Teaching an Integrated Doctrine and Drafting Course

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