Introductory Workshop: Democracy, Professional Identity, and the Legal Curriculum

his fall, one of the largest and most diverse classes of students will enter law school. Students want to be lawyers with the highest of aspirations. This year, many seem to be driven by the challenges to U.S. democracy and the rule of law. What do law schools offer them? What should we? And how do and should these offerings mold their professional identities as lawyers? In this panel, we will explore how the law school stock and “hidden” curricula teach about these concepts and what reforms and interventions we might consider to strengthen these foundational commitments.

Panelists:

Eduardo R.C. Capulong, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law

Kendall L. Kerew, Georgia State University College of Law 

Andrew King-Ries, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana

Monte Mills, University of Washington School of Law

Kellye Testy, AALS