In the Media: Michael A. Fitts
- Penn Law Dean Michael A. Fitts told the Third Circuit Judicial Conference that curriculum reform can help more law school graduates leave school with better knowledge of how to apply what they've learned in a real world setting. At Penn Law, he pointed out, nearly half of the faculty also teach in another discipline and a number of law courses are taught jointly with other schools at the university. Law students need to learn "problem solving as opposed to issue-spotting," he said. (5/6/2009).
Law.com.
- Penn Law is keeping its grading system, even though several leading law schools are retooling their grading policies. "I think each school has to look at their culture, their own pedagogy, their own curriculum and make a decision for themselves what works best," said Penn Law Dean Michael A. Fitts. "When you have a less refined grading system, people who are employing your graduates are going to make distinctions, but they'll make them on their own grounds." (2/23/2009).
National Law Journal.
- The curriculum at law schools has undergone a major transformation in recent years. As law is practiced today, "lawyers need to think through problems in a host of very complicated social and economic situations." says Michael A. Fitts, dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. A key distinction many legal educators draw is that lawyers of the past told clients what not to do, but today's lawyers are often called upon to tell clients what to do. (1/9/2009).
Chronicle of Higher Education.
- The National Law Journal addresses the overall decline in law school applications in the top schools, noting among the exceptions Penn Law's "dramatic" rise. Dean Michael Fitts explains that "the escalation stemmed from an effort by the law school to integrate its curriculum with The Wharton School and the university's other professional schools." (8/22/2005).
Article.
Archives
Last Updated November 7, 2009
|
