Carnegie Foundation study Recognizes Gonzaga's Institute for Law School Teaching
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Released 2007 - The Carnegie Foundation’s two-year study of legal education involves a reassessment of teaching and learning in American and Canadian law schools today. Intensive field work was conducted at a cross section of 16 law schools during the 1999-2000 academic year.
Click here to download the study summary. The complete Carnegie Foundation report can be purchased from Jossey-Bass (an order form is attached to the summary).
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The study re-examines “thinking like a lawyer”—the paramount educational construct currently in use. The report shows how law school teaching affords students powerful intellectual tools while also shaping education and professional practice in subsequent years in significant, yet often unrecognized, ways. The study was funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies.
On page 10 of the summary report on legal education the Institute for Law School Teaching is favorably cited – “Some law schools are already addressing the need for a more dynamic, integrated curriculum. The work of centers such as the Institute for Law School Teaching at the Gonzaga University School of Law and a far-flung network of legal educators that has resulted in the report “Best Practices for Legal Education” testify to substantial interest in aspects of the pedagogical project. Indeed, the idea for an integrated approach draws liberally on their inspiration.”
