{"id":498,"date":"2013-08-06T09:13:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/?p=498"},"modified":"2013-08-28T16:57:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T20:57:23","slug":"conversation-starters-case-studies-for-curricular-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/2013\/08\/06\/conversation-starters-case-studies-for-curricular-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation Starters: Case Studies for Curricular Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, Dean Jeremy Paul of the Northeastern University School of Law and co-managing partner Alan Klinger of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan wrote for the New York Law Journal<\/em> <\/a>about legal curricular reform.\u00a0 Paul and Klinger outline seven improvements to current legal training, and we at the Case Studies Program would like to offer our favorite teaching tools that address these needs:<\/p>\n

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  1. Strategic Thinking: <\/strong>This is what case studies were made for. Case studies that specifically consider strategic planning include Drafting an IP Strategy at MNC<\/a>, Hong Kong Property Deal<\/a>, Bingham McCutchen: Combinatorial Mathematics<\/a>, and \u201cTo Hell with the Future, Let\u2019s Get On with the Past\u201d: George Mitchell in Northern Ireland<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Economics of the Profession: <\/strong>Compensation Systems in Professional Service Firms<\/a>, From Stamford to New York<\/a>, The Offer<\/a>. See all Legal Profession<\/a> and Management of Law Firms & Professional Services<\/a> case studies.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Teamwork and Project Management:\u00a0 <\/strong>Tale of Three Asset Management Teams<\/a>, Three Teams at Harris and Graves<\/a> role play<\/a>, and, the instructional note on How to Be a Good Team Member<\/a>. See all Leadership and Team Dynamics case studies here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Multicultural Competence: <\/strong>Springfield Outfest<\/a>, Seoul Food in Urbana<\/a>, and Ellis Vs. MacroB<\/a>. See also the cases on International and Comparative Law<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. (Learning New) Technology:\u00a0 <\/strong>Paul and Klinger are referring to interactive websites, social media, databases, statistical analysis, and software. In that vein, The Offer<\/a> is a negotiation taking place entirely over email. David Abrams incorporated audiovisual defenses for participants when teaching The Case of the Federal Defender\u2019s Advice<\/a>. Participants can learn about the legal repercussions of the digital information industry with Game Changers: Mobile Gaming Apps and Data Privacy<\/a>. Also see our Intellectual Property and Internet Law<\/a> cases.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Capacity to Succeed in Multiple Fora<\/strong> (in other words, interacting with different audiences): Lawyers have to communicate about the law to a wide variety of audiences. In the Problem Solving Workshop<\/a>, students learn this skill by presenting and interacting (via role plays) with clients and superiors in large and small law firms, government officials and regulators, opposing corporate counsel, and plaintiffs and defendants in criminal prosecutions. The 2013 PSW at Harvard Law School included Balloon Boy, Commissioner\u2019s Choice, The Case of the Landlord\u2019s Dilemma<\/a>, The Case of the Medical Stent<\/a>, The Case of the Lead Toys<\/a>, and The Case of the Encumbered Employee<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Ethics: <\/strong>Reputation, Credibility, and the Goldstone Report<\/a>, Hewlett Packard and Mark Hurd<\/a>, In a Pickle: Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods<\/a>, El Paso\u2019s Sale to Kinder Morgan<\/a>, The Case of the Rent-Paying Tenant<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Is there a case study, role play, or simulation that \u00a0you are looking for? Does it address one of Paul and Klinger\u2019s seven improvements for legal education? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In April, Dean Jeremy Paul of the Northeastern University School of Law and co-managing partner Alan Klinger of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan wrote for the New York Law Journal about legal curricular reform.\u00a0 Paul and Klinger outline seven improvements … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88578,88580,88579,88574,88569,88570],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-development-initiative-blog-posts","category-case-study-program-blog-posts","category-harvard-negotiation-and-mediation-clinical-program-blog-posts","category-legal-news-and-debate","category-problem-solving-workshop-blog-posts","category-program-on-negotiation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4CR8M-82","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84,"url":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/2013\/01\/14\/the-case-development-initiative-at-harvard-law-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":0},"title":"The Case Development Initiative at Harvard Law School","author":"Lisa Brem","date":"January 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Case Development Initiative (CDI), including Ashish Nanda, Faculty Director and Robert Braucher Professor of Practice (pictured left), Dechert Fellow Nicholas Haas (right), and Program Coordinator Rachel Gibson (center), focuses on producing cases for use in a variety of business-oriented courses at HLS. \"We're currently working on a professional service\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Development Initiative Blog Posts"","block_context":{"text":"Case Development Initiative Blog Posts","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/category\/case-development-initiative-blog-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/files\/2012\/01\/CDI-group-500x375.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":921,"url":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/2015\/02\/04\/case-writer-qa-nathan-cisneros\/","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":1},"title":"Case Writer Q&A: Nathan Cisneros","author":"Elizabeth Moroney","date":"February 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Nathan Cisneros, a case writer for the Case Development Initiative at Harvard Law School, sums up his job as \u201ctalking with interesting people about interesting events and then sharing what I\u2019ve heard with interested people.\u201d Today he shares with us the importance of compelling questions and collaboration in case writing:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Development Initiative Blog Posts"","block_context":{"text":"Case Development Initiative Blog Posts","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/category\/case-development-initiative-blog-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":804,"url":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/hlscasestudies\/2014\/05\/06\/case-studies-around-the-university-training-med-students-to-negotiate-acceptable-health-outcomes\/","url_meta":{"origin":498,"position":2},"title":"Case Studies around the University: Training Med Students to Negotiate Acceptable Health Outcomes","author":"Elizabeth Moroney","date":"May 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, we discussed the origins of case-based learning at Harvard Medical School, a curriculum that teaches medical students a new methodology: how to learn what they don\u2019t know. 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