The NextGen Bar: Pressing the ABA Standards for Legal Education and Beyond.
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Wu, Edieth Y.
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2024-08
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This essay explores the NextGen Bar (“NG-Bar”) requirements and its correlation to several American Bar Association (“ABA”) Standards for American Law School’s Legal Education Programs. The ABA provides Standards and Interpretations that are intended to guide and assist law schools with compliance. These Standards have always been at the forefront for faculty members’ preparation. Faculty members are constantly developing innovative methods not only to comply with the requisites but also to impact student preparedness beyond the bar exam. Skills have always been an integral part of law school curriculum. Law faculty understands the need to design, engage, and inspire students in a manner that provides the necessary rigor and participation to move their thought processes from a strictly theory mindset to the how-to process—students are prompted to consider how the information impacts their future law practice; that is, they start early on thinking about how to think like lawyers and how to practice like lawyers.
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Creighton University School of Law