Foreword - Creighton Law Review

• Publication year: 2022
• Citation: Vol. 34

34 Creighton L. Rev. 1. FOREWORD - CREIGHTON LAW REVIEW

Creighton Law Review

Vol. 34

In this issue of the Creighton Law Review, we take a look at the changes and developments in legal education which have occurred during the past thirty to forty years. This review is important as it helps us to evaluate how legal education has kept pace with the demands of our society. Law schools are expected to provide the education and training that equips our graduates with the ability to handle both efficiently and ethically the problems brought to them by their clients.

I attended Creighton Law School from 1950 to 1953. Legal education at that time was primarily the teaching of the law using the case book method. The only practical or clinical experience that was available was the writing of an appellate brief and arguing the issues raised in that appellate problem before a panel of three lawyers from the Omaha community. A significant area of development in legal education has been the addition of a broad range of clinical opportunities such as the Legal Aid clinic, the Spire Internship program, Trial Practice and Advanced Trial Practice courses, legal counseling and alternative dispute resolution courses. These courses and programs round out the legal education of the student and result in the delivery of better trained lawyers into our community.

Another significant area of development has been in the teaching and training of students with respect to their ethical obligations as lawyers. As professionals, we have a unique fiduciary relationship with our...