ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the framing remarks made by one of the authors at the beginning of the ‘Pressing Problems in the Law School’ – 20 Years On, set against the empirical research undertaken by the other author with students and the insights generated by the seminar participants. It uses the ancient Law School of Berytus (Beirut) – ‘the Mother of Laws’ – as a device to separate enduring and contextual issues in Legal Education. We offer challenges – empirical and theoretical – to some of the ‘taken for granted’ aspects of curriculum design, student experience and outcomes for students of law, with the goal of creating discursive spaces, in which we can slow down our rush to make decisions about law schools that will have long-lasting effects.
