Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. Part One. The Attorney Licensing Crisis and How We Got Here
5. 1 THE CRISIS IN ATTORNEY LICENSING 3
6. 2 BECOMING A LAWYER IN THE YOUNG NATION 15
7. 3 SHAPING THE BAR IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 23
8. 4 THE 1970S LEGACY OF ACTIVISM, PSYCHOMETRICS, AND GOOD FAITH 31
9. 5 PRESSURE POINTS IN CONTEMPORARY LICENSING 39
10. Part Two. Slouching Towards Minimum Competence
11. 6 DECADES LOST WITHOUT RESEARCH 51
12. 7 DOUBLING DOWN ON THE ERRORS OF LEGAL EDUCATION 59
13. 8 FINALLY, RESEARCH ON MINIMUM COMPETENCE 66
14. Part Three. Character and Fitness: The Right Stuff
15. 9 WHO FITS ? 79
16. 10 FIXING CHARACTER AND FITNESS 90
17. Part Four. The Future: Competence-Based Alignment of Experience, Education, and Exams
18. 11 TWELVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES 99
19. 12 CLINICAL RESIDENCIES 110
20. 13 ASKING MORE OF LAW SCHOOLS 118
21. 14 ESCAPING THE CONCEPTUAL TRAPS OF TODAY’S BAR EXAMS 127
22. 15 BAR EXAMS Better, Best, and Other Fixes 136
23. AFTERWORD 147
24. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 149
25. NOTES 151
26. INDEX 219