Table of Contents

Introduction Duncan KennedyLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy: A Polemic against the System Duncan KennedyReproducing the Right Sort of Hierarchy Paul CarringtonThe Spiritual Foundation of Attachment to Hierarchy Peter GabelPower and Resistance in Contemporary Legal Education Angela Harris and Donna MaedaOf Time and the Pedagogy of Critical Legal Studies Janet HalleyAfterword Duncan KennedyAbout the Contributors

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This well-known 'underground' classic critique of legal education is available for the first time in book form. This edition contains commentary by leading legal educations.

About the Author

Duncan Kennedy is Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard University School of Law. He is the author of a number of books and articles, including A Critique of Adjudication [fin de siècle] and Sexy Dressing, Etc.: Essays on the Power and Politics of Cultural Identity.

Reviews

"Duncan Kennedy's critique of legal education now gets the wide distribution it deserves. Kennedy's insightful skewering of legal education, supplemented by his own reflections on the work and views of other legal educators, will provide prospective law students with a flavor of what they are in for -- and will remind lawyers of what they went through. Kennedy's message is as important today as it was two decades ago when he first penned this work."--Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University "Duncan Kennedy's little red book has become a classic. But now with its republication twenty years later, Kennedy's 'polemic against the system' takes us beyond its origins as a field guide to legal education. Amplified by the voices of other distinguished scholars, this stunning collection of essays forces us to consider the ways in which hierarchies and their resulting social alienation disfigure contemporary society, not just our law schools."--Lani Guinier, Harvard University "Kennedy's book remains one of the defining blows of critical legal studies and an enduring challenge to the entire structure of legal education. It remains as vital, incisive and daring as when it first appeared."--Scott Turow, author of One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School. "An important founding text in the history of critical approaches to law taken by scholars located in law schools." --The Law and Politics Book Review