Law Practice,
Education Law
Aug. 12, 2019
Teaching the magic of law
Law can appear like magic to those who are not lawyers, and no doubt there are those jokers who would liken the disciplines as depending on deceit. A competent lawyer, like a competent magician, can do more than describe an impressive feat; she can demonstrate it.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
I would like to explain why as a professor my lectures in class and a student reading the assignments in advance, no matter how good either of us happens to be, are not enough to prepare a future member of the bar. I offer an analogy, our stock in trade. When I was a kid, I was interested in magic. I asked for one of those kits for children as a Christmas gift. I sent away for mail order manuals revealing the details of sleight of hand and stage illusions. I read ever...
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