Education Law
Aug. 5, 2024
The Problem Method Part IV: My mission to Japan
The problem method is superior to the case method used in American law schools, and law professors should adopt this method to better prepare students for legal practice.
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director, Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
My first two columns on the problem method described how I came to adopt this way of teaching law students, and my difficulties in persuading my American colleagues to adopt this novel but superior way of preparing our students to practice law. I had hoped that my article, “Beyond the Case Method: It’s Time to Teach with Problems,” 42 Journal of Legal Education 241 (1992), would persuade them to try it, but inertia and fear of looking bad s...
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