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Education Law

Aug. 19, 2024

The Problem Method Part V: Legal education in Japan - now

Moskovitz discusses his efforts to reform legal education in Japan by promoting the problem method of teaching law, highlighting the challenges and partial successes over the past two decades.

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.

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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 such a novel but superior way of preparing our students to practice law.  I had hoped that my article, "$95

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