About this Book

 In the 1960s, the University of Manitoba Law School moved from being an downtown, practitioner-taught law school to the suburban campus of a large university. This great transition was modelled after many in Canada. The debate has arisen as to whether law schools have become excessively immersed in the bureaucracy and research orientation of universities, and should embark upon a new transition, in which academic and practical perspectives are better integrated. Bryan Schwartz has been a pioneer in the use of oral history as a dimension of academic law journals, and in this special issue, a dozen of the leaders of the 1960s-era transition candidly reflect in interviews on their lives, careers and the future of legal education. The result is a lively, readable and searching exploration that will be of interest to those reflecting on past and future of legal education throughout the world.