Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Despite the widely recognized challenges and complaints facing US legal education, very little is understood about how law schools can adapt faster and better. This Article uses institutional theory, behavioral economics, and psychology to explain why change has proven so difficult for US law schools. Next, using institutional entrepreneurship, the Article explains the theoretical steps necessary to overcome the institutional resistance to change. The Article then discusses the characteristics of opportunities that are most likely to better meet the needs of law students while also providing sustainable benefits to the individually innovating law schools. Using management theory, the Article then proposes a seven-step change process model to enable individual law schools to systematically overcome institutional resistance, formulate unique strategies, and actually achieve meaningful change.
Publication Title
Univ. N.H. L. Rev.
Volume
16
First Page
243
Recommended Citation
Gaughan, Patrick H., "Facilitating Meaningful Change Within US Law Schools" (2018). Akron Law Faculty Publications. 283.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/ua_law_publications/283
