【作者】埃贝尔,R.L.

【内容提要】

American law schools claim to take teaching seriously in making personnel decisions: hiring rookies, granting tenure, awarding merit increases, inviting visitors, and making lateral appointments. This concern for pedagogy is one of their most attractive qualities. Furthermore, they show a commendable respect for student opinion about teaching. However, the procedures they use to evaluate teaching are often haphazard and unscientific. They invite error. They make it all too easy for the illegitimate biases of students and colleagues to affect outcomes.
 

【关键词】American law school；Judge teaching；Characteristics of the Student；Bias