Law student professional development and formation : bridging law school, student, and employer goals / Neil Hamilton, University of St. Thomas; Louis Bilionis, University of Cincinnati.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the four foundational professional-development-and-formation goals and their benefits for faculty, staff, and administrators -- A framework for purposefulness to realize the four professional-development-and-formation goals -- Competency-based education as another step toward purposefulness - lessons learned from medical education's fifteen years of additional experience with professional development and formation goals -- Ten principles to inform curriculum development -- Going where each stakeholder is and building bridges among them in order to realize the four professional-development-and-formation goals -- The opportunity to lead.

"Do you believe that "thinking like a lawyer" is an important professional skill, but by no means all that there is to being a lawyer? Do you think that being a professional calls for the development of a wide range of competencies? Do you seek to understand those competencies better? Do you think that being a professional should involve the exploration of the values, guiding principles and well-being practices foundational to successful legal practice?"-- Provided by publisher.

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