Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Twyla Tharp Goes to Law School: On the Use of the Visual and Performing Arts in Professional Education
Abstract
What role can resources that go beyond text play in the development of moral education in law schools and law firms? How can these resources - especially those from the visual and performing arts - nourish the imagination needed to confront the ethical complexities of particular situations? This book asks and answers these questions, thereby introducing radically new resources for law schools and law firms committed to fighting against the moral complacency that can all too often creep into the life of the law. The chapters in this volume build on the companion volume, The Arts and the Legal Academy, also published by Ashgate, which focuses on the role of non-textual resources in legal education generally. Concentrating in particular on the moral dimension of legal education, the contributors to this volume include a wide range of theorists and leading legal educators from the UK and the US.
Publication Title
The Moral Imagination and the Legal Life: Beyond Text in Legal Education
Document Type
Book Chapter
Recommended Citation
Thomas Wm. Mayo, Twyla Tharp Goes to Law School: On the Use of the Visual and Performing Arts in Professional Education, in BEYOND TEXT IN LEGAL EDUCATION -- VOL. II: THE MORAL IMAGINATION AND THE LEGAL LIFE (Ashgate Press, 2012)
