Joseph A. Dickinson (Franklin Pierce) has published Understanding the Socratic Method in Law School Teaching After the Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Legal Profession, 31 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 97 (2009). Here is the abstract:
For many committed law school teachers, the traditional Socratic pedagogy they practice is the irreducible core of legal education. For others its continued practice is a scandal and,more damning, an impediment to learning the practice of law. The Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers: chose not to take a position in this debate, while framing it, thus leaving its call for reform ungrounded.
