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TEACHING LAW AND LEGAL REASONING THROUGH STUDENT-BUILT EXPERT SYSTEMS
 Friday, June 26, 1998
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Richard Wright
Professor of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
312-906-5044
Rwright@kentlaw.edu

Traditional teaching methods leave many students with fragmented and confused conceptualizations of specific areas of law and a poor understanding of the nature and structure of legal reasoning. Current uses of computer technology may exacerbate these problems. This session will explore the use of expert system technology that enables students rapidly to build models of the law and legal reasoning in specific legal domains, thereby facilitating understanding of the particular area of law and also converting abstract and often sterile debates on the nature of law and legal reasoning into concrete, relevant, practical, testable and perhaps even resolvable propositions.

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