Learning to “Think Like a Lawyer”

Contents
Notes on Transcription xvii
I INTRODUCTION
1. Entering the World of U.S. Law 3
2. Law, Language, and the Law School Classroom 12
3. Study Design, Methodology, and Profile 31
II SIMILARITY: LEGAL EPISTEMOLOGY
4. Learning to Read Like a Lawyer: Text, Context,
and Linguistic Ideology 43
5. Epistemology and Teaching Styles:
Different Forms, Same Message 84
6. On Becoming a Legal Person: Identity and the Social Context
of Legal Epistemology 97
III DIFFERENCE: SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN LEGAL PEDAGOGY
7. Professorial Style in Context 141
8. Student Participation and Social Difference: Race, Gender,
Status, and Context in Law School Classes 174
IV CONCLUSION: READING, TALKING, AND THINKING
LIKE A LAWYER
9. Legal Language and American Law: Authority, Morality,
and Linguistic Ideology 207
Notes 225
Bibliography 279
Index 301