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IN THIS ISSUE

Lawyers borrow from the managers’ toolkit to look more at risk and the bigger picture

Breaking down the boundaries of business and law

the library and learning centre of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, due for completion in 2013, has been designed by Zaha Hadid

Commercial law has traditionally been about setting up companies rather than making business decisions, a factor that schools are looking to change, writes Della Bradshaw

Master of Laws listing

This year’s listing shows how 86 of the top Master of Laws providers have performed, writes Adam Palin

student in a classroom

International law: Legal studies in a globalised era

Breaking students’ national mindsets will broaden their legal reasoning, writes Adam Palin

Profile: Duke University School of Law

Law students can enrol on a broad set of courses for a more business-orientated focus, writes Michael Tansini

Master of Laws student Sonia Tan

Q&A: Theory and practice

LLM student Sonia Tan tells Charlotte Clarke why it is critical to have a global perspective

Innovative Law Schools

Law and business: A marriage of convenience

Schools reject silo mentality of the past. By Adam Palin

Innovative Law Schools

Executive education: Partners in law

Firms and schools are finding ways to co-operate

Profile: Jones Day

From day one, trainees should not expect to be spoon fed, they will need to approach experienced colleagues to ask for work

European school profile: College of Law, London

The ‘i-Tutorials’ created by the college are not what you might expect from online learning

US school profile: Northeastern University School of Law

The school prides itself on the fact that students take seriously a curriculum grounded in social justice and experiential learning

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MBA Challenge

MBA Challenge logo Teams of students work with the Global Fund for Children in our second annual MBA Challenge

Women at B-School

Margarita Mayo interview A weekly interview with women in the world of business education. This week: Margarita Mayo

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