Control the Narrative

I believe that the way in which professors teach class and grade exams encourages students to focus less on the stories behind cases and more on creating useful generalizations that they can deploy under time pressure to apply to exam fact patterns. This is problematic because story telling is as integral a part of effective lawyering as is issue-spotting. Law schools should provide more opportunities for students to practice their story-telling skills; failing to do so might prove damaging, especially if we are the future of the law.