Socrates’s insistence on challenging Athenian culture might be one of Western intellectual tradition’s greatest gifts — a ...

One of the key distinctions between college and law school is the way classes are taught, and legal education experts say aspiring lawyers need to mentally prepare themselves for the intensity of a ...

The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). Source: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The story goes that Socrates had a characterful friend called Chaerephon who went to Delphi and boldly ...

To paraphrase the former Yale Law School professor Fred Rodell, there are only two things wrong with conventional law-school teaching. One is style; the other is content. The dominant classroom ...

Life seems upside down these days. Politicians choose their voters by redistricting, universities their missions by giving in to government demands, some newspapers and media networks follow the paths ...

The Fred Friendly Seminars are based on the Socratic Method. Local discussion groups can use the same method to explore the lessons of DISCONNECTED: Politics, the Press and the Public. The Socratic ...

In the egalitarian workplace the Socratic model is a novel yet time-proven method of leadership. Where work is project-based with team leaders not necessarily being supervisors, the Socratic method is ...

Explore the bustling Athenian Agora where Socrates roamed, sparking philosophical discussions with his Socratic irony method.