couldn't resist ...
'Over thirty years have passed since Professor Kingsfield first
appeared as a character in The Paper Chase.1 He instantly became a
powerful symbol of what many thought was wrong with legal
education.2 For many years, he remained synonymous with a particular
form of the Socratic method, so demanding and unkind that it rendered
students bitter, unhappy and cynical.3 Lest he fades from memory, both
the novel and film have been reissued.4 As a result, Kingsfield is likely
to continue to haunt prospective law students and to remain a foil for
critics of traditional legal education.'