Can they do that? Critical thinking when your wagon train is surrounded

In this article, I examine some hurdles typically encountered by law students in developing critical thinking skills, such as reticence to question the authority of judicial opinions and lack of normative frameworks to assess laws and judicial decisions. I argue that critical thinking requires ‘healthy disrespect for authority’ and ‘normative engagement’ with laws and judicial decisions, and offer some techniques for developing skills of critical analysis and opinion