Published in August this year, “What the Best Law Teachers Do” is a exhaustive study of twenty-six law teachers in the U.S. The book, whose goal is to be the first, “systematic, rigorous study of excellent law teaching”, is not only based on interactions with the teacher (who were selected out of 250 nominations) but also incorporates interviews with students, past and present. In this interview with Bar & Bench, the book’s three authors Michael Hunter Schwartz, Gerald F Hess and Sophie Sparrow share their thoughts on the book and on the state of legal education.