So in American law schools, are all judicial philosophies such as originalism and activism presented on par or do different law schools shill for different philosophies as being their tradition?
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At least if my law school was any indication, they'll all get mentioned, but they won't all get even treatment. That being said, it's more to do with your individual professor for an individual course than anything to do with the school itself. Back when I was 1L, I had back to back professors, a torts guy who would rant about how when people say "tort reform", they really mean gutting the rights of victims of personal injury cases, and then after him a contract professor, who would talk about how the tort system is ridiculously generous with compensation in comparison to the more "reasonable" contract penalty system, and that tort reform is a necessity.
Bear in mind, by the way, that if you're limiting your judicial philosophies to constitutional law, you won't get all that much traction; while it grabs headlines, it's not actually a huge part in the usual law program. You will get it, probably in your second semester in your first year, but unless you start taking specific courses in more specialized conlaw fields, that's probably the only time you'll really run into it.