Journal of Legal Education Hosts Symposium Issue on Use of Pop Culture and Visual Images in the Classroom
Issue 68-1 of the Journal of Legal Education hosts a symposium that illustrates the many ways law can be better understood through use of videos both in the classroom and in law practice.
The following articles in the Symposium on Visual Images and Popular Culture in Legal Education are introduced by guest editors Michael Asimow and Ticien Marie Sassoubre:
- “Imagining Law: Visual Thinking Across the Law School Curriculum,” by Elizabeth G. Porter
- “Evidence by the Video Method,” by George Fisher
- “Beyond Greed Is Good: Pop Culture in the Business Law Classroom,” by Felice Batlan and Joshua Bass
- “Expanding the Pie or Slicing the Bug? ADR Education via Animated Short,” by Jennifer L. Schulz
- “Law Students Go to the Movies II: Using Clips from Classic Hollywood Movies to Teach Criminal Law and Legal Storytelling to First-Year Law Students,” by Philip N. Meyer with Catlin A. Davis
- “A Dose of Color, A Dose of Reality: Contextualizing Intentional Tort Actions with Black Documentaries,” by Regina Austin
- “Visual Literacy for the Legal Profession,” by Richard K. Sherwin
- “The Sharpest Tool in the Toolbox: Visual Legal Rhetoric,” by Michael D. Murray
- “Teaching Images,” by Naomi Jewel Mezey
- “Visual Persuasion for Lawyers,” by Ticien Marie Sassoubre
- “Lessons from Pop Culture: What School of Rock Can Teach the School of Law,” by William S. Bailey
- “Narrative Topoi in the Digital Age,” by Zahr K. Said and Jessica Silbey
- “The Mirror and the Lamp: The Law and Popular Culture Seminar,” by Michael Asimow
- “It All Started with Columbo: Teaching Law with Popular Culture,” by Christine A. Corcos
- “Dr. Strangelaw, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Pop Culture,” by Donald Papy
Additional articles included in this issue are “Self-Knowledge for Lawyers: What It Is and Why It Matters,” by Thomas Morawetz and “Using Narrative and Metaphor in Formative Feedback: Exploring Students’ Responses,” by Dawn Watkins and Laura Guihen.
The journal’s At the Lectern series continues with “Talk Less, Smile More,” by Julie A. Oseid, and the book “Roadmap: The Law Student’s Guide to Meaningful Employment—Neil W. Hamilton” is reviewed by Judith Welch Wegner.
