MAKE FAILURE FLATTERING: EMBRACING CLASSROOM STRUGGLES, CREATING REAL WORLD SUCCESSES

March 18, 2020

Law Teaching Blog (By Maj. Wolfgang S. Weber) — Major Weber (United States Airforce Academy) discusses the benefits encouraging students to take risks in the classroom.

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John Hart Ely and Kids Today

March 18, 2020

Balkinization (By Richard Primus) — Professor Primus (University of Michigan Law) reflects on his students’ interpretation of the book Democracy and Distrust and how their reaction differs from previous classes of students.

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Fulbright Scholars program now open for applications

March 18, 2020

PrawfsBlawg (By Tuan Samahon) — Professor Samahon (Villanova Law) shares the 2020 Fulbright Scholars program application.

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Tips for Teaching Law Classes Online in the Event of a COVID-19 Shut Down of Law Schools

March 13, 2020

The Faculty Lounge (By Bridget Crawford) — Professor Crawford (Pace Law) shares a short video on teaching law school classes online and provides tips for faculty converting traditional law classes.

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Creating a COVID-19 Contingency Plan for Potential Course Interruption

March 13, 2020

Teach Law Better (By Abigail Perdue) — Professor Perdue (Wake Forest Law) provides a list of measures faculty can adopt to limit course interruption caused by COVID-19.

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The Great Mass Online Teaching Experiment

March 13, 2020

The Faculty Lounge (By Ray Campbell) — Professor Campbell (Peking Law) shares his experience converting a class online and shares techniques that he used for the class.

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What is your law school doing in response to the impending coronavirus pandemic?

March 13, 2020

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports (By Brian Leiter) — Professor Leiter (University of Chicago Law) created an open thread asking law faculty to share how their schools are handling campus closures and online classes.

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Coronavirus & Academia

March 13, 2020

PrawfsBlawg (By Orly Lobel) — Professor Lobel (San Diego Law) discusses the implications of the coronavirus on academic related travel and questions to consider.

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Thinking about higher education, legal education, and Covid-19

March 10, 2020

Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) reflects on the impact of the coronavirus on higher education and provides advice for faculty on how to accommodate to disruptions caused by illness.

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