One Way to Examine the Educational Experience
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Bill MacDonald) — Professor MacDonald (University at Buffalo Law) explains how the ‘community of inquiry’ model can be used to examine the effectiveness of courses, workshops or other legal education offerings.
Read More about One Way to Examine the Educational ExperienceThe Best Learners…Might Not Be Who First Jumps to Mind
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Scott Johns) — Referencing an article from The Wall Street Journal, Professor Johns (Denver Law) argues that the approach to legal education should be similar to early childhood development. He explains that babies use a combination of mirroring others, tinkering with solutions, and extrapolating conclusions, and suggests that law professors…
Read More about The Best Learners…Might Not Be Who First Jumps to MindBuild an Ethos of Self-Directedness Among First-Year Law Students
Best Practices for Legal Education (By Mary Walsh Fitzpatrick) — Assistant Dean Fitzpatrick (Albany Law) shares details of her school’s career development program that is focused on introducing first-year students to professional identity formation through self-directedness.
Read More about Build an Ethos of Self-Directedness Among First-Year Law StudentsFinding the Goldilocks Zone: Negotiating Your First Employment Contract in Legal Academia by Darby Dickerson
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By Scott Fruehwald) — Author links to an article by UIC John Marshall Law Dean and AALS President-Elect Darby Dickerson on negotiating a first employment contract with a law school upon a job offer.
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PrawfsBlawg (By Andrew McClurg, Christine Nero Coughlin, and Nancy Levit) — Three law professors discuss their new book, Law Jobs: The Complete Guide.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) links to a paper by Professor Gregory S. Crespi (SMU Dedman Law) in the Southern Methodist University Law Review about developing a course on presidential impeachment and related topics.
Read More about A Law School Course On Presidential ImpeachmentA few Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts for legal writing
Excess of Democracy (By Derek Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) offers a few tips to make legal writing on Microsoft Word a bit easier with a list of shortcuts and how they are used.
Read More about A few Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts for legal writingFinding Transcripts of Oral Arguments Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Legal Writing Prof Blog (By Mark E. Wojcik) — Professor Wojcik (UIC John Marshall Law) links to the webpage where the Supreme Court hosts transcripts of their oral arguments.
Read More about Finding Transcripts of Oral Arguments Before the U.S. Supreme CourtThe Calm Before the Storm
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Bill MacDonald) — Professor MacDonald (University at Buffalo Law) provides advice on how to check-in with law students during fall semester. He argues that October is the best time for these interactions.
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Law School Academic Support Blog (By Nancy Luebbert) — Professor Luebbert (University of Idaho Law) provides advice on how to help law students through the stress of the fall semester.
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