Date Chartered: 1/1/1973
Purpose
The Section on Teaching Methods promotes the communication of ideas, interests and activities among members of the section and makes recommendations on matters concerning techniques, strategies and methods of teaching, testing and grading law students.
Annual Meeting Programs
2024
- Main Program (1)
- Main Program (2)
- Pedagogy Program
- Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals, Student Services, and Teaching Methods
- Technology, Law and Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education and Teaching Methods
- New Law Professors, Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods
2023
- Main Program
- Pedagogy Program
- Award Ceremony
- Academic Support (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Academic Support, Clinical Legal Education, Student Services, and Teaching Methods)
- International Human Rights (Co-Sponsored by Clinical Legal Education, New Law Professors and Teaching Methods)
2022
- Main Program
- Family and Juvenile Law (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- Law and Anthropology (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- Disability Law (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
2021
- Main Program
- Pedagogy
- Commercial and Consumer Law (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- Global Engagement (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- Women in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Teaching Methods)
2020
- Main Program
- Balance in Legal Education (Co-sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- International Legal Exchange (Co-sponsored by Teaching Methods)
- New Law Professors (Co-sponsored by Teaching Methods)
Conference Call Recordings
November 2017
Ideas, Problems, and Resources Call
George Siedel (Michigan) – Value Creation in the Law School Curriculum
Scott Dodson (Hastings) – Group Final Examinations
September 2017
Ideas, Problems, and Resources Call
Alex Pearl (Texas Tech) – Seminars Using Real-World Problems Presented by Non-Law-Professor Guests
Karen Sneddon (Mercer) – Fast and Fun Formative Assessment in Big Classes
Rhonda Wasserman (Pitt) – Flipped Classrooms
July 2017
Ideas, Problems, and Resources Call
Antonette Barilla (Elon) – Improving For-Credit Bar Preparation Courses
Diane Klein (La Verne) – Distance Education: Techniques, Ideas, and Pitfalls
Patrick Gould (Appalachian) – Improving Legal Writing Speed
April 2017
Ideas, Problems, and Resources Call
Christina Bennett (Oklahoma) – Access to Government Lawyers in the New Administration
Mel Weresh (Drake) – Team-Based Learning
Amy Stein (Hofstra) – Practical Tips to Flip
David Gibbs (Chapman) – Implementing Peer Review
Newsletter
Webinars & Webinar Recordings
Upcoming
Section on Teaching Methods – Preparing Students for the NextGen Bar Exam: Incorporating Formative Assessments into your Classroom
Friday, September 20th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST/11:00 – 12:00pm CT/10:00 – 11:00am MT/9:00 – 10:00am PT
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Past
Accentuate the Positive – Eliminate the negative: Pandemic Pedagogy Wins
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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