A Module on Teaching Transactional Lawyering Skills

July 29, 2019

(Legal Skills Prof Blog) By Scott Fruehwald Author posts an abstract and link to Mary Ann Robinson’s (Villanova Law) recent article in Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, which describes a one-credit business and financial literacy module developed at Villanova Law to help first-year students get comfortable with the numbers behind business deal-making.

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Ten Mobile Apps That Can Help Law Professors Stay Productive

July 29, 2019

(PrawfsBlawg) By Howard Wasserman Professor Matthew Lawrence (Penn State Dickinson Law) highlights ten apps that can help law faculty stay productive and organized in teaching, service, and scholarship.  

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The Risks of Technology in the Classroom

July 23, 2019

(Slaw) Canadian law blog links to an article by Nikos Harris, Q.C. (University of British Columbia Law) in the University of British Columbia Law Review which advocates for “low-tech” teaching methods and note-taking based on recent research on the risks of laptops and other technology in the classroom.

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Advice on supporting students with anxiety

May 13, 2019

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Lay your finger on the pulse of higher education — teaching centers, faculty-development conferences, student-affairs offices, water-cooler discussions — and you’ll find a steady thrum of concern about the rising rates of student anxiety in and out of the classroom.

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