Take Note: Teaching Law Students To Be Responsible Stewards Of Technology

September 23, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an upcoming Catholic University Law Review article from Professor Kristen E. Murray (Temple Law) that outlines the role of technology in the modern legal profession and importance of providing meaningful experiences for interactions with technology in the law school curriculum.

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Addressing Systemic Racism and Law Enforcement Reform Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud: Teaching Students How Law School Works

September 23, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by professors Alexa Chew and Rachel Gurvich (University of North Carolina Law) that reflects on efforts to inform students about the various inequities they will observe during their law school experiences.

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Teaching Students the Art of Giving (and Receiving) Feedback and Sharing IDEASS

August 26, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (by Kaci Bishop) — Professor Bishop (University of North Carolina Law) highlights the need to teach law students how to give feedback as well as receive feedback.

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Negotiating Trauma and Teaching Law

August 16, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (by Melanie Daily) — Professor Daily (University of Kansas Law) discusses Mallika Kaur’s (UC Berkeley Law) Journal of Law and Social Policy article “Negotiating Trauma & Teaching Law,” that explores how law professors can navigate emotional discussions in the classroom.

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Teaching Lawyers To Think Like Leaders: The Next Big Shift In Legal Education

August 16, 2021

TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Baylor Law Review article by dean April Barton (Duquesne Law) that examines leadership development as an important component of the future of legal education.

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Teaching Students To Think Like Practitioners

August 16, 2021

Indisputably (by John Laude) – Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) looks at how lawyers and mediators make decisions in legal disputes and offers suggestions on how law professors can prepare students for the kinds of choices they will need to make during practice.

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Foundations for Teaching: A Data-Driven Model to Help Legal Educators Build Learning Outcomes into Their Instruction

May 24, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author shares a post by Zack Demola and Logan Cornett (Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System) analyzing the competencies, skills, and characteristics law graduates need to be prepared for their careers.

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Law Teaching Strategies for a New Era: Beyond the Physical Classroom

May 24, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author shares information about an upcoming conference based on the book Law Teaching Strategies for a New Era: Beyond the Physical Classroom. The conference will explore the future of online legal education and will offer tips, strategies, and tools for professors to enhance their classes.

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Fostering Wholehearted Lawyers through Clinical Legal Education

May 3, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Susan L. Brooks) — Professor Brooks (Drexel Law) shares how clinical law professors can encourage ‘wholeheartedness’ through their teaching and discusses her session on the topic at the 2021 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education.

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Institute for Law Teaching and Learning – Reflecting Back and Moving Forward: Effective Instruction in Online, Hybrid, and In-Person Learning Environments

April 26, 2021

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Davida Finger) — The author shares registration information for the virtual 2021 Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference taking place June 10-11.

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