Stories Of Leadership, Good And Bad: Another Modest Proposal For Teaching Leadership In Law Schools

March 22, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of the Legal Profession article by professor Doris DelTosto Brogan (Villanova Law) that urges law schools to educate students on the challenges they will encounter as leaders. 

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Teaching Law In The Time Of The COVID-19 Vaccine

February 13, 2021

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by professor Tim Duane (University of San Diego Law) on the health risks that faculty may face when returning to in-person classrooms. He details steps that schools should take to prepare for re-opening.

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Ideas for Teaching Mediation and Negotiation

January 25, 2021

Indisputably (By John Lande) — Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) provides advice and resources for law professors planning to teach mediation and negotiation courses.

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My journey this semester from “hating” Zoom to “OK, I can make this work . . . .”

December 29, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) discusses his experience adapting to online teaching.

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Teaching Law is a Social Profession

November 30, 2020

Law School Academic Support Blog (By Bill McDonald) — Professor McDonald (University at Buffalo Law) describes the loss of interaction and collaboration between faculty on-campus due to the pandemic.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 1.

November 30, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — In this five-part series, Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) shares how he adapted his office to teach online in an engaging manner. In the first part post, he shares his computer and camera set-up. Part 2 | Part 3| Part 4| Part 5

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Mind the attentional gap when teaching on Zoom

October 23, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) provides advice for law faculty on keeping students’ attention during virtual classes.

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Trauma-Informed Teaching

October 23, 2020

Law School Academic Support Blog (By Victoria McCoy Dunkley) — Professor Dunkley (Northeastern Law) discusses how to implement trauma-informed teaching practices to better accommodate students during the pandemic.

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Reynolds: A Simple 3-Camera TV Studio Classroom For Lively Online Teaching

October 6, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an article by Professor Glenn Reynolds (University of Tennessee Law) that outlines options for creating a captivating and comfortable online instruction experience.

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An Op-Ed from the L.A. Times: Why learning via Zoom is hard and what we can do to make it easier

October 6, 2020

Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) shares and provides analysis on a Los Angeles Times op-ed by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham (University of Virginia). Willingham argues that the lack of physical cues in online teaching results in a disconnect between students and teachers. He recommends using a physical white

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