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Second Edition of "Developing Your Professional Identity"

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November 22, 2020

I have just issued the second edition of my book Developing Your Professional Identity: Creating Your Inner Lawyer. The second edition includes a new chapter on behavioral legal ethics, and it reflects the latest scholarship on professional identity development since……

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FIU Scores No. 1 on The Florida Bar, Again

By Legal Skills Prof

November 21, 2020

Everyone knows that the administration of the Florida bar exam was a disaster this year. Because of this, it was hard to predict what the results would be. Well, they were pretty bad, but they were about the same as……

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 2.

By Legal Skills Prof

November 19, 2020

Continued from Part 1. Another pic of my office Zoom set-up. FYI, I also created a similar set-up at home in case my school suddenly had to close down due to a Covid outbreak (So far that hasn’t happened. My……

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 3

By Legal Skills Prof

November 19, 2020

Below is a picture of one of my whiteboards in situ. The easel is from Amazon and lets me position the whiteboards directly in front of the camera. I bought several whiteboards, in two sizes, so I can rapidly switch……

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 4

By Legal Skills Prof

November 19, 2020

Continued . . . Below is a shot taken from the vantage point of the captain’s chair. I bought an old school, telescoping pointer to use in class with the whiteboards. Using it is fun and reminds me of those……

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 5

By Legal Skills Prof

November 19, 2020

The final installment . . . . I keep several whiteboards close by my chair so I can grab them at the right moments to show them to students on the easel next to my desk (and in front of……

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

By Legal Skills Prof

November 18, 2020

I’ve been blogging this semester about my journey from not liking Zoom at all back in August to figuring out how to use it to replicate a more traditional classroom experience for students. Accordingly, I thought I’d share some pics……

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How teaching with Zoom is like "The Hollywood Squares"

By Legal Skills Prof

November 15, 2020

If you grew up in the 70s and spent a sick day at home from school watching TV, then you must remember “The Hollywood Squares” (along with “Let’s Make a Deal,” “Green Acres,” “Petticoat Junction,” “The Dick Van Dyck Show,”……

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Some observations about conducting student conferences via Zoom during a pandemic

By Legal Skills Prof

November 13, 2020

These are historic times. Me and every other legal educator is having to learn new ways to teach due to the pandemic and do it fast. Zoom is now a permanent part of our collective teaching repertoire. This blog has……

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Op-Ed: Why Won’t Trump Concede? by Scott Fruehwald

By Legal Skills Prof

November 11, 2020

Over a week has passed since the election, and it is clear that Joe Biden will become the next president on January 20, 2021. Yet President Trump refuses to concede. Why won’t Trump face reality? The answer is cognitive biases,……

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Second Edition of "Developing Your Professional Identity"

FIU Scores No. 1 on The Florida Bar, Again

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 2.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 3

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 4

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zoom – my embrace of online teaching (with pics!) – Part 5

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

How teaching with Zoom is like "The Hollywood Squares"

Some observations about conducting student conferences via Zoom during a pandemic

Op-Ed: Why Won’t Trump Concede? by Scott Fruehwald

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