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Making more effective use of samples in an online legal writing course in the time of Covid
Providing students with helpful examples of the writing projects I assign in my legal writing course is a key part of my classroom pedagogy. In fact, I think it’s one of the best, most effective things I do as a……
Report on the CSALE “2019-20 Survey of Applied Legal Education”
From Robert Kuehn: The Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education (CSALE) is pleased to announce that the report on its “2019-20 Survey of Applied Legal Education” is now available on CSALE’s redesigned website: https://www.csale.org/#results. The report summarizes the……
Helping 1L law students find study groups during a time of online teaching
This semester at my school, some 1L courses are being offered only online (like the one I teach, legal research and writing), while for others (e.g., contracts, torts, and crim law) students have the option of either attending in person……
More On The Controversy Concerning USC Marshall Professor Greg Patton
Earlier this week I posted about the suspension of Professor Greg Patton by USC for using a Mandarin word that sounds like an English racist word. Yesterday, CNN called this situation an “international academic controversy.” (here) Over 100 upset alumni……
Putting Legal Education into Context: The Systems Approach to Teaching Business Associations
We have often stressed the importance of putting the law into context in legal education. The following article does this very effectively for teaching business associations. The Systems Approach to Teaching Business Associations by Lynn M. LoPucki and Andrew Verstein….…
The NYT on how Zoom interferes with student-teacher rapport and strategies for overcoming that
Related to my post yesterday about how Zoom pretty much obliterates the critically important kinesthetic aspects of teaching, this article from today’s New York Times notes how Zoom also interferes with student-teacher rapport which negatively affects student engagement and motivation……
Caveman teaching in the time of Covid
Speaking with several colleagues and friends who are teachers, from law school to high school, it seems that many of us are struggling to adapt our courses to teaching via Zoom (or comparable online platforms). Count me as one of……
USC Marshall Suspends Professor for Using Common Chinese Word that sounds like Racial Slur
USC Marshall has suspended a popular pro……
Petition To Reinstate USC Marshall Professor Greg Patton
Directly below I explained the controversy at USC Marshall concerning the suspension of Professor Greg Marshall for saying a common Chinese word that sounds like a racist word in English. His supporters have started a petition to have him reinstated……