Chapter Three of my book How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023) is the most important chapter in the book because the most important thing a student can do to improve their chances of success in law school is…
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Developing A Growth Mindset and Motivation for Minority Law Students
The first chapter of my book How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023) shows minorities how they can develop a growth mindset and improve their motivation. Here are the chapter goals: 1. To help you understand the growth mindset…
New Book: How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School
I have just published a new book to help minorities succeed in law school: How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023). “The ending of affirmative action by the Supreme Court sent shock waves throughout legal education. For over 40…
Emory to host the 8th Biennial Conference on the Teaching of Transactional Law and Skills – October 6-7, 2023
The theme of this year’s edition of Emory’s Biennial Transactional Legal Skills Conference is “Preparing Future Lawyers to Draft Contracts, Do Deals, and Take Care of Business.” And here are the additional details about the conference, the call for proposals,…
Let Them Lead: Professional Identity Formation in Student Conferences By Katrina Robinson
Here is an excellent article on teaching professional identity in student conferences: Let Them Lead: Professional Identity Formation in Student Conferences By Katrina Robinson. “Student-faculty conferences are a hallmark of first-year legal writing courses. The predominant view in the legal…
Dethroning Langdell by Beth Hirschfelder Wilensky
Here is an excellent article that criticizes the overuse of the case method in the first year: Dethroning Langdell by Beth Hirschfelder Wilensky. “What if we are teaching law entirely wrong? We fill our syllabi with appellate court opinions—even though…
More on Synthesizing Rules: Charles Calleros, Law School and Exams (2021)
A few days ago, I had a post on synthesizing rules. Since then, I have learned that Charles Calleros has an excellent chapter on the subject in Law School and Exams (3d ed 2021). The chapter has a series of…
Teaching Dissents by Sherri Lee Keene.
I have always thought that teaching dissents was vital because it demonstrates the ambiguity in the law. Here is an excellent article on teaching dissents: Teaching Dissents by Sherri Lee Keene. Judges’ perspectives and attitudes—and even their biases and assumptions—naturally…
I am Outraged: Advice to Entering Law Students—2023
It is that time of year when law professors and others offer advice to new law students. Some of it is good. Some of it is bad, very bad. Ilya Somin has posted advice to new law students on the…
Minn. L. Rev. Symposium: Leaving Langdell Behind: Reimagining Legal Education for a New Era
Minn. L. Rev. Symposium: Leaving Langdell Behind: Reimagining Legal Education for a New Era “So why, after all these events and out of all the possible topics, did we vote to make legal education the focus of our Symposium? We…