Topic
Pedagogy
78 published works
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Legal Education’s Curricular Tipping Point Toward Inclusive Socratic Teaching
By Jamie Abrams
As we design our Spring syllabi, I am excited to share my own recent publication that came out this month in volume 48 of the Hofstra Law Review titled, Legal…
IAALS Blog
A Conversation about Project-Based Learning
By Anna Carpenter, Scott McMurtrey
One of us is a law student. The other is a law professor. We’re both advocates for reforming legal education, particularly through expanded access to experiential learning opportunities. We’re critical…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Think Like A Lawyer – An Overused and Misused Expression?
I hesitate to admit this: I've used this phrase so many times that it just sort of swims to the surface and color almost all that I do to include…
Family Law Prof Blog
AALS Call for Papers–Pedagogy Penal on Centering Race and Class In Family Law Teaching
By Family Law
CFP: Centering Race and Class in Family Law Teaching The AALS Section on Family & Juvenile Law is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its Pedagogy Penal on Centering Race…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight
Before getting to the scholarship spotlight, I would be remiss if I did not mention yesterday's important event. The AALS Sections on Academic Support and Legal Writing jointly put on…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Academic and Bar Support Scholarship Spotlight
Our scholarly cup runneth over again this week. So much so that I need to have three posts and not just one. The first includes law review articles written by…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Is Learning to Learn a Fad?
I just read an article suggesting that learning to learn is the latest fad in higher education. Something that will pass, sooner or later, much like the buzz a few…
Law School Academic Support Blog
The Chicken or The Egg?
You've heard the quip about "the chicken or the egg, which comes first?" Well, as the joke goes, "I've just ordered one of each from Amazon, so I let…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Why Ted Lasso is a great model of being ASP-ish
In our world of Academic Support and Bar Prep, we often say that someone is “Asp-ish” when we want to compliment one of our own. Someone is ASP-ish if they…
The Faculty Lounge
Notes on Joseph Epstein’s Teaching Style as Described by Himself in the Wall Street Journal
[Cross posted on the Academe Blog] Best known as an essayist and short-story writer, and former editor of The American Scholar, Joseph Epstein retired in 2002 after 30 years in…