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Facing Reasonableness: Cross-Cultural Competency Training in Law School Focused on Reasonable Fear Determinations for LGBTQIA+ Individuals
October 24, 2023 EDT
Facing Reasonableness: Cross-Cultural Competency Training in Law School Focused on Reasonable Fear Determinations for LGBTQIA+ Individuals
Emily D. Asher

This article discusses the importance of cross-cultural competency and professional identity in the legal profession. At the end, it offers classrooms a practical activity for reasonableness and cross-cultural competency.

Cultivating Grit in Law Students: Grit, Deliberate Practice, and the First-Year Law School Curriculum
May 16, 2019 EDT
Cultivating Grit in Law Students: Grit, Deliberate Practice, and the First-Year Law School Curriculum
Denitsa R. Mavrova Heinrich

Grit, defined as “passion and perseverance for the long-term goal,” has proven to reliably predict success in a variety of domains.

A Writing Revolution: Using Legal Writing's "Hobble" to Solve Legal Education's Problem
January 30, 2019 EDT
A Writing Revolution: Using Legal Writing’s “Hobble” to Solve Legal Education’s Problem
Kristen Konrad Tiscione

Law schools have failed to commit to teaching writing.

A Proposal to the ABA: Integrating Legal Writing and Experiential Learning into a Required Six-Semester Curriculum that Trains Students in Core Competencies, 'Soft' Skills, and Real-World Judgement
January 28, 2019 EDT
A Proposal to the ABA: Integrating Legal Writing and Experiential Learning into a Required Six-Semester Curriculum that Trains Students in Core Competencies, ‘Soft’ Skills, and Real-World Judgement
Adam LamparelloCharles E. MacLean

Experiential learning is not the answer to problems facing legal education. The better approach is to create a required curriculum where students draft common litigation documents and engage in simulations.

January 28, 2019 EDT
Answering the Call: Flipping the Classroom to Prepare Practice-Ready Attorneys
Alex Berrio Matamoros

In the rough and changing landscape of the legal job market, legal employers have called on law schools to prepare “practice ready” attorneys.

July 31, 2018 EDT
Persuading with Precedent: Understanding and Improving Analogies in Legal Argument
Jacob M. Carpenter

A study conducted by scholars in other disciplines that focus on what people perceive when provided with an analogy.

Teaching Pierson v. Post
July 31, 2018 EDT
Teaching Pierson v. Post
Luke Meier

A proposal to accomplish many of the pedagogical objectives as a law professor for the first week of class.

Bridging the Reading Gap in the Law School Classroom
July 31, 2018 EDT
Bridging the Reading Gap in the Law School Classroom
Patricia Grande Montana

How law professors can close the gap in reading skills of entering law students.

Scholar or Practitioner? Rethinking Qualifications for Entry-Level Tenure-Track Professors at Fourth-Tier Law Schools
July 31, 2018 EDT
Scholar or Practitioner? Rethinking Qualifications for Entry-Level Tenure-Track Professors at Fourth-Tier Law Schools
Philip L. Merkel

How fourth-tier law schools can rethink their criteria they use when hiring tenure-track professors.

Smarter Law Learning: Using Cognitive Science to Maximize Law Learning
July 31, 2018 EDT
Smarter Law Learning: Using Cognitive Science to Maximize Law Learning
Jennifer M. Cooper

Legal education has been slow to adapt to the modern students' learning habits.

July 31, 2018 EDT
The Course Source: The Casebook Evolved
Stephen M. Johnson

An outline for the transformation of the casebook into the course source necessary for the broader adoption of a range of teaching methods by faculty.

July 31, 2018 EDT
Process Over Product: A Pedagogical Focus on Email as a Means of Refining Legal Analysis
Katrina June Lee

A suggestion that email writing should join free writing and oral presentation as valuable tools for helping students develop analytical skills.

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