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Legal Education

Julie M. Spanbauer

2015

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Mind The Gap: Teaching Research As A Fluid, Ever-Present Concept In The First-Year Legal Research And Writing Classroom, 66 Mercer L. Rev. 651 (2015), Julie M. Spanbauer Jun 2015

Mind The Gap: Teaching Research As A Fluid, Ever-Present Concept In The First-Year Legal Research And Writing Classroom, 66 Mercer L. Rev. 651 (2015), Julie M. Spanbauer

Julie M. Spanbauer

This Article presents a brief summary of the available research on those students who have used computers throughout their entire educational careers, including their strengths, their weaknesses, and how they differ from their instructors-many of whom did not use computers to any significant degree for research during college and law school. This Article asserts that these differences are cultural and argues that, in the interest of better educating and preparing our students to become lifelong learners who are equipped to self-assess their research, law school teachers must adjust their teaching styles to not only teach to these students' strengths and …


Embracing Diversity Through A Multicultural Approach To Legal Education, 1 Charlotte L. Rev. 223 (2009), Julie M. Spanbauer, Katerina P. Lewinbuk May 2015

Embracing Diversity Through A Multicultural Approach To Legal Education, 1 Charlotte L. Rev. 223 (2009), Julie M. Spanbauer, Katerina P. Lewinbuk

Julie M. Spanbauer

No abstract provided.


Lost In Translation In The Law School Classroom: Assessing Required Coursework In Ll.M. Programs For International Students, 35 Int'l J. Legal Info. 396 (2007), Julie Spanbauer May 2015

Lost In Translation In The Law School Classroom: Assessing Required Coursework In Ll.M. Programs For International Students, 35 Int'l J. Legal Info. 396 (2007), Julie Spanbauer

Julie M. Spanbauer

No abstract provided.


Using A Cultural Lens In The Law School Classroom To Stimulate Self-Assessment, 48 Gonz. L. Rev. 365 (2013), Julie M. Spanbauer May 2015

Using A Cultural Lens In The Law School Classroom To Stimulate Self-Assessment, 48 Gonz. L. Rev. 365 (2013), Julie M. Spanbauer

Julie M. Spanbauer

The American Bar Association is exerting pressure on United States law schools to improve teaching effectiveness by shifting the evaluation of student learning away from input measures to focus upon output-based assessments. Yet, many legal educators appear to be resistant to and fearful of change, in part, perhaps, due to their comfort with teaching methods such as the Socratic or case-dialogue approach, which demands little accountability for teaching effectiveness and provides more time for the pursuit of the traditional goals of scholarly productivity. This method of teaching as currently utilized in law schools is also innately professor-centric performance art. The …


Sailing Against The Wind: How A Pre-Admission Program Can Prepare At-Risk Students For Success In The Journey Through Law School And Beyond, 39 U. Mem. L. Rev. 307 (2009), Sonia Green, Maureen Kordesh, Julie Spanbauer May 2015

Sailing Against The Wind: How A Pre-Admission Program Can Prepare At-Risk Students For Success In The Journey Through Law School And Beyond, 39 U. Mem. L. Rev. 307 (2009), Sonia Green, Maureen Kordesh, Julie Spanbauer

Julie M. Spanbauer

No abstract provided.


Teaching First-Semester Students That Objective Analysis Persuades, 5 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 167 (1999), Julie Spanbauer May 2015

Teaching First-Semester Students That Objective Analysis Persuades, 5 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 167 (1999), Julie Spanbauer

Julie M. Spanbauer

No abstract provided.