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Jennifer Mart-Rice

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This Is Your Brain On Research: Cognitive Theory And Assignment Construction, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Franklin Runge, Alyson Drake Mar 2019

This Is Your Brain On Research: Cognitive Theory And Assignment Construction, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Franklin Runge, Alyson Drake

Jennifer Mart-Rice

Are there better ways to craft legal research assignments? This panel discussion will review current cognitive theory (spaced & varied repetition, scaffolding, etc.) and discuss how it can facilitate challenging, fair, and informative legal research assignments. We work with students that have a variety of skill levels and backgrounds. It is critical that we are engaging each member of our classroom in an intentional manner.

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An Inspired Classroom Or Meeting: Re-Inventing Yourself & Your Approach, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Caroline L. Osborne, Alyson Drake, Alexis Fetzer, Franklin L. Runge Mar 2017

An Inspired Classroom Or Meeting: Re-Inventing Yourself & Your Approach, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Caroline L. Osborne, Alyson Drake, Alexis Fetzer, Franklin L. Runge

Jennifer Mart-Rice

Judging a Book by Its Cover: Your students are passing judgment on you before your class even truly begins. Most frequently, they are judging you based solely on your gender or gender identification, the way in which you carry yourself, and your ability, or inability, to command your classroom. This session will help to provide attendees with things to think about prior to walking in the door, how to best present themselves, how to implement what some may call non-traditional teaching methods and/or roles in a legal research course, and how to overcome these challenges by rising above and dealing …

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How Do You Tune In?: Reliable Court News & Blawgs, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice May 2016

How Do You Tune In?: Reliable Court News & Blawgs, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice

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Isn't This Class Just "Dicta?": Top 5 Tips & Tricks, Answering Those Hard Questions And Justifying The "Lr Cause", Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Caroline L. Osborne, Alyson Drake, Alexis Fetzer, Franklin L. Runge Mar 2016

Isn't This Class Just "Dicta?": Top 5 Tips & Tricks, Answering Those Hard Questions And Justifying The "Lr Cause", Jennifer R. Mart-Rice, Caroline L. Osborne, Alyson Drake, Alexis Fetzer, Franklin L. Runge

Jennifer Mart-Rice

This program will be a mix of role-play and Q&A with the panelists.  Presenters will respond to questions that 1Ls ask in a typical class/meeting session in ways that will explain why the legal research class is not just “dicta” but rather it is an integral part of their law school education so that instructors are not having to constantly repeat or justify the work done in class. Participants will also learn how to turn a simple question into a teachable moment or how to change what they are doing now to improve their connection and authority with students going …

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Inventing The New Classroom, Jennifer Mart-Rice, Debra Denslaw, Susan Boland, Jesse Bowman Jul 2014

Inventing The New Classroom, Jennifer Mart-Rice, Debra Denslaw, Susan Boland, Jesse Bowman

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Who's Looking For "Free" Access?: Legal Databases At The Chase Law Library, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice Sep 2013

Who's Looking For "Free" Access?: Legal Databases At The Chase Law Library, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice

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Five Useful Online Resources For Solo Practitioners, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice Nov 2012

Five Useful Online Resources For Solo Practitioners, Jennifer R. Mart-Rice

Jennifer Mart-Rice

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