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Vol. 62, No. 4, December 7, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Final Exams: Tips and Strategies •Mailbag •LLMs •When You Were Cooler •Sudoku •Zack Letter Law •A Ding Letter •Crossword

Vol. 62, No. 3, October 13, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

• What are LLMs doing here anyway? • Gnaw Journal • When You Were Cooler • Zack Letter Law • Ginsberg • Book Review • Sudoku • Phid House Party Pies • Kicking It Old School • Crossword

Vol. 62, No. 2, September 28, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Gabbing with Dean Z: 1Ls & Beyond •Res Gestae Mailbag •Dean Caminker’s Speech Celebrating the Opening of Aikens Commons •OCI SOCSS: The Job Search Survey •SOCSS: Pretty Graphs •Fall-ing All Over Yourself: Oktober Beers •Winter 2011 Grade Curves! •Law Library Pick-Up Lines •A2SO: The New Kids on the Bach? •Crossword

The Promise Of Grutter: Diverse Interactions At The University Of Michigan Law School, Meera E. Deo

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

In Grutter v. Bollinger, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School on the grounds of educational diversity. Yet the Court's assumption that admitting diverse students into law school would result in improved race relations, livelier classroom conversations, and better professional outcomes for students has never been empirically tested. This Article relies on survey and focus group data collected at the University of Michigan Lav School campus itself in March 2010 to examine not only whether, but how diversity affects learning. The data indicate both that there are sufficient numbers of students of color …

Thinking Like Thinkers: Is The Art And Discipline Of An "Attitude Of Suspended Conclusion" Lost On Lawyers?, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

In his 1910 book, How We Think, John Dewey proclaimed that “the most important factor in the training of good mental habits consists in acquainting the attitude of suspended conclusion. . .” This Article explores that insight and describes its meaning and significance in the enterprise of thinking generally and its importance in law school education specifically. It posits that the law would be best served if lawyers think like thinkers and adopt an attitude of suspended conclusion in their problem solving affairs. Only when conclusion is suspended is there space for the exploration of the subject at hand. The …

Vol. 62, No. A, August 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Z's Nunc Pro Tunc •MLaw Map & FAQ •Orientation Activities •Law School Beauty •The Beer Gal •Hottest Dean in the U.S. •Greener Gothic Fortress •Question on the Quad •The Best of Ann Arbor

Rookie Mistakes To Avoid, Edward R. Becker

Other Publications

I'm Ted Becker from the University of Michigan. My part of today's presentation is to fall on the sword. I say that because my topic is rookie mistakes to avoid. Many of us up here on the panel aren't rookies but I certainly am. I just completed my first semester of teaching transactional drafting so I'm new to the game, and then when it comes to mistakes, oh yes, there's a bunch of them that we can talk about. Because the semester just ended, these missteps are as fresh in my mind as they could possibly be, and I hope …

Vol. 61, No. 8, April 13, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•SFF Auction 2011 •Interviewing H. Hutchins •Fantasy LawOpen Emails •SFF Auction Photos •Law Library Loves You •Sudoku •Prom Photos •APALSA Origins •RG's Job Survey •SCOTUS Sex Q&A •Green Construction •Beauty and the Bite •Law & Lit

Vol. 61, No. 7, March 24, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Foxes, Gin, Puss-Cats, and Pornography •Alternative Spring Break •Law School Prom Q&A •Herzog's Last Laugh •Beer Gal •Sudoku •Spring Break Pics •Dean Z's Facebook •Kicking it Old School •Butch Carpenter •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 6, February 24, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Advice for Mr. Wolverine 2011 •Poetry Contest Winners •Law & Lit •The Beer Gal •Mr. Wolverine Pictures •Grade Curves •MJIL Symposium •Question on the Quad •Crossword

Vol. 61, No. 5, February 3, 2011, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Law-School-Style Movie Review •The Beer Gal •Frank Murphy 1L Oral •When You Were Cooler •Law & Lit •Kicking it Old School •Beauty and the Bite •Sudoku •Crossword

Teaching Transactional Skills And Law In An International Context, Deborah Burand, Kojo Yelpaala, Peter Linzer

Other Publications

Today, we are going to be discussing how we think about transactional skills in an international context. It doesn't surprise me that this is a smaller group. This is a subspecialty, but let me just do a very quick survey of you. How many of you now in this room are teaching an international course? And what are you doing?

Helping Haiti In The Wake Of Disaster: Law Students As First Responders, Melissa Gibson Swain, Jonel Newman

Articles

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Unpacking The Apprenticeship Of Professional Identity And Purpose: Insights From The Law School Survey Of Student Engagement, Carole Silver, Amy Garver, Lindsay Watkins

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Drawing on data from the Law School Survey of Student Engagement, this paper investigates the ways in which law students develop a sense of professional identity and purpose, the third apprenticeship identified by the Carnegie Foundation in its report, Educating Lawyers. The data offer only a first step toward unpacking how students learn about professional identity and purpose. Generally, the findings point to the importance of law school classes for effective learning about legal ethics, and to the role of clinical legal education as a means for deepening the effectiveness of lessons about ethics, professional identity and purpose.

Simulations In Clinics, Contract Drafting, And Upper-Level Courses, Carole O. Heyward, David M. Epstein, Helen S. Scott, Daniel B. Bogart

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

I teach in a transactional clinic called the Urban Development Law Clinic. In my Clinic, we represent non-profit tax-exempt organizations that engage in real estate, economic, and community development. Some of our clients include Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity and Karamu House, which is a theater and community arts center. We serve as general counsel for some clients and provide legal advice on an as needed basis for others. The Clinic provides legal advice on real estate matters, corporate governance, transactions, and tax issues. The complexity of matters that we handle ranges from drafting a code of regulations to representing …

Assisting Law Students With Disabilities In The 21st Century, David Jaffe

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Growin’ Up: An Assessment Of Adult Self-Image In Clinical Law Students, Judith Ritter

Judith L Ritter

My thesis is that a majority of law students do not view themselves as adult professionals. When upper-class law students participate in live-client clinical programs, their lack of an adult self-image presents a barrier to effectiveness.

This article draws upon theories of psychological and moral development to explore the ingredients of being an adult and having an adult self-image. It examines the obstacles to development confronted by contemporary law students. The article explains the ways in which having an adult self-image is so important to the success of the student lawyer and how lacking an adult self-image can diminish the …