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Reframing The Socratic Method, Jamie Abrams May 2015

Reframing The Socratic Method, Jamie Abrams

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While innovations in law teaching are everywhere, these innovations are being constructed upon and limited by the ancient architecture of the case-based Socratic method, which still endures and persists throughout first-year and upper-level courses. This article highlights how the Socratic method limits the depth and breadth of innovations in law teaching and can be reframed to better catalyze other teaching innovations, create more practice-ready lawyers, and cultivate more inclusive and inviting law classrooms. Within the existing framework of law teaching – the same casebooks, class sizes, and teaching style – the case-based Socratic method can be reframed in three straight-forward …


Negotiator's Nook: The Ins And Outs Of Effective Negotiation, David Spratt Jan 2015

Negotiator's Nook: The Ins And Outs Of Effective Negotiation, David Spratt

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