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Mastering The Model Answer, Elizabeth Sherowski
Mastering The Model Answer, Elizabeth Sherowski
Events at Dickinson Law
One way to encourage professors to assign written work across the law school curriculum is to assure them that providing feedback on the writing won't take up too much time. Giving students a post-assignment model answer is an effective way to save time on providing feedback, but most students don't know how to use model answers effectively, and many professors don't know how to draft an effective model answer. This presentation shows LRW professors how to share their pedagogical expertise with faculty across the curriculum to help their colleagues 1) devise pedagogically sound model answers and 2) train their students …
Taking Collective Action To Integrate The Law School Curriculum, Sherri Thomas, Michelle Rigual
Taking Collective Action To Integrate The Law School Curriculum, Sherri Thomas, Michelle Rigual
Events at Dickinson Law
Successfully dismantling the “separate but equal” paradigm to integrate Legal Research and Writing courses into the law school curriculum is a long-term proposition that is unlikely to succeed through a single campaign. At University of New Mexico, several negative hierarchical structures have stood in the way of curricular integration, including some surprising ones that arise from within the legal writing and research faculties. In this session, we’ll discuss these structures, the tools we are using to challenge them, and the successes we have experienced thus far.