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Learning Intentionally And The Metacognitive Task, Patti Alleva, Jennifer A. Gundlach
Learning Intentionally And The Metacognitive Task, Patti Alleva, Jennifer A. Gundlach
Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship
This article serves both to frame The Pedagogy of Procedure symposium it introduces and to itself explore the importance of metacognition and learning about learning to legal education and lawyering. The authors begin by suggesting why Civil Procedure doctrine is so challenging to teach and learn, noting how the symposium pieces help to tackle those challenges. They then join the growing number of law professors who advocate that learning how to learn deserves greater attention in the law school curriculum, suggesting that law schools should do more to demonstrate respect for the process of learning as an end in itself. …
Foreword To The Special Issue On The Family Law Education Reform Project, Andrew Schepard, Peter Salem
Foreword To The Special Issue On The Family Law Education Reform Project, Andrew Schepard, Peter Salem
Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship
The purpose of this issue is to promote a dialogue between the family law academic community and stakeholders in the family law system about how future family lawyers should be educated. Family law practice has undergone dramatic change in the last quarter century, perhaps more than any other area of practice. Virtually everything about it has changed—the role of the family court, the procedure for resolving family disputes, the role of the family lawyer, and the substantive law. It is a vibrant and exciting field, with great influence on the lives of families and children.
The family law curriculum in …