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Law Students Who Learn Differently: A Narrative Case Study Of Three Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add), Leah M. Christensen
Law Students Who Learn Differently: A Narrative Case Study Of Three Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add), Leah M. Christensen
Leah M Christensen
Abstract: More law students than ever before begin law school having been diagnosed with a learning disability. As legal educators, do we have an obligation to expand our teaching methodologies beyond the typical law student? What teaching methodologies work most effectively for law students with learning disabilities? The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of law students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) about their law school experience. The case study yielded four themes relating to the social, learning and achievement domains of the students. First, law students with ADD experienced feelings of isolation in law school; second, …
Navigating The Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study Of Those With All The Power--Student Editors, Leah M. Christensen, Julie A. Oseid
Navigating The Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study Of Those With All The Power--Student Editors, Leah M. Christensen, Julie A. Oseid
Leah M Christensen
Abstract: Anyone who enters the legal academy knows the pressure for new law professors to publish or perish. The use of student editors as the “gatekeepers” of legal scholarship is a distinctive feature of the legal academy. Yet, even with student editors holding the keys to academic success, few empirical studies have explored what factors student editors consider most important when making article selection decisions. The study reported in this Article attempts to shed light on this process and provide suggestions for new law professors as they navigate the law review article submission process. The present study examines how law …
Legal Reading And Law School Success: An Empirical Study, Leah M. Christensen
Legal Reading And Law School Success: An Empirical Study, Leah M. Christensen
Leah M Christensen
Abstract: Does the way in which law students read legal text impact their success? This article describes important new research on how law students read cases. This study examined the way in which first year law students in the top and bottom 50% of their class read a judicial opinion and whether their use of particular reading strategies impacted their law school grades. The results were significant: even when students had gone through the same first-semester classes, the more successful law students read a judicial opinion differently than those students who were less successful. In addition, there was a correlation …
Going Back To Kindergarten: Considering The Application Of Waldorf Principles To Legal Education, Leah Christensen
Going Back To Kindergarten: Considering The Application Of Waldorf Principles To Legal Education, Leah Christensen
Leah M Christensen
“In education we must take the whole human being into consideration, the growing, living human being, and not just an abstract idea of man.” Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Education INTRODUCTION There have been many articles about the ethical decline of lawyers. The current research suggests that practicing attorneys feel all too comfortable overlooking their personal morals and judgment when representing their clients. A survey of younger lawyers showed that most of the respondents resolved ethical dilemmas by “retreating into their role as advocates” where their legal reasons for making decisions outweighed any social consequences of their lawyering. In response …
"The Paradox Of Legal Expertise: A Study Of Experts And Novices Reading The Law", Leah M. Christensen
"The Paradox Of Legal Expertise: A Study Of Experts And Novices Reading The Law", Leah M. Christensen
Leah M Christensen
Abstract: What strategies do lawyers and judges use to read the law? The study described in this article examined the way in which 10 legal experts (8 lawyers and 2 judges) and 10 novices (law students in the top 50% of their class) read a judicial opinion. Whereas the experts read efficiently (taking less overall time), the beginning law students read less efficiently. Where the experts read the text flexibly, moving back and forth between different parts of the opinion, the novices read inflexibly. The experts connected to the purpose of their reading more consistently than the novices and drew …