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Public Interest Research, Collaboration, And The Promise Of Wikis, Tom Cobb
Public Interest Research, Collaboration, And The Promise Of Wikis, Tom Cobb
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One of my central goals in teaching law is to help students find ways to apply their emerging analytical powers and professional skills to promote the public interest.A related goal is to create an engaging learning experience in which students see each other—and other members of the legal community—as key resources in their education.
To help accomplish these goals, I have been formally and informally collaborating with clinics—the traditional home of public interest law and collaborative learning in most law schools— to find ways to infuse my legal writing classes with clinical methods and values. This article describes a class …