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Hot Topics In Legal Writing Curricular Development, Tanya Pierce Nov 2014

Hot Topics In Legal Writing Curricular Development, Tanya Pierce

Tanya Pierce

No abstract provided.


Yes We Can, Pass The Bar. University Of The District Of Columbia, David A. Clarke School Of Law Bar Passage Initiatives And Bar Pass Rates - From The Titanic To The Queen Mary, Derek Alphran, Tanya Washington, Vincent Eagan Oct 2014

Yes We Can, Pass The Bar. University Of The District Of Columbia, David A. Clarke School Of Law Bar Passage Initiatives And Bar Pass Rates - From The Titanic To The Queen Mary, Derek Alphran, Tanya Washington, Vincent Eagan

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.


Enhanced Educational Value Of Experiential Learning: The Business Court Project, Anne. Tucker, Susan Willey, Nancy Mansfield Oct 2014

Enhanced Educational Value Of Experiential Learning: The Business Court Project, Anne. Tucker, Susan Willey, Nancy Mansfield

Anne Tucker

No abstract provided.


Developing An Empirical Model To Test Whether Required Writing Exercises Or Other Changes In Large-Section Law Class Teaching Methodologies Result In Improved Exam Performance, Andrea Curcio, Gregory Jones, Tanya Washington Oct 2014

Developing An Empirical Model To Test Whether Required Writing Exercises Or Other Changes In Large-Section Law Class Teaching Methodologies Result In Improved Exam Performance, Andrea Curcio, Gregory Jones, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.


Choosing The Top Candidate: Best Practices In Academic Law Library Hiring, Ronald Wheeler, Nancy Johnson, Terrance Manion Oct 2014

Choosing The Top Candidate: Best Practices In Academic Law Library Hiring, Ronald Wheeler, Nancy Johnson, Terrance Manion

Terrance K Manion

The authors discuss successful hiring practices in academic law libraries. Their discussion details each step of the hiring process, from vacancy to offer, and explores strategies for implementing the steps successfully. The processes examined include: reviewing the vacancy, assessing the library needs, forming an effective search committee, writing a winning job description, checking references, conducting an interview, and making an offer. The authors assert that a successful hire will influence every aspect of your library and, as such, a library needs to devote considerable attention and resources to librarian searches.


The Crisis In American Legal Education Today, Daniel Coquillette Oct 2014

The Crisis In American Legal Education Today, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Panelist, Incorporating Social Justice Themes Into The 1l Writing Curriculum To Prompt Students To Develop A Broader Community-Based Mindset, Lynnise Pantin Oct 2014

Panelist, Incorporating Social Justice Themes Into The 1l Writing Curriculum To Prompt Students To Develop A Broader Community-Based Mindset, Lynnise Pantin

Lynnise E. Pantin

No abstract provided.


The Significance Of The History Of Legal Education In Today's Legal World, Daniel Coquillette Oct 2014

The Significance Of The History Of Legal Education In Today's Legal World, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


It’S Not Lawyering Unless You Are Litigating: Social Justice And The Transactional Law Clinic, Lynnise Pantin Sep 2014

It’S Not Lawyering Unless You Are Litigating: Social Justice And The Transactional Law Clinic, Lynnise Pantin

Lynnise E. Pantin

No abstract provided.


Best Practices Report Workshop Leader, William Byrnes Sep 2014

Best Practices Report Workshop Leader, William Byrnes

William H. Byrnes

No abstract provided.


The Saga Of The Harvard Law School, Daniel Coquillette Sep 2014

The Saga Of The Harvard Law School, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


An Historical View Of Harvard Law School And U.S. Legal Education, Daniel Coquillette Jul 2014

An Historical View Of Harvard Law School And U.S. Legal Education, Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

No abstract provided.


Program Startup And Assessment, William Byrnes Jul 2014

Program Startup And Assessment, William Byrnes

William H. Byrnes

No abstract provided.


Inventing The New Classroom, Jennifer Mart-Rice, Debra Denslaw, Susan Boland, Jesse Bowman Jul 2014

Inventing The New Classroom, Jennifer Mart-Rice, Debra Denslaw, Susan Boland, Jesse Bowman

Jennifer Mart-Rice

No abstract provided.


Confusing The Role Of Lawyers And Guardians: A Threat To The System Of Juvenile Justice, Alberto Bernabe Jun 2014

Confusing The Role Of Lawyers And Guardians: A Threat To The System Of Juvenile Justice, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

VI International Legal Ethics Conference, London, England, July 2014


Corporate Innovation And Abuse, Kent Greenfield May 2014

Corporate Innovation And Abuse, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This was a week-long course, co-taught with Professor Frank Partnoy of the University of San Diego, to graduate-level students at the University of Sydney.


Panelist, The Present State Of Legal Education, Ingrid Hillinger May 2014

Panelist, The Present State Of Legal Education, Ingrid Hillinger

Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger

Discussion of trends in legal education, experiential learning, and why the costs of legal education are so high.


Using Legal Writing Teaching Methods To Train Judges And Prosecutors, E. Joan Blum May 2014

Using Legal Writing Teaching Methods To Train Judges And Prosecutors, E. Joan Blum

E. Joan Blum

This presentation addressed how the methods we use in the first-year legal writing course at BC Law School can be adapted to train civil law judges in methods of common law reasoning.


Teaching Civil Law Judges Common Law Reasoning, E. Joan Blum May 2014

Teaching Civil Law Judges Common Law Reasoning, E. Joan Blum

E. Joan Blum

No abstract provided.


Panelist, Countering The Curmudgeon Effect: How To Sustain Our Energy And Maintain Our Teaching Effectiveness After Being In The Trenches, Evangeline Sarda Apr 2014

Panelist, Countering The Curmudgeon Effect: How To Sustain Our Energy And Maintain Our Teaching Effectiveness After Being In The Trenches, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


New Frontiers In Legal Research Education: Implementing Alternative Methods Of Legal Research Instruction – One Year Later, Stephanie Miller, Caroline Osborne, Alyson Drake, Franklin Runge Apr 2014

New Frontiers In Legal Research Education: Implementing Alternative Methods Of Legal Research Instruction – One Year Later, Stephanie Miller, Caroline Osborne, Alyson Drake, Franklin Runge

Stephanie C. Miller

No abstract provided.


Section Chair, Best Practices Report, William Byrnes Mar 2014

Section Chair, Best Practices Report, William Byrnes

William H. Byrnes

No abstract provided.


Tying Course Learning Outcomes Into A Flip The Classroom Model, William Byrnes Mar 2014

Tying Course Learning Outcomes Into A Flip The Classroom Model, William Byrnes

William H. Byrnes

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Legal Education, Robert Bloom Mar 2014

The Future Of Legal Education, Robert Bloom

Robert M. Bloom

No abstract provided.


Replicating Reality: Mobilizing The Classroom To Simulate Societal Dynamics Related To Social Justice To Explore The Complexity Of Working For Change, Evangeline Sarda Feb 2014

Replicating Reality: Mobilizing The Classroom To Simulate Societal Dynamics Related To Social Justice To Explore The Complexity Of Working For Change, Evangeline Sarda

Evangeline Sarda

No abstract provided.


Law Professors Of The Future: A New Balance Of Teaching, Scholarship And Service?, Judith Mcmorrow Jan 2014

Law Professors Of The Future: A New Balance Of Teaching, Scholarship And Service?, Judith Mcmorrow

Judith A. McMorrow

No abstract provided.


Strategies For Balancing Our Love For Work And Our Love For Life Beyond The Academy, Aric Short Dec 2013

Strategies For Balancing Our Love For Work And Our Love For Life Beyond The Academy, Aric Short

Aric Short

No abstract provided.


The Mit School Of Law? A Perspective On Legal Education In The 21st Century, Daniel Katz Dec 2013

The Mit School Of Law? A Perspective On Legal Education In The 21st Century, Daniel Katz

Daniel M Katz

No abstract provided.