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How To Have An Effective Student Conference, Karin Mika
How To Have An Effective Student Conference, Karin Mika
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In The Mind's Eye: Visual Lessons For Law Students, Brian A. Glassman
In The Mind's Eye: Visual Lessons For Law Students, Brian A. Glassman
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This article shows how to use works of art to demonstrate essential components of effective legal writing. Part I discusses the learning theory under pinning the use of visual lessons. Part II describes the lessons themselves. Part III explains the benefits--both direct and indirect--that result from using visual lessons to teach law and summarizes student responses to the use of these lessons in first-year legal writing. The conclusion suggests ways in which this technique might be extended and adapted to teach not only legal writing but also other law school courses.
A Third Semester Of Lrw: Why Teaching Transactional Skills And Problems Is Now Essential To The Legal Writing Curriculum, Karin Mika
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The article advocates including drafting and transactional courses in Legal Writing programs to better prepare students for practice. The article also advocates teaching various upper level skills courses so that students learn "soft skills," such as dealing with clients and understanding their personal legal needs.
Using Visuals To Enhance Student Learning, Karin Mika
Using Visuals To Enhance Student Learning, Karin Mika
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Professor Karen Mika describes how visuals can enhance student learning.
Games In The Law School Classroom: Enhancing The Learning Experience, Karin M. Mika
Games In The Law School Classroom: Enhancing The Learning Experience, Karin M. Mika
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Educators have always been concerned with devising ways to make education fun while engaging students in an activity that will be intellectually beneficial. This article explores the use of games in the legal writing classroom.
Innovative Teaching Methods And Practical Uses Of Literature In Legal Education, Karin M. Mika
Innovative Teaching Methods And Practical Uses Of Literature In Legal Education, Karin M. Mika
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Because I believe a breadth of reading enhances one's ability to think and write, throughout the years I have tried to encourage extra curricular and diversified reading to be done in conjunction with my Legal Writing class. Unfortunately, yet understandably, law students generally only do the required work, but not more. As a consequence, I have discovered, over time, that the "readers" in my classes continue to read while the "non-readers" never take the opportunity to discover what advantage there might be in taking my advice. Because no change has occurred in students' overall attitudes, I decided to make life …