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In Memoriam: Joseph M. Williams, Chris Rideout
In Memoriam: Joseph M. Williams, Chris Rideout
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Professor Chris Rideout pays tribute to Joseph M. Williams, 1933-2008, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago and author of Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, among other highly influential works. Professor Rideout shows his appreciation for Williams' generous support and many contributions to the world of writing instruction, especially legal writing.
Did Harvard Get It Right?, Laurel Oates
Did Harvard Get It Right?, Laurel Oates
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This article grapples with whether Harvard’s adoption of the casebook method over 150 years ago was correct. It contrasts the reading of judicial decisions for principles with the pedagogy of other disciplines: reading assignments, lectures, and exams that test whether students have learned the information set out in those textbooks and lectures. It details recent research from educational psychologies suggesting that the casebook method is not particularly effective in helping students learn either the law or to how to use the law to solve problems. At the same time, the casebook method may be an extremely effective method of helping …
You Are Not In Kansas Anymore: Orientation Programs Can Help Students Fly Over The Rainbow, Paula Lustbader
You Are Not In Kansas Anymore: Orientation Programs Can Help Students Fly Over The Rainbow, Paula Lustbader
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Analogizing Oz to Law School, this article discusses the role of orientation in the law school curriculum and offers implementation strategies to develop an effective orientation. An effective and comprehensive orientation program for law school would have many goals: it should attempt to construct the profession as a calling; create syntactical, substantive, and pedagogical context; communicate care and model empathy and compassion; cultivate community to promote mutual respect, cultural competence, and interdependence; and confirm student self-confidence. In addition to explaining why these are important goals, the article explores possible ways of achieving those goals. It ends with models of different …