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Teaching And Assessing Professional Communication Skills In Law School, Denitsa R. Mavrova Heinrich Jan 2015

Teaching And Assessing Professional Communication Skills In Law School, Denitsa R. Mavrova Heinrich

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Prepared For Practice? Developing A Comprehensive Assessment Plan For A Law School Professional Skills Program, Anthony S. Niedwiecki Jan 2015

Prepared For Practice? Developing A Comprehensive Assessment Plan For A Law School Professional Skills Program, Anthony S. Niedwiecki

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Part I of this Article will outline the accreditation requirements for developing and publishing learning outcomes. Part II will provide an overview of the process of curricular planning in light of the new ABA Standards. Part III will explain the steps schools can take to develop learning outcomes and map those across the curriculum. Part IV will discuss the elements of what makes an assessment plan effective, with a focus on the best ways to use formative assessment to improve the metacognitive skills of the students. Part V will detail the approach The John Marshall Law School took to improve …


Legal Education In Transition: Trends And Their Implications, Michael A. Millemann, Sheldon Krantz Jan 2015

Legal Education In Transition: Trends And Their Implications, Michael A. Millemann, Sheldon Krantz

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This is a pivotal moment in legal education. Revisions in American Bar Association accreditation standards, approved in August 2014, impose new requirements, including practice-based requirements, on law schools. Other external regulators and critics are pushing for significant changes too. For example, the California bar licensing body is proposing to add a practice-based, experiential requirement to its licensing requirements, and the New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, is giving third-year, second semester students the opportunity to practice full-time in indigent legal services programs and projects. Unbeknown to many, there have been significant recent changes in legal education that …