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Teaching Law Students Through Individual Learning Styles, Robin A. Boyle, Rita Dunn
Teaching Law Students Through Individual Learning Styles, Robin A. Boyle, Rita Dunn
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Teaching can be rewarding, but it can also be frustrating when some students fail to grasp the material. Professor Robin A. Boyle of St. John’s University School of Law has been teaching Legal Research and Writing in small sections of approximately twenty to thirty students for four years. She, like many of her similarly exasperated colleagues, has repeated the same course content by using either lecture or collaborative learning, and has observed some students doing well, whereas others continued to perform poorly. Then, Dr. Rita Dunn was introduced to the law school faculty and suggested that law professors incorporate …
Reflections On Britain's Research Assessment Exercise, Jayne W. Barnard
Reflections On Britain's Research Assessment Exercise, Jayne W. Barnard
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Responding To The Value Imperative: Learning To Create Value In The Resolution Of Disputes, Kenneth Margolis
Responding To The Value Imperative: Learning To Create Value In The Resolution Of Disputes, Kenneth Margolis
Faculty Publications
This article discusses another topic for clinical teachers to consider adding to their teaching agendas. In this paper, I identify the "value imperative" implicit in the attorney-client relationship and suggest that a perception by the client of high value in the relationship is necessary for its success. Briefly, I describe value in legal services as the client's perception of the ratio of benefits received from legal representation to the sacrifices necessary to obtain those benefits. The more the ratio favors benefits over sacrifices, the greater the value perceived by the client. I present a model describing value in legal services …