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Legal Reading And Success In Law School: The Reading Strategies Of Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add)., Leah M. Christensen
Legal Reading And Success In Law School: The Reading Strategies Of Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add)., Leah M. Christensen
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
The new reality in legal education is that a certain percentage of our students will come to us with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or with another learning disability, either disclosed or undisclosed. Yet there has been little empirical research on how law students with learning disabilities read and understand the law. This study examines how three law students with ADD read a judicial opinion. The results suggest a relationship between successful law school performance and the use of problematizing and rhetorical reading strategies, and between less successful law school performance and the use of default reading strategies. Further, the results …
Vol. 61, No. 4, November 24, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 61, No. 4, November 24, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Turning Up the Heat in Hutchins •Law & Lit •Torts and Football •The Beer Gal •Save Yourself •Zach Letter Law •Beauty and the Bite •Jenny Runkles •Kicking it Old School •Alt-Prom Pics •Crossword
Vol. 61, No. 3, November 20, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 61, No. 3, November 20, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Where in the World Were You on Wednesday? •The Beer Gal •When You Were Cooler •Sudoku •Zach Letter Law •Law & Lit •Food Court •Kicking it Old School •Nannes Challenge Results •Halloween Party Pics •Crossword
Vol. 61, No. 2, October 27, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 61, No. 2, October 27, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Michigan's Top Five Urban Legends •Soccer League •Hutchins Makeover •The Beer Gal •Sudoku •Question on the Quad •Crossword
Vol. 61, No. 1, September 30, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 61, No. 1, September 30, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Dean Z Speaks •Zach Letter Law •Trivial Pursuit of Justice •Law and Lit •The Ex-Pat Perspective •Trespassing with Felix •Kicking It Old School •Grade Curves
Vol. 60, No. 6, April 1, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 60, No. 6, April 1, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•UMLS IP Moot Court Duo Headed to Nationals •Brief Interview with SFF Celebs •This is Water •The Beer Guy •Save Yourself •Law & Lit •RG Crime Alerts •Dean Z Is Going to Rick's! •SFF Auction •SFF Student/Faculty Basketball Game •Facial Hair Competition •The Ex-Pat Experience
Vol. 60, No. 6a, March 11, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 60, No. 6a, March 11, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Dean Z Speaks! •Dean Caminker (w/Photos) •Ode to the Snack Bar Staff •The Law Quad: It's Pretty! •Dean Z on the Schedule •Hutchins vs. the Library •Grading the Bathrooms
Vol. 60, No. 5, February 24, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 60, No. 5, February 24, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Law & Lit •The Beer Guy •Save Yourself •That Guy You Hate •The Food Court •The Ex-Pat Perspective •Valograms! •ALT+PRM • Grade Summary
Vol. 60, No. 4, February 3, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 60, No. 4, February 3, 2010, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Quit Looking at My Butt •Questions on the Quad: Times Two! •The Beer Guy •This is Water •When You Were Cooler •Save Yourself •The Food Court •Mr. Wolverine Photos! •The Ex-Pat Experience •A Modest Grades Proposal •Judicial Reactivism •Kicking it Old School
Legal Education Prepares Students To Weather Tough Times, Tara L. Casey
Legal Education Prepares Students To Weather Tough Times, Tara L. Casey
Law Faculty Publications
The author discusses how law students are facing a daunting problem—a competitive job market in the midst of an economic recession. But because of the training they receive both inside and outside of the classroom, law students are uniquely poised to weather this storm.
Lrw Program Design: A Manifesto For The Future, Eric Easton
Lrw Program Design: A Manifesto For The Future, Eric Easton
All Faculty Scholarship
All of us have, at one time or another, had occasion to consider, or reconsider, our program model. The trigger may have been a new dean; the prospect of a sabbatical inspection; a budget crisis or financial windfall; a faculty champion or saboteur; some-thing we learned at a Legal Writing Institute (LWI) or Association of Legal Writing Directors conference; or merely the cycle of bureaucratic reorganization. Those reconsiderations have led to a great diversity of Legal Research and Writing (LRW) program models: two-, three-, four-, and all-semester programs; adjunct-, contract-, and tenure-track staffing; and directors, co-directors, and no directors. Reconsiderations …
Library Anxiety Of Law Students: A Study Utilizing The Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale, Stacey L. Bowers
Library Anxiety Of Law Students: A Study Utilizing The Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale, Stacey L. Bowers
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
The purpose of this study was to determine whether law students experienced library anxiety and, if so, which components contributed to that anxiety. The Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale (mlas) developed by Dr. Doris Van Kampen was used to assess library anxiety levels of law students. The mlas is a 53 question Likert scale instrument that measures the construct of library anxiety. Participants in the study were law students enrolled in a private midwestern university during the 2009-2010 academic year who completed the survey instrument. Law students are a unique graduate school population who undergo an extremely rigorous and competitive course …
If I Had A Hammer: Can Shepardizing, Synthesis, And Other Tools Of Legal Writing Help Build Hope For Law Students?, Edward R. Becker
If I Had A Hammer: Can Shepardizing, Synthesis, And Other Tools Of Legal Writing Help Build Hope For Law Students?, Edward R. Becker
Articles
Are lawyers mechanics? In 1920, photographer Lewis Hines took a striking photo of a powerhouse mechanic sure-handedly wielding a large wrench to tighten bolts on a steam pump. This picture may bring to mind many things, but I suspect that many legal writing professors in our (past or present) incarnations as practicing attorneys would not look at this image and think, "My job is a lot like that." Similarly, I assume that many of our students do not think of a lawyer's role in this way. Indeed, many of our students might have chosen to pursue a career in law …
Doing Good While Doing Deals: Early Lesson In Launching An International Transactions Clinic, Deborah Burand
Doing Good While Doing Deals: Early Lesson In Launching An International Transactions Clinic, Deborah Burand
Articles
That is not to say that the launch of this clinic was easy. Four of the most challenging issues the ITC faced in its first year of operation were: 1) developing a client pool, 2) defining client projects so as to be appropriate to student clinicians’ skill levels and capacity, 3) making use of efficient and inexpensive technology to foster international communication with clients and transaction management, and 4) tapping supervisory attorney talent capable of supporting student clinicians in their international transactional work. The first two issues were the biggest challenges that we faced in launching the ITC and so …
Launch Of An International Transactions Clinic: Doing Good While Doing Deals, Deborah Burand
Launch Of An International Transactions Clinic: Doing Good While Doing Deals, Deborah Burand
Articles
September 2008 marked the launch of the International Transactions Clinic (ITC) at the University of Michigan Law School, the first legal clinic of its kind to combine an international and transactional focus. As Law School Dean Evan Caminker said upon the launch of the ITC, “[t]his is an exciting opportunity to involve a new generation of bright legal minds in cross-border transactions that will train our students for a lifetime of international business dealings, and that can also make an enormous difference in the lives of people in the developing world.”
Law School & The Web Of Group Affiliation: Socializing, Socialization, & Social Network Site Use Among Law Students, Eric M. Fink
Law School & The Web Of Group Affiliation: Socializing, Socialization, & Social Network Site Use Among Law Students, Eric M. Fink
Eric M Fink
Online social network sites (“SNS”) have emerged as a significant socio-technical phenomenon in the past several years. Scholars from various disciplines have examined these sites to develop a better understanding of their social significance and implications from a variety of perspectives. Within the burgeoning field of SNS studies, one strand of work focuses on the place of SNSs in students’ educational experiences and the potential pedagogical applications of SNSs. However, the SNS phenomenon generally, and its educational/pedagogical significance in particular, have received scant attention from legal scholars. This article examines the place of SNSs within the contemporary law school experience, …