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Teaching Skills In Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg

McGeorge School of Law Other Faculty Works

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Peasants, Tanners, And Psychiatrists: Using Films To Teach Comparative Law, Joseph W. Dellapenna

Working Paper Series

Films have proven to be a useful teaching tool for a course on Comparative Law. The films serve to introduce the class to the look and feel of legal proceedings from selected foreign legal systems and to illustrate particular aspects of how these legal proceedings differ from our own. The article summarizes the results of more than 10 years of experience in using films. It will be of interest to others who teach Comparative Law and also to lawyers, judges, and students who want a video means of oriented themselves to foreign legal traditions. The article discusses the limitations of …

Transcript—Afternoon Session, Roy T. Stuckey, Alice Thomas, Daisy Hurst Floyd

Mercer Law Review

Reflections on Legal Education ..... Roy T. Stucky 859

"Are We Committing Malpractice?" Toward a Code of Professional Ethics for Legal Educators ..... Alice Thomas 866

Forming Professionals: A Journey of Identify and Purpose ..... Daisy Hurst Floyd 882

Afternoon Question & Answer Period 892

Evaluating The Skills Curriculum: Challenges And Opportunities For Law Schools, Harriet N. Katz

Mercer Law Review

Law schools have compelling reasons to begin thoroughly reviewing their skills curriculum. Three new publications emphasize that preparing students for practice as competent and ethical lawyers is the central mission of legal education and scrutinize methods for achieving that goal. A new ABA Standard for Accreditation (the "Standard" or "Standard 302"), revised in 2005 to mandate skills education for every law student, is now being applied at law school reaccreditation reviews.

In addition, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (the "Carnegie Report"), a report written by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and Best Practices for …

In Memoriaum: Val Nolan Jr., Jd'49

Val Nolan Jr. (1976 Acting; 1980 Acting)

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Vol. 6, No. 02 (May/June 2008)

Indiana Law Update

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What's In A Name? A Gen Xer And Gen Yer Explore What It Means To Be Members Of Their Generations In The Workplace, Lauren M. Collins, Elizabeth A. Yates

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

In the NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide by Rachel Singer Gordon, the author cites several reasons this time is different than times before in librarianship. Those that are most relevant to law librarianship include:

• Flattening workplace hierarchies and participative management increase the input of newer librarians in workplace decision making

• New technologies require changing skills that affect attitudes toward the integration of those technologies into our daily work

• Outside pressures, such as the prevalence of the Internet, impose a need for librarians to continually prove our relevance and improve relations with younger patrons

• The much talked about …

Transcript—Morning Session, William D. Underwood, Judith Wenger, William M. Sullivan

Mercer Law Review

Introduction 821

Reflections on Legal Education ..... William D. Underwood 824

Perspectives on Innovation, Possibilities for Change ..... Judith Wegner 829

Legal Education: The Academy, the Practice, and the Public ..... William M. Sullivan 841

Morning Question & Answer Period 849

Vol. 34, No. 13 (April 14, 2008)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Florida Fifth District Court Of Appeal Law Day Oral Argument Session At Famu Law, 2008, Honorable Thomas D. Sawaya, Honorable William D. Palmer, Chief Judge, Honorable Jay P. Cohen

Law Day Presentations

Law Day activities include five appeals by practicing attorneys on behalf of their clients and question-and-answer break following each argument, held in the FAMU College of Law Ceremonial Moot Courtroom.

Vol. 58, No. 12, April 8, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Michigan Grads Earning Top Salaries •Juan Luis Tienda •SFF Spread! •Davidson Hoops •Butch Carpenter •Origins Photos •Sex Questions

Vol. 34, No. 12 (April 7, 2008)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Vol. 58, No. 10b, April 3, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Questions & Answers About Your Future •Preview Weekend Schedule •Spotlight on Snack Bar Staff •Best of Ann Arbor •Student Org. Open House Map •Between the Briefs •Bathroom Survey

Volume 32, Issue 1 (Spring 2008)

Transcript

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In Practice, V. 8, No. 2, Spring 2008

In Practice

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Spring 2008

Alumni News

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Nolan, Val Jr.

Val Nolan Jr. (1976 Acting; 1980 Acting)

No abstract provided.

Teaching Rights Of Publicity: Blending Copyright And Trademark, Common Law And Statutes, And Domestic And Foreign Law, David Welkowitz, Tyler Ochoa

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this Article is to explain why we believe that rights of publicity should be taught as a stand-alone course, why we believe that a course in comparative rights of publicity is worthwhile as a stand-alone course, and to explain some of the challenges and opportunities that the course presents. Ultimately, we hope to encourage and persuade more of our colleagues at other schools to begin to offer rights of publicity as a separate course.

Review: Voices Of American Law: Us Supreme Court Cases Meet The 21st Century, Lauren M. Collins

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Review of documentary series Voices of American Law (Thomas B. Metzloff & Sarah Wood, producers)

Globalism From An African Perspective: The Training Of Lawyers For A New And Challenging Reality, Winston P. Nagan, Marcio Santos

UF Law Faculty Publications

This paper deals with the definition and implications of globalism generally and for African interests in particular. Its focus is on globalism as a cluster of social, economic, and political forces contesting for the controlling paradigm of international relations and international law. The article underscores the general issue of globalism's impact on the well-being of the international community. It also considers the impact of globalism on the U.N. Charter, and, in particular, the role of the United Nations in international economic order. The connections between globalism and society are considered as part of the changing character of war and political …

It Takes A Village To Solve The Problems In Legal Education: Every Faculty Member's Role In Academic Support, Melissa J. Marlow

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

This article suggests a fundamental shift in the way traditional faculty view their role in academic support, from merely assisting with academic support duties to becoming equally responsible with academic support faculty for student achievement. The article explores how legal education arrived at the current division of labor in teaching weaker students. Additionally, it examines why the current situation is not the best plan of action for maximizing student learning. Finally, it touches upon possible solutions that would work toward uniting law school faculty in their common purpose of preparing all students for the rigors of legal practice.

Some factors …

Point Allocation History For Spring Semester 2008, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

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Grade Distribution - 2007- 2008 Academic Year, Office Of Registrar

Semester Schedules and Information

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Teaching Cyberlaw, Eric Goldman

Faculty Publications

Over the past dozen years, Cyberlaw courses have become a staple of the law school curriculum. This Essay explores methodological and pedagogical issues raised by these courses.

The Essay considers the organization of a Cyberlaw curriculum in Part I, some challenges posed by Cyberlaw courses in Part II, some tools to teach Cyberlaw courses in Part III, evaluation methods in Part IV, and teaching materials in Part V.

Research Diagnostics: An Interactive Assessment Tool, Samantha A. Moppett

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

Studies have shown that students are more likely to retain information and achieve a higher level of thinking if professors incorporate a variety of teaching methods that respect the various ways that students absorb information. In an effort to acknowledge and validate the learning styles of all students, the author developed online Research Diagnostics to supplement the legal research curriculum. This article describes the Research Diagnostics and discusses the benefits of using the Research Diagnostics to assist in teaching legal research skills.

Memo To Lawyers: How Not To Retire And Teach, Jeffrey M. Lipshaw

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Failed Lawyers And The Sources Of Satire, Charles M. Yablon

Articles

Most of those reading this Essay have ample reason to appreciate the benefits of a good legal education. There is pride in becoming a member of an ancient and learned profession, intellectual challenge in wrestling with complex questions of equity, power and social justice, and satisfaction in the sense of superiority you feel towards your loser friends who did not get into a decent law school.

Teaching Ip From An Entrepreneurial Counseling And Transactional Perspective, Sean M. O'Connor

Articles

The traditional law school appellate case method is not well-suited to teaching students either the substance and process of counseling entrepreneurial clients or helping such clients create IP strategies that effectively advance their business vision. This Article describes the author’s creation of new courses and clinics to advance teaching IP in the emerging field of entrepreneurship and innovation law

Using The Vark: A Writing Department’S Commitment To “Turning The Light Bulbs On”, Christine E. Rollins

All Faculty Scholarship

Writing faculty at Saint Louis University have developed a teaching approach which is tailored to fit the learning styles of their students.

Vol. 34, No. 11 (March 31, 2008)

Indiana Law Annotated

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