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A Time Keeping Exercise For Law Students Using Excel, Jennifer L. Dubetz Jul 2024

A Time Keeping Exercise For Law Students Using Excel, Jennifer L. Dubetz

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

John Lennon sang, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans”. How do Law students plan and spend their time? The Time Keeping Exercise was created to help our Lawyers as Leaders students find out. This poster will discuss how the Library got involved to bring to life the professor’s vision of a standardized time keeping system complete with data analysis and a respect for student privacy. Learn how we created our Excel Spreadsheet, the problems encountered, solutions discovered, and the improvements made though five years of the Time Keeping Exercise. Additionally, the Time Keeping Exercise …


The Trial Preparation Procedures—Civil, Will Rhee, L. Richard Walker Jan 2021

The Trial Preparation Procedures—Civil, Will Rhee, L. Richard Walker

Law Faculty Scholarship

In an effort to provide scholarship immediately useful to the litigator, this Article proposes a detailed systems workflow to plan and coordinate preparing for federal civil trials called the Trial Preparation Procedures—Civil or "TrialPrepPro—Civil" for short. Although there is an abundance of anecdotal "learning from doing" trial preparation guidance, empirically testable "learning about doing" trial preparation guidance is rare. We present our TrialPrepPro to learn more about doing.

The TrialPrepPro is modeled after the battle-proven U.S. Army Troop Leading Procedures used, with modifications, by all U.S. military services, our NATO allies, and many other foreign militaries. Although there is ample …


The Rise Of The Creative Law School, Gregory W. Bowman Jan 2019

The Rise Of The Creative Law School, Gregory W. Bowman

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Wvu Law Advocate, Vol. 3, Wvu Student Bar Association Dec 2018

The Wvu Law Advocate, Vol. 3, Wvu Student Bar Association

The WVU Law Advocate

No abstract provided.


The Wvu Law Advocate, Vol. 2, Wvu Student Bar Association Nov 2018

The Wvu Law Advocate, Vol. 2, Wvu Student Bar Association

The WVU Law Advocate

No abstract provided.


The Wvu Law Advocate, Wvu Student Bar Association Sep 2018

The Wvu Law Advocate, Wvu Student Bar Association

The WVU Law Advocate

No abstract provided.


The Legal Research Plan And The Research Log: An Examination Of The Role Of The Research Plan And Research Log In The Research Process, Caroline L. Osborne Oct 2016

The Legal Research Plan And The Research Log: An Examination Of The Role Of The Research Plan And Research Log In The Research Process, Caroline L. Osborne

Law Faculty Scholarship

This paper reviews the current status of the concept of the legal research plan. It summarizes the basic elements of the legal research plan, reviews the current literature and recommends a design of a plan for use in first year legal research programs and by novice researchers. Also, it considers the use of the research log in the research process.


Reading/Teaching Lawyer Films, James R. Elkins Jul 2004

Reading/Teaching Lawyer Films, James R. Elkins

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Shared Responsibility: The Duty To Legal Externs, Kathleen Connolly Butler Sep 2003

Shared Responsibility: The Duty To Legal Externs, Kathleen Connolly Butler

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Survivor's Guide To Law School, Erik M. Jensen Jun 1994

A Survivor's Guide To Law School, Erik M. Jensen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Paradox Of A Life In Law, James R. Elkins Jan 1979

The Paradox Of A Life In Law, James R. Elkins

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Conference Of Bar Association Delegates: Reports Of Committee On Legal Education And Admission To The Bar Feb 1927

Conference Of Bar Association Delegates: Reports Of Committee On Legal Education And Admission To The Bar

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The West Virginia Bar Examinations 1915-1919 Nov 1919

The West Virginia Bar Examinations 1915-1919

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.