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2010

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A Synergistic Pedagogical Approach To First-Year Teaching, Jamie Abrams Apr 2010

A Synergistic Pedagogical Approach To First-Year Teaching, Jamie Abrams

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The First “Colonial Frontier” Legal Writing Conference, held at Duquesne University School of Law, focused on Engendering Hope in the Legal Writing Classroom: Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Attitude. This conference built on the foundational work of Allison Martin and Kevin Rand in which these scholars call for educators to engender hope in law students to prepare them for practice. Martin and Rand conclude that hope is a predictor of students’ academic performance and psychological health during the first semester of law school and recommend that law professors “maintain and creat[e] hope in law students” by embracing five core principles. Martin and …


Raising The Bar: Us Legal Education In An International Setting, Claudio Grossman Jan 2010

Raising The Bar: Us Legal Education In An International Setting, Claudio Grossman

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