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Greetings From The Office Of The Dean, Hannah L. Buxbaum 2012 Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Greetings From The Office Of The Dean, Hannah L. Buxbaum

Hannah Buxbaum (2011-2013 Interim)

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Team-Based Learning In Law, Sophie M. Sparrow, Margaret Sova McCabe 2012 University of New Hampshire School of Law

Team-Based Learning In Law, Sophie M. Sparrow, Margaret Sova Mccabe

Law Faculty Scholarship

Used for over thirty years in a wide variety of fields, Team-Based Learning is a powerful teaching strategy that improves student learning. Used effectively, it enables students to actively engage in applying legal concepts in every class -- without sacrificing coverage. Because this teaching strategy has been used in classes with over 200 students, it also provides an efficient and affordable way to provide significant learning. Based on the principles of instructional design, Team-Based Learning has built-in student accountability, promotes independent student preparation, and fosters professional skills. This article provides an overview of Team-Based Learning, reasons to adopt this teaching …


Can They Work Well On A Team? Assessing Students' Collaborative Skills, Sophie M. Sparrow 2012 University of New Hampshire School of Law

Can They Work Well On A Team? Assessing Students' Collaborative Skills, Sophie M. Sparrow

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] "Among the many critiques of legal education are criticisms that law students do not graduate with effective emotional intelligence skills-in particular, they have not learned to work well with others. Working with others is an important legal skill; and as law practice increasingly relies on collaboration among lawyers, legal staff, clients, and other individuals, so have legal employers raised the demand for effective collaborative skills among law students and recent graduates.

This essay will focus on ways to engage students in collaborating and assessing that collaboration effectively. Students' interpersonal collaborative skills can be effectively taught and assessed in large …


Developing Attorneys For The Future: What Can We Learn From The Fast Trackers?, Lori Berman, Heather Bock, Juliet R. Aiken 2012 Georgetown University Law Center

Developing Attorneys For The Future: What Can We Learn From The Fast Trackers?, Lori Berman, Heather Bock, Juliet R. Aiken

CSLP Papers & Reports

Leaders in law firms tend to be those attorneys who thrive in a law firm environment from the beginning—successful associates who become successful partners. Later, they are asked to be the leaders of practice areas, committees and, ultimately, part of senior management. While high-performing associates may not be formally promoted to leadership positions for some time, it is important to understand what makes them—as young associates—stand out from their peers. Who are these future leaders, and what qualities predict their advancement in a law firm environment? These are the questions we set out to explore.

To date, little empirical work …


Senses Of Sen: Reflections On Amartya Sen’S Ideas Of Justice, César Arjona, Arif A. Jamal, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Victor V. Ramraj, Francisco Satiro 2012 ESADE Law School, Ramon Llull University

Senses Of Sen: Reflections On Amartya Sen’S Ideas Of Justice, César Arjona, Arif A. Jamal, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Victor V. Ramraj, Francisco Satiro

Faculty Papers & Publications

This review essay explores how Amartya Sen’s recent book, The Idea of Justice, is relevant and important for the development and assessment of transnational theories and applications to transnational justice and legal education programs. The essay captures a trans-jural dialogue of multinational scholars and teachers, discussing Sen’s contributions to moral justice theory (criticizing programs for “transcendental institutionalism” (like Rawlsian theory) and instead focusing on “comparative broadening” including empirical, relative, and comparative assessments of programs to ameliorate injustice in the world in its comparative concreteness (as in Indian social justice theory and Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments and related …


Case Studies And The Classroom: Enriching The Study Of Law Through Real Client Stories, Michael Millemann 2012 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Case Studies And The Classroom: Enriching The Study Of Law Through Real Client Stories, Michael Millemann

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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From The Dean, Joseph Harroz Jr. 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

From The Dean, Joseph Harroz Jr.

Sooner Lawyer Archive

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The Energy Industry And Ou Law: A Working Partnership, Jonella Frank 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

The Energy Industry And Ou Law: A Working Partnership, Jonella Frank

Sooner Lawyer Archive

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John B. Turner Ll.M. Program: Exceeding Expectations, Jonella Frank 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

John B. Turner Ll.M. Program: Exceeding Expectations, Jonella Frank

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Devon's Ou Alumni: On The Rise, Jonella Frank 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Devon's Ou Alumni: On The Rise, Jonella Frank

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Ou Law Updates: Study Abroad Programs: Expanding Worldviews, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Ou Law Updates: Study Abroad Programs: Expanding Worldviews

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Faculty News, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Faculty News

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Sooner Lawyer, Spring/Summer 2012, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Sooner Lawyer, Spring/Summer 2012

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John Raley: Giving Back, Jonella Frank 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

John Raley: Giving Back, Jonella Frank

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Meet The Class Of 2015, Evie Holzer 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Meet The Class Of 2015, Evie Holzer

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Class Notes, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Class Notes

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Res Ipsa Loquitur, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Res Ipsa Loquitur

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Giving Highlights, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Giving Highlights

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Ou Law Updates, 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Ou Law Updates

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Greg Julian: Remembering His Roots, Sheridan Haynes 2012 University of Oklahoma College of Law

Greg Julian: Remembering His Roots, Sheridan Haynes

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