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Welcome Heather Gutterud to Whittier Law
Heather Gutterud has joined the Whittier Law School Academic Support Program as an Academic Support Program Fellow after…
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Welcome to Halle Hara at Capital University
Halle Hara has joined Capital University School of Law as Professor and Director of Academic…
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Two positions at Barry School of Law
Barry University School of Law is continuing its search for an Assistant Dean of Bar…
Essay Exam Answering Tip #92611 – Begging the Question
When grading exam answers, professors reward logical, persuasive presentations. Arguing your point using a logical fallacy earns no points.
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The Right Attitude for Law School
I recently asked some of my former undergraduate students who are now 2L's if they…
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“Retrieval Practice”-Creating Tests that Reaffirm Knowledge
What do you want your tests to accomplish? Are they meant to measure learning that…
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Essay Exam Answering Tip #91311 – Spot the Issues
To score high on law school essay exams, you need to spot as many issues as possible. They lurk in the narrative. If you can't spot the issues on an exam you won't score the points.
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Essay Exam Answering Tip #9911 – Write with Concision
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
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NOW What?
Do you have to address the question, "NOW what am I going to do? I…
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Play Nice
Law school can be a wonderful training ground for civil behavior under stress ... or the opposite.