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Following Wisdom
Follow (v): To act according to an instruction or precept; to pay close attention to;…
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Stigma and Professional Identity
I challenge the status quo about how we frame bar failure as part of professional identity formation. The stigma associated with failure has to be shaken off and be replaced with positive personal development.
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Let Me Use Words You Can Understand
Last year, one of my international students brought to me a response she had written…
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CaliLeaks – A Step in the Right Direction
Telling would-be lawyers what they need to know to be deemed competent to practice law isn’t a blunder or a gracious act. It is the right thing to do.
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Bar Success Tips for the Final Two Weeks Before the Bar Exam
Recently, I heard a discussion suggesting that bar passers do things differently in the final…
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Are Model Answers Providing Effective Feedback?
Thank you to Sandra L. Simpson, Co-Director of the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning…
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What is Simulation Training?
I have learned probably hundreds of tips, tricks, and techniques to improve one's performance on…
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IRACs All the Way Down
To lawyers, law students, and professors, the IRAC formula is as commonplace a tool as…
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The Lowest in Years – The July 2018 MBE (and a Call to ASP Action!)
According to the American Bar Association (ABA), citing to Law.com and TaxProfBlog editor Dean Paul…
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Hot Tips for Cool Learning – Based on the Latest Empirical Research
It's sweltering in much of the USA. And, the heat is only getting hotter for…