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Unmasking
While there are far more pressing and scary issues happening in the world-and in this…
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Predictions Are Hard, Especially About the Future
Here it is, Tuesday evening, and I am finally settling down to write another blogfest…
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Test Everything
Now that Thanksgiving is past, most law students have started or are about to start…
Threats, Context, and Attention
Human beings -- of which law students are a subset -- are notoriously unreliable when…
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Neuromyths
The Legal Skills Prof. Blog had 2 excellent posts last week regarding metacognition. The posts…
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The Charisma of Numbers
Today's Washington Post has a fascinating and disturbing article about the company HireVue and its…
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When Difference Makes a Difference
Last year I wrote a post about "simulation training" that described the benefits of rehearsal…
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Maintaining Meaning in Law School
Many people have heard of the term "cognitive dissonance" -- the discomfort experienced by humans…
Law Finds a Way
In Michael Crichton's book The Lost World, his sequel to Jurassic Park, the scientist Ian Malcolm observes…
Stop Making Sense
Yesterday, the quiz show Jeopardy! enjoyed its highest ratings in more than 14 years, <spoiler>…