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Reaching for Success: Strategies to Support the Adult Learners in your Classrooms
As financial aid restrictions take hold and economic downturns result in job loss, the likelihood…
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New Energy, and the Boundaries to Contain It
This week, I welcomed my 3L students into my online section of our MEE/MPT class.…
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Bridging Students, Faculty, Administrators, and the Bar
Academic support often occupies an unusual position within law schools. We work directly with students,…
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Designing Academic Support for Students Who Don’t Think They Need It
One of the most frustrating things about being in academic support is that the students…
Teaching Students to Think Like Coaches, Not Critics
“I knew I wasn’t cut out for law school.” “I’m just bad at multiple choice.”…
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Teaching Adaptability as a Core Legal Skill
Law students focus most of their legal education on learning rules, frameworks, and procedures. They…
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Helping Students Understand the Role of Analogy in Legal Reasoning
Students tend to struggle with the transition from learning legal rules to applying them. This…
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Putting Mr. Roboto to the Mock Test
As a follow up on my recent post, “Paranoid Androids,” I redesigned a practice essay…
Avoiding the “F” Word
We teach our students the importance of word choice as future lawyers. We emphasize that…
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Turning Student Complaints into Pedagogical Insight
Every academic support educator has heard them: “This class is confusing.”“The exam was nothing like…