Threats and Challenges in Law School
Final exams. Olympic competition. Oral argument. Job interviews. The bar examination. These are all high-stakes…
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Updated Report on Learning
The National Academies recently released an update to their previous book How People Learn. The…
Japanese Math Teachers Could Be a Model for Improving Legal Education
Sputnik changed teaching forever. Falling behind the Soviet Union in the race to space caused…
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Lawyers in Academic Support: Part I
One thing that distinguishes law school culture from that of many other professional schools is…
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Legal Analysis is a Skill to Perpetually Shape
The book Building a Better Teacher confronts the myth of natural born teachers. Some early…
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Great Expectations
There is nothing like undertaking a new exploit to help you establish an affinity with…
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Do Incentives Work?
“If you build it, he will come,” is a line from great American folklore, or…
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Syllabus Drafting Tips
This week is what the undergraduate community at my university affectionately calls “syllabus week"--that is,…
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Loving Every Student
I am currently listening to Bob Goff’s book Everybody Always, and I began to feel…
The ASPer as “Parson”
When I was growing up, the Random House Unabridged Dictionary held the place of honor…