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The State I Am In
Although there have been several signs of the Apocalypse lately, including a snowball fight in…
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Can’t Hardly Wait
The woman sat on the other side of the desk from me. She looked angry,…
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So many books, so little time…What to choose?
Many new ASP professors are in the midst of choosing books for their growing ASP…
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Leave Your Point of View at the Fact Pattern Door: Part 2 of 2 (Guest post by Seth Aiken, UMass Law)
In the first installment of this post, I suggested that for some law students, life…
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Leave Your Point of View at the Fact Pattern Door: Part 1 of 2 (Guest Post by Seth Aiken, UMass Law)
For some law students, life experience and a strongly held point of view can be…
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Does A Spoonful of Sugar Help the Medicine Go Down?
With apologies to Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, I want to talk about using food…
Team-Teaching: Constant Conversations about Teaching
If you have the opportunity to team-teach a course at your law school, jump at…
Law is not creative writing
When reviewing 1L's first drafts of practice exams, there is one problem that always comes…
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Fixed and Growth Mindsets – Another Resource
Thanks to Jennifer Cooper at Thomas Jefferson for the mention on the ASP Listserv of a book…
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Additional Items on the Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset
Hat tip to Jennifer Romig at Emory University for a link on the LRW Prof listserv…