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Nix the Acronyms
The Legal Skills Prof Blog recently posted this reference to a short piece on acronyms.…
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If you are creating a new ASP course…
Every year someone on the listserv asks for advice because they have been charged with…
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Being an Introvert in Law School
Law school attracts extroverts and in many ways is designed for them. An astute law…
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Body Movin’
This is an interesting article from Wired on the effectiveness of lecture vs. active learning. Basically,…
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Pictures of Matchstick Men
I'm a huge fan of Peter T. Wendel's illustration of the different "planes"…
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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…