The NY Area Academic Support Workshop took place on April 17th at the New York Law School. As usual for this event, ASP'ers attended from near and far and were not disappointed. Kris Franklin, of NYLS, and Linda Feldman, of Brooklyn Law School put together a full day of presentations.
Linda Feldman lead a discussion on working with students, once they have been identified and placed on Academic Supervision.
Angela Baker and Alison Nissen, presented on the topic of Serving Today's Students.
Martha Hochberger of NYLS gave attendees a new tool via her presentation on Charting the Way to Case Synthesis.
Debra Cohen of the David A. Clarke Law School, spoke of the transition from undergrad to law school via her presentation entitled Unlearning — the Hardest Part of Law School. Deb's presentation was a preview of her upcoming presentation at the Third Annual AASE Conference.
Coral M. Rivera Torres, of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law, spoke on Integrating ASP Strategies for Exam Preparation – through practice and feedback for students.
After a lunch that involved networking and a presentation on bar exam topics by Mike Power of Kaplan, there were additional sessions.
Carmen Morales, of Fordham Law School, reported on the LSAC Diversity and Retention Conference, which was held in Las Vegas on April 8-10. That conference addressed issues faced by under represented minorities in law schools – both as students and faculty members.
Joseph Brennan, of the Charlotte School of Law, spoke on Practicing High Quality Critical Writing in Law School.
Kris Kranklin, of NYLS, lead attendees in a "Questions Only" Negligence Exercise. The exercise was a team affair, and we were given a fact pattern and charged with generating a list of relevant questions. through this exercise, students come to understand what is important when working with a fact pattern.
Myra Orlen, of Western New England University School of Law, presented on the topic of Multitasking in the "New Normal": Managing an Ever-Increasing ASP Load." This topic was addressed after participants had shared many wonderful and effective ways of working with under-performing law students. As usual, participants at the Workshop offered support and good ideas.
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