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Breaking Down Siloes and Building Up Students: The Transformational Possibilities of Professional Identity Formation
Friday, September 1, 2023
An excellent new article on professional identity training:
Breaking Down Siloes and Building Up Students: The Transformational Possibilities of Professional Identity Formation by Lindsey P. Gustafson, Aric Short, and Robin Thorner.
Abstract
Under the ABA’s sequenced approach…
How Minority Law Students Can Become Self-Regulating (Self-Directing) Students
Sunday, August 27, 2023
How Minority Law Students Can Become Self-Regulating (Self-Directing) Students
Chapter Five of my book How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023) shows minorities how they can become self-regulated (self-directed) learners.
Chapter Goals.
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How Minority Law Students Can Develop Better Study Habits
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
How Minority Law Students Can Develop Better Study Habits
Chapter Three of my book How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023) is the most important chapter in the book because the most important thing a student can do to improve their chances of success in law school is to adopt…
Developing A Growth Mindset and Motivation for Minority Law Students
Monday, August 21, 2023
Developing A Growth Mindset and Motivation for Minority Law Students
The first chapter of my book How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023) shows minorities how they can develop a growth mindset and improve their motivation.
Here are the chapter goals:
1. To help you understand the growth mindset and…
New Book: How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School
Saturday, August 19, 2023
New Book: How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School
I have just published a new book to help minorities succeed in law school:
How Minorities Can Succeed in Law School (2023).
“The ending of affirmative action by the Supreme Court sent shock waves throughout legal education. For over 40 years, a…
Emory to host the 8th Biennial Conference on the Teaching of Transactional Law and Skills – October 6-7, 2023
Monday, August 7, 2023
The theme of this year’s edition of Emory’s Biennial Transactional Legal Skills Conference is “Preparing Future Lawyers to Draft Contracts, Do Deals, and Take Care of Business.” And here are the additional…
Let Them Lead: Professional Identity Formation in Student Conferences By Katrina Robinson
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Let Them Lead: Professional Identity Formation in Student Conferences By Katrina Robinson
Here is an excellent article on teaching professional identity in student conferences:
Let Them Lead: Professional Identity Formation in Student Conferences By Katrina Robinson.
“Student-faculty conferences are a hallmark of first-year legal writing courses. The predominant view in the…
Dethroning Langdell by Beth Hirschfelder Wilensky
Monday, July 31, 2023
Dethroning Langdell by Beth Hirschfelder Wilensky
Here is an excellent article that criticizes the overuse of the case method in the first year:
Dethroning Langdell by Beth Hirschfelder Wilensky.
“What if we are teaching law entirely wrong? We fill our syllabi with appellate court opinions—even though very little of what most…
More on Synthesizing Rules: Charles Calleros, Law School and Exams (2021)
Saturday, July 29, 2023
More on Synthesizing Rules: Charles Calleros, Law School and Exams (2021)
A few days ago, I had a post on synthesizing rules. Since then, I have learned that Charles Calleros has an excellent chapter on the subject in Law School and Exams (3d ed 2021). The chapter has a series of…