Classroom Strategies to Prepare Students for Oral Argument
Fewer phrases strike more anxiety into the hearts of many law students as oral argument.[1] And they are in good company.
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Teaching Bank MembershipFewer phrases strike more anxiety into the hearts of many law students as oral argument.[1] And they are in good company.
Most students are unpleasantly surprised by their first set of law school grades. After working diligently and expecting whatever worked well in undergraduate classes to work in law school classes, many well-intentioned students are disappointed that they did not get an A on their first legal writing assignment. I was. I came to law school expecting to receive glowing praise on my writing assignments. After all, I had a lot of undergraduate academic writing experience.