Lessons from a Retiring Legal Writing Professor
Lessons from a Retiring Legal Writing Professor
Mary Ann Robinson
Professor Emeritus
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Published: November 2023
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Mary Ann Robinson
Professor Emeritus
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Published: November 2023
When I left private practice to start teaching legal writing in the fall of 2019, I never thought much about how to take attendance. But teaching during a pandemic has been full of disruptions and unexpected surprises, and here I was, scrambling for a head-count system that would work during a school year unlike any other. Some days, class was fully remote. Other days, it was hybrid, with half the class attending in person, and half remaining remote. No telling how long that would hold either, as change seemed like one of the only constants.
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