“So, when is the other shoe going to drop?” Using Five-Minute Feedback Forms to Help Students in First-Year Legal Writing Courses
“2Ls tell me this class will end up pretty heavy, but I feel good so far. So, when is the other shoe going to drop?”
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Before the Final Draft: Oral Argument as a Student-Centered Feedback Tool
Stephanie Juliano
Assistant Professor of Practice
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Published: November 2023
Let’s slow down. Do less. Aim low. This may be controversial to say, but I believe we legal writing professors need to accomplish less in our first-year courses.
Few question that experiential education in law school is important: various reports have