Teaching Case Law Vocabulary with Bingo
“I like good strong words that mean something.” Little Women[1]
“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?”
Bridging Law and Society: Empowering Students Through Sociolegal Writing Courses and ABA Standard 303(c)
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Introduction
The American Bar Association (ABA) adopted Standard 303(c) in February 2022, mandating that law schools provide education on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism at the start of the legal-education program and at least once more before graduation.[1] Standard 303(c) presents a prime opportunity for law schools to rethink and innovate their curricula by incorporating upper-level writing electives that
“I Was But The Learner, Now I Am The Master”: Using the Protégé Effect to Accelerate Learning Outcomes
My jaw dropped. She nailed it. She explained to our class not just where—but how—this 1L’s memo could be more synthesized, more precise, and more logical. I could not have done it better.
But remarkably, she was herself only a 1L. In fact, she was the 1L who authored the memorandum only a week earlier. And even more remarkably, several of her colleagues did the same thing with their own work in that same session, only a few weeks into the semester.
The Power of Ritual in Classroom Teaching
Each year growing up, my family did the same thing for Thanksgiving. We’d invite a group of families over to our house, everyone would bring the same set of dishes (candied sweet potatoes!), we’d have a Kids Table and a Grown-Ups Table (Kids Table was always more fun), and then, after dinner, we’d play games.