Category Archives: Teaching (general)

The Fight to Bring Legal Research to the Front

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

by Brandon Wright Adler Last week I gave a lecture to the Advanced Legal Research course about the economics of legal research. Most of the students in this class are 3L’s and nearly ready to take on the legal world. … Continue reading →

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Lessons from a First-Time Teacher: Everything I Did Wrong and How You Can Avoid Doing It Too

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

by Amelia Landenberger, Guest Blogger, UK College of Law My first year of teaching could have been worse. I had great students, hours of support and patience from my coworkers, and a good deal of luck (no wardrobe malfunctions or … Continue reading →

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In Praise of the Reflective Essay: The Mushy and the Meta

Posted on May 30, 2017 by

by Paul Gatz The reflective essay is well named. In the best of circumstances, it holds up a mirror to the student-writer’s own learning and thinking processes and, for the teacher-reader, can present an image of the entire semester from … Continue reading →

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Practice Makes Perfect: Assessment to Improve Student Learning and Instruction

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

by Ashley Ahlbrand With the spring semester at an end and my summer online courses set to begin next week, I have assessment on the brain. As we know, law school is not traditionally an assessment-heavy institution, with the majority … Continue reading →

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Can Legal Research Be Taught? Part 1: The Relevance Paradox

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

by Paul Gatz Plato’s Meno begins with a question posed to Socrates by his eponymous interlocutor, asking whether virtue can be taught. Preparing for the last day of my advanced legal research course, I could not help but wonder the … Continue reading →

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Learning Theories and Law: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

by Ashley Ahlbrand As I noted in a previous post, I am currently pursuing a graduate certificate in instructional design. The course I am taking this semester is heavily theory-based, and thus we have spent a good portion of the … Continue reading →

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It’s More Than One Job

Posted on March 2, 2017 by

By Christine Anne George I’d like to start this post off with my most sincere apologies to the Academy. I’m an avid viewer of the Oscars, but Sunday was the first time in a long time that I haven’t stayed … Continue reading →

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