First Year Practicum Course

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Antoinette Sedillo Lopez

My colleague Jenny Moore permitted me to post this course description for Practicum.  She, Alfred Mathewson and  Sergio Pareja are each teaching one section of First Year Contracts.    The Practicum is a one credit course connected to  Contracts.  Here is her description: 

University of New Mexico School of Law Practicum course (Fall 2008)   
 
OVERVIEW:  The goal of the first year [...]

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Passion, Context, Redux (Part 1)

Posted on September 26, 2008 by dmaranville

A fun aspect of getting a few gray hairs: we’re around long enough to see our ideas come to fruition.   Some years ago I wrote about the important role of experiential learning in providing context for law students.  (more…)

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A Conversation Circle with Students on Professional Identity

Posted on July 10, 2008 by dmaranville

On returning from a women’s retreat in April where we spent some time trying to identify what we long for, I happened to open Parker Palmer’s book, A Hidden Wholeness, looking for a wonderful quote analogizing the soul to a wild animal.  (”If we want to see a wild animal, we know that the last [...]

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Requiring Midterm Assessments in First-Year Courses

Posted on March 6, 2008 by vmerton

Maybe this is already well-known, but (without conceding that paper-and-pencil exams of any sort necessarily constitute useful assessment of integrated legal skills and knowledge), I thought it was a slightly encouraging example of movement on the assessment front.
I’ve learned from postings on other list-servs that both Loyola L.A. and University of St. Thomas have started [...]

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International Conference on the Future of Legal Education: Update and Report

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Peter Joy

The International Conference on the Future of Legal Education was held recently, Feb. 20-23, and it was the most comprehensive look to date concerning new initiatives in legal education around the world.  The materials from the conference are available at http://law.gsu.edu/FutureOfLegalEducationConference/index.php, and this post will briefly mention just a few of the highlights.  (more…)

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Washburn’s First Week Best Practices Curriculum

Posted on January 14, 2008 by michaelhunterschwartz

Integrated into one of each entering students’ regular courses, Washburn’s First Week Curriculum consists of one full week of instruction (twelve hours of classroom instruction plus another ten hours working in small, carefully-constructed, and closely-supervised small groups) aimed at several of the goals addressed in Best Practices.
The students work on (more…)

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