Expert Learning For Law Students

Author : Michael Hunter Schwartz
Publisher : Carolina Academic Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781611639650
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Expert Learning for Law Students written by Michael Hunter Schwartz and published by Carolina Academic Press LLC. This book was released on 2017 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Expert Learning for Law Students is a reorganization and rethinking of this highly-regarded law school success text. It retains the core insights and lessons from prior editions while updating the materials to reflect recent insights such as mindset theory, attribution theory, chunking for use, and interleaving learning. The text includes exercises and step-by-step guides to engage readers in the process of becoming expert learners¿including specific strategies for succeeding in law school.

Author : Ruth Ann McKinney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611631104
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Like a Lawyer written by Ruth Ann McKinney and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the supplemental materials website has moved to caplaw.com/rll Studies show that the reading skills your students have developed in college may not be enough to ensure their success in law school. Reading law requires professionals to understand the purpose of their reading, to form and express opinions about what they're reading, to apply legal logic, to read with energy, and to adopt sophisticated reading habits that are unique to the study of law. Written for law students, pre-law students, paralegals, and others interested in developing these reading skills, Reading Like a Lawyer teaches each of the following critical legal reading skills: how to read legal casebooks and engage in class, as well as how to use your reading to prepare for exams; how to read published court cases outside of a casebook; how to read legislative material; and how to read online effectively. Based on sound educational research, each chapter includes exercises that challenge students to apply what that chapter has taught. A website accompanies the book and includes additional readings (e.g., on logic) plus opportunities for students to gain confidence by testing their own thoughts against those of the author. For faculty, Reading Like a Lawyer includes a separate teacher's manual and a faculty website with a powerpoint that mirrors the book's principle lessons.

Author : Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479801682
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of Law School written by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers one hundred rules that every first year law student should live by “Dear Law Student: Here’s the truth. You belong here.” Law professor Andrew Ferguson and former student Jonathan Yusef Newton open with this statement of reassurance in The Law of Law School. As all former law students and current lawyers can attest, law school is disorienting, overwhelming, and difficult. Unlike other educational institutions, law school is not set up simply to teach a subject. Instead, the first year of law school is set up to teach a skill set and way of thinking, which you then apply to do the work of lawyering. What most first-year students don’t realize is that law school has a code, an unwritten rulebook of decisions and traditions that must be understood in order to succeed. The Law of Law School endeavors to distill this common wisdom into one hundred easily digestible rules. From self-care tips such as “Remove the Drama,” to studying tricks like “Prepare for Class like an Appellate Argument,” topics on exams, classroom expectations, outlining, case briefing, professors, and mental health are all broken down into the rules that form the hidden law of law school. If you don’t have a network of lawyers in your family and are unsure of what to expect, Ferguson and Newton offer a forthright guide to navigating the expectations, challenges, and secrets to first-year success. Jonathan Newton was himself such a non-traditional student and now shares his story as a pathway to a meaningful and positive law school experience. This book is perfect for the soon-to-be law school student or the current 1L and speaks to the growing number of first-generation law students in America.

Author : Colin Seale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000489906
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thinking Like a Lawyer written by Colin Seale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical thinking is the essential tool for ensuring that students fulfill their promise. But, in reality, critical thinking is still a luxury good, and students with the greatest potential are too often challenged the least. Thinking Like a Lawyer: Introduces a powerful but practical framework to close the critical thinking gap. Gives teachers the tools and knowledge to teach critical thinking to all students. Helps students adopt the skills, habits, and mindsets of lawyers. Empowers students to tackle 21st-century problems. Teaches students how to compete in a rapidly changing global marketplace. Colin Seale, a teacher-turned-attorney-turned-education-innovator and founder of thinkLaw, uses his unique experience to introduce a wide variety of concrete instructional strategies and examples that teachers can use in all grade levels and subject areas. Individual chapters address underachievement, the value of nuance, evidence-based reasoning, social-emotional learning, equitable education, and leveraging families to close the critical thinking gap.

Author : Sophie Sparrow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781531004781
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Law by Design for Adjuncts written by Sophie Sparrow and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Professors Sophie Sparrow, Gerry Hess, and Michael Hunter Schwartz, three leaders in the teaching and learning movement in legal education, have collaborated to produce the second edition of a book designed to synthesize the latest research on teaching and learning for adjunct law professors. The book begins with basic principles of teaching and learning theory, provides insights into how law students experience traditional law teaching, and then guides law teachers through the entire process of teaching a course." -- Back cover.

Author : Kimm Alayne Walton
Publisher : Harcourt Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780159004531
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Law School Doesn't Teach You--but You Really Need to Know written by Kimm Alayne Walton and published by Harcourt Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successful career isn't a matter of luck. Instead, it depends on knowing exactly what to do and what not to do. In this book, you'll learn hundreds of simple to use strategies, gleaned from conversations with top lawyers and law school administrators nationwide. Learn how to create an outstanding first impression, recover when you make a mistake, handle social events correctly, turn down work without saying "no," ace your research assignments, and negotiate for more money, plus other tips. For additional career resources, visit the AttorneyJobs Web site.

Author : Herbert N. Ramy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594607400
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Succeeding in Law School written by Herbert N. Ramy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Director of Suffolk University Law School's Academic Support Program, Professor Ramy begins receiving phone calls from new 1Ls as early as May. Their common question: "What do I need to do to succeed in law school?" Professor Ramy has written the second edition of Succeeding in Law School to help answer this question. This edition of the book has several new chapters that are geared toward success both in law school and in the job market. A new chapter on legal analysis addresses one of the most common problems professors see on law school exams -- the absence of the counterargument. New materials on interviewing techniques, creating a writing sample, and writing a résumé are designed to help students market themselves to prospective employers. Whether students are seeking advice in the summer months or are looking for help once the school year has begun, this book is an important tool for helping them get the most out of their abilities.

Author : Leah Wortham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634596183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning from Practice written by Leah Wortham and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Softbound - New, softbound print book.

Author : Carolina Academic Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611637328
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contracts written by Carolina Academic Press and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every chapter in this innovative casebook places students in roles as practitioners handling simulated law practice problems; provides context in the form of an overview of the law, similar to that which an attorney would read before reading cases in a new subject area; includes questions designed to encourage students to find the applicable statutes and cases on point in the state where the student is planning to practice law; includes exercises, visual aids, and case reading scaffolds, designed to engage students with a wide range of learning styles; and ends with professionalism questions addressing ethical and professional identity questions suggested by the materials in the chapter. Contracts also includes a rolling graphic organizer that unfolds as students work through the text, as well as exercises designed to build students self-directed learning strategies. The comprehensive Teacher's Manual includes PowerPoint slides keyed to the text and dozens of multiple choice and essay questions (with answers and explanations) and is printed with a CD included. This book is part of the Context and Practice Series, edited by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Professor of Law and Dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law. This volume is a paperback edition of the original casebound title published in 2009. In April 2012, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System recognized Professor Schwartz as an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers fellow and his course as one that advances reform in legal education. "The contextual approach keeps students engaged and excited. The book balances traditional cases with wonderfully designed problems and exercises that get students to think (and often act) like lawyers." -- Stephen Friedman, Associate Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law "[This] is the first law school textbook I've seen where it is obvious that the authors really want to help students understand what they are supposed to be learning in the course. Right up front, the authors tell students the learning objectives of the course.... Students will find the book as intellectually challenging as any textbook they will encounter, but students who diligently work their way through the book should emerge with a solid understanding of contract law, and much more... I think it is a remarkably good textbook." -- Roy Stuckey, author of Best Practices for Legal Education (2007), in The Law Teacher "I had a chance to look at your Contracts casebook and I loved it! I will be using it next time I teach Contracts. Not only is it teaching/student oriented, I found it substantively to be very well thought out. KUDOS!" -- Roberto Corrada, University of Denver College of Law "I received this new casebook with great hope that it would be horrible so I wouldn't have to go through the ordeal of switching. Unfortunately, it is fantastic -- everything I've been looking for. After having revolutionized how to most effectively teach law students, Schwartz has produced an amazing doctrinal resource that will change how Contracts is taught. I truly believe this casebook and the marvelous teaching materials that accompany it now set the standard by which new casebooks should be judged." -- Bruce Price, University of San Francisco School of Law "[Contracts] is brilliant. The supplementary materials are plentiful (the CD and the TM). I really like the real world perspective with making it problem-based." -- Robin Boyle Laisure, St. Johns University School of Law

Author : Denise Riebe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pass the Bar written by Denise Riebe and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pass the Bar! provides a comprehensive overview of the pre-bar review, bar review, and bar exam process. The authors demystify the bar exam process and take readers through the steps they need to follow to succeed. Readers are given specific information about what to do during the year before their bar exams; checklists, exercises, and reflection questions; tips for studying and completing practice questions; and sample exam questions and answers to maximize their likelihood of bar exam success. The book has been designed with several uses in mind: As the text for a for-credit law school bar preparation course; As a supplemental text for an upper-level doctrinal course, allowing professors to build students' bar study skills in the context of learning a bar-tested subject; As a text for non-credit bar preparation workshops; or For students' independent study. The authors' recommendations are grounded in educational and psychological research as well as their personal experiences in designing programs and preparing thousands of students to pass their bar exams. Readers will find the text user-friendly and its recommendations straightforward and practical. "Once in awhile the perfect book comes along at the perfect time. Pass the Bar! is just such a book, arriving at the ideal time to help law students clear the last hurdle of the race they began when they started law school. The authors' approach is both logical and powerful, and would immediately enhance any bar taker's likelihood of success. I will happily recommend the book to generations of students as they prepare to cross the finish line of their challenging bar exam race." -- Professor Ruth Ann McKinney, Director of the Writing and Learning Resources Center, The University of North Carolina School of Law