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A large number of my students have higher scores for visual learning than verbal (read/write) learning when they take learning style assessments. Obviously, they have to use both learning styles in law school. However, by converting material to visual graphic... - [Read more]

Today was the first day of the SALT Conference on Teaching for Social Justice. This is a topic close to many in ASP. Many of our students came to law school with an intense passion for justice, and it is... - [Read more]

The Learning Differences Conference at Harvard was great. Although it was designed for Pre-K-12, there were a number of excited ideas and trends in teaching all students presented at the conference. 1) Most studies on ADHD have not been on... - [Read more]

Our students have a required commercial law course which includes both negotiable instruments (aka payment systems or commercial paper) and secured transactions. This commercial law course is one of the hardest for law students, especially those without any business background.... - [Read more]

Our students have been going through a spate of midterm exams in Property recently. Future interests, estates, and RAP are as perplexing for current students as they were to all of us in law school. I thought it might be... - [Read more]

I started blogging at the Frugal Law Student during my first year of law school. When I started it, I just thought it would be a fun way to share with my friends and family the ways Im saving money in law school. But my foray into blogging has actually helped advance my legal career. Thats [...] - [Read more]

I am reporting from the Learning Differences Conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Lynn Melzer, PhD, of the The Research Institute for Learning and Development, developed a strategy for students with strong visual preferences to map information. Called... - [Read more]

My third-floor office has a window that looks out at two substantial trees separated by a road. One large limb is close to the adjacent wing which is a good 50 feet of angular brick walls from my window. The... - [Read more]

About this time of year, its hard to motivate students to keep going. They are tired, and if they are not in the top 20% of the class, they dont see the point of working hard anymore. Its hard to... - [Read more]

If you are like me, you spend a good bit of time talking with students who are not getting enough hours of sleep or waking up worrying or never falling asleep. A useful web site with tons of information on... - [Read more]

This morning as I was driving into work, the song "How You Live" by Point of Grace was playing on the car radio. A line in the song is (roughly, because I am notorious for being unable to get lyrics... - [Read more]

Welcome to the February 25, 2008 edition of twenty something finances hosted by The Frugal Law Student. There were many great submissions for this edition, and Id just like to thank all of the authors for their submissions. Editors Picks Mark Butler presents What Does a Millionaire Sound Like? posted at The Butler Project. Steve Faber presents - [...] - [Read more]

This Lecturer, Academic Support position is a one year appointment with the possibility of continuing for an additional 2 years (12 months per year). Duties and responsibilities will include a variety of activities in the Academic Achievement Program. Responsibilities might... - [Read more]

A crossover possibility for both Property and Constitutional Law: ABC will be airing a remake of the classic "A Raisin in the Sun" this Sunday night. This is a great example of how restrictive covenants impacted real families, and power... - [Read more]

About this time of year, I try to bring in examples of *fun* in the law for my 1Ls in my ASP class. They tend to be so discouraged, so beat-up, and its helpful to remind them that the law... - [Read more]