Benjamin Madison: Professional Identity
Benjamin Madison is a law professor at Regent University School of Law. Here, he discusses how he encourages students to form their professional identities in law school.
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Benjamin Madison: Developing a Casebook
Benjamin Madison is a law professor at Regent University School of Law. Here, he speaks about developing a master problem that will follow the entire course, which allows students to take the role of a new associate.
Suzanne Peters: Seeing a Trial From Start to Finish
Suzanne Peters is a student at Washington & Lee University School of Law. Here, she describes the benefits of the immersion course that takes students through the entire litigation process, from the client interview to the end of the trial.
Suzanne Peters: Professionalism Starts in Law School
Suzanne Peters is a third year law student at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Here, she describes the various roles students must take on while participating in the transactional and litigation immersion courses.
David Millon: Law School Has to Help Students Transition to Practice
David Millon is a law professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law. Here, he discusses the shift in the third year curriculum to help students begin thinking about practicing law as opposed to just the theory behind the law.
Benjamin Spencer: The Benefits of Practice Skills in Law School
Benjamin Spencer is a law professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law. Here, he suggests that law schools mirror the medical school model of learning doctrine, but also engaging in practice as a part of their professional education.
James Moliterno: Students Don't Do That; Lawyers Do
James Moliterno is a law professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law. Here, he discusses the change in the third year curriculum at the school to involve the actual practice of law, as opposed to just theory and doctrine.
James Moliterno: The Immersions
James Moliterno is a law professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law. Here, he discusses and provides an overview of the litigation and transactional immersion courses taught at the school.
Lawrence Marshall: Incentivize Professors and Schools to Change How They Teach
Lawrence Marshall is a professor of law and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Stanford Law School. Here, he talks about need to incentivize innovative teaching in law school.
Lawrence Marshall: Use Recent Law Grads as Teaching Assistants
Lawrence Marshall is a professor of law and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Stanford Law School. Here he talks about using teaching assistants to provide more student assessment throughout the course.
Lawrence Marshall: Learning to Determine the Law: Important for Students, Necessary for Lawyers
Lawrence Marshall is a professor of law and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Stanford Law School. Here, he talks about the importance of teaching students how research and find relevant cases surrounding an issue.
Lawrence Marshall: Legal Writing: Asking Students to Write Poetry by Reading Novels
Lawrence Marshall is a professor of law and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Stanford Law School. Here, he talks about the challenge of teaching how to write like a lawyer when students spend most of their time in law school reading opinions by judges.
Michael Madison: Lawyers Are More Than Counselors
Michael Madison is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Innovation Practice Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Here, he talks about his vision for what a lawyer's role is, which evolved from his experience as a lawyer in Silicon Valley. "Lawyers become major nodes in...
Michael Madison: Clients Don't Need Case Analysis, They Need Judgment
Michael Madison is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Innovation Practice Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Here, he talks about teaching judgment to his students, a skill that can serve them better than case analysis.
Michael Madison: They Think More Clearly About the Law if They Can Write More Clearly About the Law
Michael Madison is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Innovation Practice Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Here, he talks about how the act of writing forces students to synthesize what they have learned and reflect.
Michael Madison: Let Students Practice Law
Michael Madison is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Innovation Practice Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Here he talks about treating students like junior lawyers.
William Henderson: Reflective Practice
William Henderson is a professor of law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Here, he discusses the importance of reflecting, refining, and learning from others.
William Henderson: Formative Feedback Is Worth the Cost
William Henderson is a professor of law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Here, he discusses the challenge and importance of using formative feedback when evaluating law students.
William Henderson: Data Shows Students Lack Adaptability, But It Can Be Developed
William Henderson is a professor of law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Here, he suggests that students are often competent, but they lack some of the "soft skills" that allow them to work with clients, work in a team, etc.
William Henderson: The Legal Profession
William Henderson is a professor of law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. This video provides an overview of the first year legal profession course he teaches.
