Law Students

CUA Law Professor on e-textbooks

By Casebook Sherpa

Catholic University Law School Professor, Robert Destro, was quoted in this New York Times piece about the prospects for e-textbooks in the classroom…

Electronic textbooks may one day offer a convenient way to study, said Ms. Epps, literally lightening a student?s load. That?s already happened at Catholic University of America in Washington, where Robert A. Destro, a professor of law, and his students are testing a version of the eDGe. Professor Destro has 13 textbooks on his device.

?It?s wonderful not to have to lug those books around,? he said.

I’d be all for having an electronic way to store and read my casebooks, so long as it actually reduces overall cost and allows for adequate note-taking or copying and pasting of text into my notes.

Full post as published by Fight The Hypo on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).