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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 09:32:00

Do students know what is good for them? Do they care?

Posted on April 01, 2011
The ABA Journal and the National Law Journal reported on an law review article that studied laptop use among law students. The students self-reported their laptop use in class, including their feelings on whether laptops aid their learning. Students overwhelmingly...

Golden Gate Bar Exam Services Position

Posted on March 31, 2011
Rod Fong has posted the following position information to the ASP listserv: Golden Gate University School of Law is expanding its Bar Exam Services Program.? It has created a new position of Bar Exam Counselor to?work with students in their...

Position Opening at University of Denver Sturm Law in Academic Achievement/Bar Passage

Posted on March 30, 2011
Scott Johns, Lecturer and Director of Bar Passage, recently posted the following information on the ASP listserv regarding a job opening: The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is searching for a person to serve in a faculty position...

Job Openings: 2 jobs in disability services (related to ASP, but not ASP)

Posted on March 29, 2011
Below are two job listings related to ASP, but not in ASP. Disability services are often a part of an ASPer's duties, and these jobs require a working knowledge of the ADA and FERPA. Assistant Director of Disability Services, Suffolk...

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Job opening: Director of Academic Services, Whittier Law School

Posted on March 24, 2011
Director of Academic Services Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California Whittier Law School seeks a full-time Director of Academic Services for the 2011-2012 academic year. This is a twelve-month non-tenure track position with eligibility for long-term contracts...

Job opening: Director of Academic Success, Valparaiso

Posted on March 23, 2011
Director of Academic Success Program The Valparaiso University School of Law invites applicants for the position of Director of Academic Success Program. This is a non?faculty full?time administrative position with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2011 and a...

Job opening: Director of Bar Programs at Cal Western

Posted on March 22, 2011
California Western School of Law seeks applicants for the Director of Bar Programs. The Director of Bar Programs is responsible for staffing and teaching bar preparation programs for second and third year law students, as well as assisting students studying...

Learning your teaching style

Posted on March 19, 2011
We write a lot about discovering student's learning and processing styles. But few of us spend a lot of time thinking about our teaching styles. We teach the way we were taught, the way that feels most comfortable to us,...

What to do during spring break? Student edition

Posted on March 15, 2011
This is an update Amy or one of the editors does almost every year. For those new to ASP, spring break is the time when two types of students come to see you: those who want to know what to...

Still room for the NY ASP Workshop in April

Posted on March 02, 2011
The following is a recent listserv posting from Kris Franklin about the upcoming ASP Workshop (modified because of format problems - still not perfect): Dear Friends, A tentative agenda for this year?s NY Academic Support Workshop, to be held at...

PowerPoint for Teaching and Learning

Posted on March 01, 2011
I sat in on an Business Law class yesterday. I sat in the back of the classroom, so I had a nice view of all the open laptops in front of me. I was impressed with how few students were...

Movement to help you learn

Posted on February 28, 2011
Kinesthetic learners are those who learn and focus through movement. Movement can be actual movement or "white noise" movement. Each kinesthetic learner will have a selection of movement strategies that will match that student's own needs. Consequently, one kinesthetic learner...

The Educational Bookends

Posted on February 26, 2011
Two teaching techniques are known as the educational bookends: previews and summaries. The idea is that you present a preview of the material ("Let me preview adverse possession for you. We will be studying the topic for the next 2...

Part-time Adjunct Positions with NYLS Academic Skills

Posted on February 25, 2011
The NYLS Academic Skills program is looking for one or more experienced adjunct faculty members to teach Principles of Legal Analysis ("PLA"), a 3-credit required course in legal reasoning for beginning law students who are underperforming academically...

A Great Website That Helps Us Keep Students Interested

Posted on February 25, 2011
A colleague of mine at UConn, Professor Mark DeAngelis, has created a great website on teaching legal studies to undergraduates. I think the website is useful to ASPer's who have a role in teaching undergraduates (a number of us do...

Bar Applications: Deadlines, Disclosures, and Determinations

Posted on February 23, 2011
Even though I teach a two credit class to 3Ls for early bar preparation, as Director of the Bar Studies Program at Seattle U, I also need to make sure that students unable (or unwilling) to take my class get...

A metaphor for the role of ASP in student success

Posted on February 21, 2011
I have written posts in the past about students as consumers. I have very strong feelings on the topic, because I believethat viewing students as consumers dis-incentivizes students to achieve their personal best. However, it can be difficult to explain...

Self-Reflection and Student Evals

Posted on February 15, 2011
This is the time of the year for student evals if you taught a course in the fall. Or maybe student eval were returned 3 weeks ago, as they were at UConn. However, today was the day I decided to...

ASP (and legal writing!) reaching out to pre-law advisors/faculty

Posted on February 10, 2011
I will probably write a much longer law review/journal piece on this topic, but I think it's something that ASPer's can start thinking about now. I live in two worlds. I teach an ASP course at UConn Law School, and...

Writing and Running

Posted on February 07, 2011
This is a call to everyone in ASP who has something to say, but is afraid to write. Most of us don't need to write for our job. However, if you don't write, it's almost impossible to move past "staff"...

Academic Success Position at Capital University

Posted on February 05, 2011
Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio Professor and Director of Academic Success Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio is accepting applications for the Professor and Director of Academic Success, a teaching and administrative position designed to help students develop...

International Journal of Wellbeing

Posted on February 04, 2011
Stephanie West Allen's Idealawg has noted the new International Journal for Wellbeing in a recent posting. The posting includes an article table of contents and a link to the journal. Check out the link to Idealawg and to find out...

Director of Academic Success Position at Charlotte Law

Posted on February 03, 2011
Director of the CharlotteLaw Program for Academic Success Charlotte School of Law (CharlotteLaw) seeks applications for an experienced Director of the CharlotteLaw Program for Academic Success. The Charlotte School of Law invites applicants for the position of Director of the...

Should law schools drop the LSAT as a requirement for admission?

Posted on February 02, 2011
The ABA recently reported that they are considering droppingthe LSAT as a requirement for admission to law school. Some test will be required for law school admission, as yet to be determined (and only if this goes through.) I don't...

Testing is Learning

Posted on January 31, 2011
This is actually an update from a post I wrote earlier in the year. The journal Science has recently reported a new study that proves that people learn best by being tested. Compared to creating concept maps, repeated studying, and...

Law School as a Hazing Ritual

Posted on January 21, 2011
By now, most ASP professionals have read the New York Times article on law school as a losing game. The article was the subject of much discussion in my department. The timing of the article coincided with the AALS annual...

The Reckoning Season

Posted on January 19, 2011
We are just about to begin the reckoning season. It?s when student reckon with their grades. It?s the same every year. However, after this year?s AALS meeting on graduating happier law students, I believe it is possible to soften the...

ASP Section at AALS

Posted on January 17, 2011
There will be additional posts on AALS, but this is a brief overview of the program and the new AALS ASP section officers (Congrats to my co-editor, Dr. Amy Jarmon!) The program, co-sponsored by Student Services and Balance in Legal...

Are you happy?

Posted on January 14, 2011
This is related to the AALS 2011 theme of happier, healthier law students. For the past year, I have been brainstorming ways I can measure the success of my pre-law office at UConn. This is something of a challenge because...

The Wisdom of the Know-Nothing

Posted on January 11, 2011
When I started in ASP, I thought I didn't know anything. I was convinced I knew nothing. I remember the panic when I had to teach my first class during orientation, a few weeks after I had taken the bar...

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