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Report from the LSAC Regional Workshop: Building a Bar Program

Posted on October 22, 2010
The recent LSAC regional workshop, ?Building a Bar Program? was filled with useful information regarding every aspect of law school bar preparation programs. The agenda included: Carlota Toledo?s virtual presentation via Skype: ?Using Skype to Reach Out of State Bar...

Stefanie Sidortsova Becomes Interim Director at Vermont

Posted on October 21, 2010
Please welcome Stefanie Sidortsova to the ASP community! Stefanie has become the Interim Director of Academic Sucess Programs at Vermont Law School. She has been the writing specialist at Vermont for the past two years. During spring semester after the...

Man's Best Friend as a Study Buddy

Posted on October 20, 2010
If anyone had suggested to me several years ago that I would tout dogs as study buddies, I would have laughed. However, I have found that my students can use their furry friends to help them study in several ways....

Claudia Diamond Is New Director at University of Baltimore

Posted on October 19, 2010
Claudia Diamond joined the University of Baltimore staff as Director of Academic Support in mid-Spring. Please welcome her to our professional community. She provided the information below so that you can get to know her. (Amy Jarmon) Although our hyperlink...

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Welcome to Hillary Wandler at University of Montana

Posted on October 18, 2010
We would like to welcome Hillary Wandler to the academic support community! Hillary kindly provided us with the information below. Please say hello when you see her at a conference or workshop. (Amy Jarmon) Hillary Wadler has joined The University...

What's love got to do with it?

Posted on October 05, 2010
When I was in law school, I had a love affair with the study of law. However, I had a love-hate relationship at times with law school itself. Law school was daunting on occasion when juggled with two part-time jobs,...

Starting a new semester

Posted on October 04, 2010
As we move past the beginning and approach the middle of the semester, we are trying new things and experimenting with new formats. We are learning what wroks, and what needs some tweaks. Some of us are teaching new classes,...

Congratulations and welcome to ASP colleagues at Pace

Posted on October 04, 2010
Congratulations to Danielle Bifulci Focal (pictured above) who has been promoted from Associate Director of Academic Support at Pace School of Law to the Director position. Danielle has kindly provided us with a bio if you have not previously met...

Etiquette - times seem to have changed

Posted on October 02, 2010
Some days it strikes me how very different the world is for our current 20-something law students from the world where most of us have grown up, started working, and lived our professional and personal lives. Although my concerns might...

Welcome to Jeff Wyss, New Director at Pepperdine

Posted on October 01, 2010
This summer Selina Farrell, Assistant Professor of Law, announced on the ASP listserv that Jeff Wyss has joined the Pepperdine University School of Law as the new Director of the Academic Success Program. Please welcome Jeff to the ASP community...

Welcome to Tishia Dunham at Stetson

Posted on September 30, 2010
? This summer Jeffrey Minnetti, Director of Academic Success and Associate Professor of Legal Skills, announced on the ASP listserv that Tishia Dunham had joined the Stetson School of Law academic success program as the Director of Bar Preparation Services...

Bar Passage Counselor Position at Charlotte Law

Posted on September 28, 2010
The School recently received provisional ABA approval and is in the process of seeking full accreditation by 2011. This position will be particularly attractive to candidates seeking a dynamic, changing environment that encourages cultural and creative growth and fosters the...

Director of Student Services Position at Seton Hall

Posted on September 24, 2010
Cara Herrick Foerst, Dean of Students, at Seton Hall Law School recently posted a listserv announcement regarding this job opening. I include here part of her announcement which includes a link to the job site for Seton Hall. (Amy Jarmon)...

Reading cases for more oomph

Posted on September 20, 2010
I have been doing a brisk business in appointments with 1L students who are overwhelmed by how long it is taking them to read/brief cases for class. In talking with them, it is apparent that some of their difficulties are...

Academic Success Opening at Albany Law

Posted on September 20, 2010
Position Opening: Assistant/Associate Professor of Academic Success Albany Law School seeks applicants to expand its programs for bar examination services and its academic success program for "at risk" students. This is a full-time (12-month) non-tenure track position with the rank...

Gabriela Ryan Joins Southwestern

Posted on September 15, 2010
We want to welcome Gabriela Ryan at Southwestern to the ASP community. Paul Bateman alerted us through the listserv this summer that Gabriela was joining the academic support staff. Here is part of the text of his e-mail introducing her:...

Welcome Jeremiah Ho to Washburn's ASP Program

Posted on September 12, 2010
Welcome to Jeremiah Ho who has joined ASP at Washburn. Michael Hunter Schwartz alerted us through the listserv this summer to the arrival of Jeremiah Ho at Washburn University School of Law's program. A modified version of Michael's listserv announcement...

Welcome Leslie Eanes to Charlotte School of Law

Posted on September 10, 2010
Please welcome Leslie Eanes to the ASP community. Anthea M. des Etages alerted us this summer to Leslie's arrival in ASP work at Charlotte School of Law. Anthea's listserv post included the following background on Leslie: Leslie originally hails from...

Welcome to Christopher Ogolla at Texas Southern University

Posted on September 09, 2010
Christopher Ogolla joined the Academic Support Department at Thurgood Marshall School of Law/Texas Southern University as an Instructor in January 2010. He teaches bar essay exam courses and conducts one-on-one academic support and bar preparation training sessions...

Please help us with contact information for your school for the upcoming ASP Survey

Posted on September 09, 2010
As was mentioned in an earlier posting on the blog, The Law School Academic Success Project is undertaking a survey of academic support programs/staffing with the assistance of LSAC. So often we wish we had information about what other law...

UC Davis School of Law Director of Academic Success Opening

Posted on September 08, 2010
Director of Academic Success (Director MSP I) www.employment.ucdavis.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56649 - Working under the indirect supervision of the Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of the School of Law and working cooperatively with the law faculty, the Director will implement, manage, supervise,...

Director of Academic Support Position at Southern Illinois

Posted on September 08, 2010
Faculty Position: Director of the Academic Support Program Southern Illinois University School of Law Southern Illinois University School of Law, founded in 1973 to serve the public interest, seeks to fill a full time (9 or 12 months, to be...

Excellent Research on Studying: Common Wisdom is WRONG

Posted on September 07, 2010
The New York Times has a great article in their Mind section on the latest research on studying. I won't wade into the morass on learning styles (those of you on the LegalEd listserv know this has been going back...

Preparing for excellence

Posted on September 03, 2010
Most law students could improve in their academics. Usually the deterrent to doing better is one's not preparing to excel. What do I mean? I mean that students can set themselves up for success (just as they can set themselves...

Case briefs and apple crisp

Posted on August 22, 2010
Sue Liemer at Southern Illinois posted a short piece on Sunday, August 22nd on the Legal Writing Prof Blog with a good illustration of how perfecting case briefs is like perfecting apple crisp recipes. If you did not see it,...

ASP survey coming soon to an inbox near you

Posted on August 20, 2010
So often we wish we had information about what other law schools are doing in the ASP area. For some time there has been discussion encouraging data collection from all of us about our staffing patterns and program details. The...

Second call for news on new ASP'ers

Posted on August 18, 2010
During July, I requested news on new folks in ASP at law schools so that we could introduce them on the Blog to the entire ASP community. I am repeating the item now that we are nearing the start of...

Position at Duquesne for Director of Academic Excellence Program

Posted on August 16, 2010
Duquesne is seeking applicants for the newly-funded position of "Director of the Academic Excellence Program." This position serves as Director of Academic Support for the School of Law. The Director will have a 12-month non-faculty, full-time administrative appointment...

Inspiring Future Lawyers

Posted on August 11, 2010
I spent the last three weeks on the Stanford campus, working for the Center for Talented Youth. This is a long-time labor of love for me; it brings me back to my roots as an elementary school teacher. It also...

Intuition

Posted on August 04, 2010
(Note to reader: This is my first ever blog post, so I hope you will afford me some leeway as I find my voice.) According to one songwriter, you should ?[f]ollow your heart [because] your intuition, it will lead you...

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