Law School

Conference on Language Learning and Assessment
The University of Illinois-Chicago, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University are hosting a conference on "Reconciling Language Learning and Assessment" on April 25-26, 2008...

Resources for Visual Learners
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...

Predicting Law School Success
A recent article, by Leah M. Christensen, Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, presents some intriguing results about a study which asked 157 law students to respond to a survey about their learning goals and motivations for learning in law school...

Top 10 Tools for Learning
Jane Hart at the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies is compiling the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list by asking learning professionals to contribute their lists of top 10 favorite tools for learning...

FBA Requires Parent Consent and Are Subject to IEE Request
A question that has come up with some frequency has been whether schools need to get parental consent before doing a Functional Behavioral Assessment ("FBA"). Many school districts have taken the position that an FBA is more an informal assessment,...

Jarmon's List of Resources for Visual Learners
Many students have higher scores for visual learning than verbal learning when they take learning style assessments. Amy Jarmon (Texas Tech) provides a list of resources for visual learners on Law School Academic Support Blog...

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

Lakeshore Learning Materials
Recalls Children’s Toy Boxes

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Medical Technology
Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement.

Intentional Contamination
Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgery $4 million medical malpractice settlement.