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Dr. Amy Jarmon, Texas Tech
Rebecca Flanagan, University of Connecticut
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Workshops
Classes
One-on-one counseling and tutoring
(Amy Jarmon)
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Timing of Workshops
Orientation
1L skill-building and exam taking
Upper-division bar support and preparation
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What are the benefits of workshops?
Efficient—Time and Cost
Can serve large numbers of students
Easy marketing tool to increase awareness
What are the drawbacks of workshops?
Format less conducive to active learning
Don’t get to know students individually
No follow-up
Produces false sense of mastery for some students
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1. Define your goals
2. Plan activities that will test student
understanding (active learning)
3. Know your population
4. Timing
5. Outreach
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What do you want them to learn?
Why should they learn this skill?
How will they demonstrate that skill?
How can they practice that skill?
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How can they try out that skill IN the
workshop?
How will they practice the skill?
How will they receive feedback on the
acquisition of the skill?
Clickers
Peers
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What are your student’s needs?
What skills do your student’s already possess?
What skills are being taught in the classroom?
What types of educational institutions did your
students attend before law school?
Full time or part time students?
What type of exams will they have?
Do they have mid-terms?
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Match the timing of the workshop to the
appropriate time in the semester the skill
should be acquired.
Note taking and reading at the start of the semester
Outlining in late September/early October
What time is best for your students?
Lunch time workshop?
After-class workshops?
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How will you reach students?
How will you advertise the workshop?
Flyers?
Website?
In classes?
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What are the benefits of orientation
workshops?
Introduce basic skills without overwhelming new
students.
Capitalize on student enthusiasm for law school.
Catching them early may start them off with good
study habits.
Builds awareness for your program.
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Types of Orientation Workshops
Introductory Skills
Socratic Method and classroom protocol
Professionalism
Learning Profiles (Amy)
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What are “introductory skills”?
Reading and Briefing for Class
Note-taking
Time Management
Are there any others?
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Socratic Method and Classroom Protocol
Great way to get faculty involvement in ASP and
orientation:
Model/Mock Classes
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What is “professionalism” for 1Ls’?
Social Networking Etiquette and Online Behavior
Expectations in the Legal Profession
Drinking, Substance Use, and Depression
Basic Dining Manners* and Interview Etiquette
*Also a great 2L workshop before OCI and interviews!
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What is “skill-building”? What are the
skills students need to succeed?
How to take notes in class
Book recommendations?
Expert Learning for Law Student and
1000 Days to the Bar
How to read for understanding and brief for class
See Reading Like a Lawyer
Time Management/Life Management
Outlining/Course Summaries
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What are the exam taking skills necessary for
success?
IRAC (organization) Skills
Multiple Choice Strategies
Time Management
Essay Exam Strategies
Time Management
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Bar support and preparation
Who would be your ideal bar support team?
Delivery of services
You
You + Faculty
Faculty-run workshops + seminars on areas of law tested
on the bar exam.
Outside providers
Commercial prep programs
Board of Bar Examiners
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What are the benefits of classes?
Intensive
Can be targeted to specific groups
Can identify students who need one-on-one support
What are the challenges of associated with
classes?
Costly and time intensive
Can produce stigma if targeted to specific groups
Can create artificial separation between skills and
doctrinal subject matter
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Enrollment:
Open to all students
Limited or targeted enrollment based on set criterion
Populations: 1L
Pre-orientation/Orientation
Incoming students
2nd semester students on academic
warning/probation
Upper Division
2L students on academic warning/probation
3L bar prep classes
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What types of ASP do you have at your school?
Whole School ASP Model
Mandatory ASP class for all incoming students
Professor or student led
Voluntary ASP class for all incoming students
Targeted ASP classes
Mandatory class for some incoming students
Voluntary class for some incoming students
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Upper Division ASP
2L’s—Targeted classes for students on academic
warning/probation
3L’s—Bar Preparation classes/3-106
Voluntary enrollment
Mandatory enrollment for students at set GPA cutoff
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Classes provide consistent contact with
students
Allow skill-building
Smaller enrollment=more individual feedback
(not true of all ASP classes)
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Feedback, in Brief:
Students need formative assessments, not just
summative assessments.
Feedback can be:
Written comments
Individual consultations
Rubrics
Notes
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Specific advice and detailed commentary
Give examples
Notes the positive as well as the negative
Doesn’t just say “no” and “wrong”:
Asks questions
Tell them HOW to fix their misunderstandings
WHY their reasoning doesn’t work
Avoid over-commenting
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Pre-entry and orientation
Bridging the Gap by Taylor and Stropus
Reading Like a Lawyer by McKinney
Expert Learning for Law Students by Schwartz
Law School without Fear by Shapo and Shapo
Starting Off Right Series by Nygren (very good for
students pursuing a master’s degree in law).
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Need to know your students issue
Timing is important, but knowing your
students is everything
Choose a book that is appropriate for the
amount of interaction you will have with the
student:
Is the book for a class?
Is the book for a student who schedules regular appts?
Is the book for a drive-by?
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Mastering the Law School Exam by Darrow
Kleinhaus
Expert Learning for Law Students by Schwartz
Reading Like a Lawyer by McKinney
The Law Student Pocket Mentor by Iijima
Succeeding in Law School by Ramy
Law School Exams by Calleros
1000 Days to the Bar by Tonsing
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Getting to Maybe by Fischl and Paul
Law School Exams by Calleros
The Hidden Sources of Law School Stress and A Deeper
Understanding of your Career Choices by Larry Krieger
(pamphlets)
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There are a number of new books that we have
not had a chance to review.
Please be sure to review books we have not
recommended as well as the ones we have on
our list!
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