Lisa Mazzie, a legal writing professor at Marquette University Law School, challenged her students to a round of “flash fiction” – writing a story in six words or less. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway won a bet challenging him to write a story in six words or less. His flash fiction: “For sale: baby shoes, never used.”
Everyone is talking about “flipping the classroom.” But, what is it? How does it work? How is it different from traditional classroom teaching?
Check out this fun and informative infographic about Flipped Classrooms and some of the research behind it.
In an article by Nicholas Georgakoplous, “Bar Passage: GPA and LSAT, not Bar Reviews,” law school GPA was found to have a very strong relation to bar passage compared to LSAT and undergraduate GPA. Further, the learning in small and elective courses seemed to be significant for bar passage compared to mandatory 1L courses, legal education itself was more significant than innate skill level measured by LSAT, and training in legal analysis more significant than memorization. The study found that the bar preparation provider was not statistically significant compared to law school GPA and LSAT.
It’s that time of year when bar exam results are either rolling in or looming on the horizon. Lisa Young, Director of Bar Studies at Seattle University School of Law, offers some solid advice for bar candidates waiting for upcoming results:
Even at a time when the value and quality of legal education is being heavily criticized, a new book showcases what some of the best and brightest law teachers are doing and what is actually working in legal education.
What the Best Law Teachers Do by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Gerald Hess, and Sophie Sparrow, renowned legal scholars on teaching and learning, is based on a national study of 26 law professors nominated as “the best” by other professors and students.
