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	<description>Innovative Legal Education In Academic Success &#38; Legal Writing</description>
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		<title>Talk As Writing Catalyst, Legal Writing Institute Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Soft Skills&#8221; Now A &#8220;Hard&#8221; Requirement For Law Practice But Law Schools Are Not Teaching Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As generative artificial intelligence replaces more of the grunt work in law practice, the skills lawyers need are radically shifting. According to a 2026 BARBRI-sponsored survey of more than 300 law students, associates, partners, and law firm staff, the profession is converging on an uncomfortable truth: oral communication skills, emotional intelligence, collaboration, networking, and other &#8220;soft skills&#8221; are now [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Law Schools Teach Students to Think Like Lawyers But Not How to Talk Like One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal education excels at teaching students to think like lawyers, but has a glaring blind spot: teaching students to talk like lawyers. Talk isn&#8217;t just a &#8220;soft skill&#8221; — it&#8217;s a powerful catalyst that drives reading comprehension, sharpens writing, and prepares students for the profession they&#8217;re entering. And legal education has been structurally undermining it. Law schools teach students to think [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Start law school with exams in mind</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2017/08/10/start-law-school-with-exams-in-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that right. Brand new 1L’s starting law school in August should immediately think about exams taking place in December. 2L’s &#38; 3L’s are nodding their heads right now because they know I’m right. And, I have the data to prove it. 1L Orientation starts soon and can be an overwhelming information overload. Most law school [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Retrieval practice protects against stress</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2016/12/10/retrieval-practice-protects-against-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2016 22:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress, especially high stress testing like the LSAT, law school exams, and the bar exam, impairs our memory and decreases our performance. Some law students with text anxiety &#8220;blank out&#8221; during exams due to acute stress and cannot remember anything they learned. What if you could make your memory and all of the material that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>What did we do last class? Integrating retrieval practice to make connections</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2016/02/02/what-did-we-do-last-class-integrating-retrieval-practice-to-make-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first five minutes of every class offers a unique opportunity to connect with our students, but is often squandered on taking attendance, announcements, or setting up our slideshow, etc. Instead, use the first five minutes of class to connect with your students and to connect your students to the course material. Many good educators [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>First-year legal writing mistakes &amp; how to avoid them</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2016/01/29/first-year-legal-writing-mistakes-how-to-avoid-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In undergrad, you were a term paper pro. You could crank out thought-provoking three- to five-page term papers replete with resplendent prose and droll, pithy observations, impressing your professors by transforming minutiae into master­pieces. You razzle-dazzled them with all your word bling. In law school, no one is impressed by your word bling. Less is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Illusions of Competence: Obstacles to Learning &amp; Which Learning Strategies Really Work</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2015/02/24/illusions-of-competence-obstacles-to-learning-which-learning-strategies-really-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illusions of competence are obstacles to learning. Yet, learners are unaware of the existence of such illusions or their own susceptibility to them. Such is the nature of illusions, right? Learners unwittingly develop illusions of competence by an over relying on ineffective, passive learning strategies such as rereading, rote memorization, and cramming study. These illusions of competence [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflective Practice in Legal Education: &#8220;Debriefing&#8221; Our Work</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2014/12/07/reflective-practice-in-legal-education-debriefing-our-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2014 05:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. So begins Tim Casey&#8217;s article, Reflective Practice in Legal Education: The Stages of Reflection, published in the Clinical Law Review. I had the pleasure of witnessing Casey&#8217;s presentation on Reflecting Practice in Legal Education at the Legal Writing Institute&#8217;s One Day Workshop. Casey notes that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring Law Student Learning Outcomes Using Pre and Post Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.jennifermcooper.com/2014/11/17/measuring-law-student-learning-outcomes-using-pre-and-post-testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer M. Cooper]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written about the counter-intuitive value of pre-testing, giving a test of material not yet learned, in order to prime the brain for learning to come and establish expectations for learning objectives. I have since stumbled across an article by David J. Herring and Collin Lynch, Measuring Law Student Learning Outcomes: 2013 Lawyering Class. Herring and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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