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Direct linkAnderson, Bradford P. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2022
This article demonstrates how, and provides all necessary material, to utilize experiential classroom integration of an earthquake insurance policy as an engaging and immersive tool to introduce business law students to applied contract analysis and interpretation. Students also gain an understanding of insurance concepts through this exercise.…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Seismology, Insurance, Law Students
Peer reviewedMatlon, Ronald J. – Communication Education, 1981
Urges speech communication educators to adapt their curricula to the needs of potential law students. Describes a course of instruction which includes units on communication theory and the legal/trial process, interviewing and counseling, negotiating and pretrial strategies, and special topics in judicial communication. (PD)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Course Content, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOrtwein, Bernard M. – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
The purpose in teaching a negotiation course is to stimulate law students' awareness of both their own capabilities and limitations as negotiators. It is anticipated that students will develop an understanding of how to recognize, control, and cope with the demands of personality interactions. (MLW)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Ethics
Armancas-Fisher, Margaret, Ed.; Gray, Grayfred B., Ed. – 1990
This manual is intended to serve as a resource book for law professors and program directors who would like to conduct a program for teaching law students to instruct the public in their areas of the law. Over 30 law schools nationwide offer credit or compensation to law students to teach in the community, primarily in high schools, but also in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedDoyel, Robert L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1981
A new course of clinical education at the University of Mississippi is described. A member of the teaching faculty was appointed under the Criminal Justice Act to represent indigent defendants with the assistance of student interns. Goals for the future and possible implementation at other law schools are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Descriptions, Criminal Law, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedLustbader, Paula – Journal of Legal Education, 1998
Disjunction between what law teachers mean and how students interpret what is being taught explains why a significant number of law students are not learning or performing at their capability levels. The comments of diverse students at nine law schools can help teachers understand what creates barriers to learning and what helps students learn.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Diversity (Student)
Peer reviewedWeisberg, Mark – Change, 1999
The teacher of a law-school course in Legal Imagination discusses the evolution of his personal approach in the classroom, which is designed to discern the gifts of each student rather than to simply identify the gifted. Three crucial elements are explored: use and treatment of writing assignments; the use of silence in the classroom environment;…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
