This annotated bibliography presents 163 references on legal education, part-time higher education, continuing, adult and distance from a broad range of authors and sources within and outside the legal education field for those interested in part-time legal education. An introduction discusses biases against part-time legal education within the…

This paper describes a systematic method for teaching first year law students dialectical skills. An introductory section, Part I, critiques the traditional format for law education noting that at most schools, instruction in substantive courses impart knowledge but not the skills lawyers need in practicing their professions. Part II discusses, in…

This law review article provides useful guidance on learning strategies for law students drawing heavily on the literature of educational psychology and learning theory. An introductory section describes the traditional law school approach which has been for professors to inundate students with substantive and procedural rules of law but rarely if…

This article attempts to bridge a perceived gap between legal education and education theory as well as the gap between academic counseling and independent learning by examining law school academic support programs. The article argues that a multidisciplinary analysis provides a helpful basis for evaluating academic support programs that address…

A review of literature on evaluation of teaching in higher education focuses on factors in faculty resistance to evaluation of their teaching and on outside forces that may be prompting change in this area. Also describes the nature of comprehensive teaching evaluation programs, including various assessment methods, and offers a model for such…