collaboration

Embracing Distance Learning Methods to Improve Legal Education

Presenter(s): 
Larry Farmer, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Matt Gardner, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
Rebecca Purdom, Vermont Law School

This session will (a) report on distance learning developments and experiments that highlight ways in which these methods might be used in the legal academy, (b) examine issues associated with the implementation of distance methods and technologies, and (c) consider “remedies” needed to facilitate an expanded future role for distance methods in legal education.

Schedule info

Time slot: 
25 June 09:00 - 10:00
Room: 
433B

Audience

Track: 
Faculty
Track: 
Librarian
Track: 
Technologist

Online Resources for Managing and Providing Faculty Research Support

Presenter(s): 
Pam Brannon, Georgia State University College of Law

The rise of web-based tools with collaborative features in the last few years has resulted in a potential boon for librarians tasked with providing faculty research services. This session will demonstrate a number of ways that librarians can take advantage of tools such as reference and project management systems to optimize faculty services, including receiving and tracking faculty research and document delivery requests, managing multiple research assistants, and delivering research results in the manner most useful to the individual faculty member.

Schedule info

Time slot: 
23 June 14:30 - 15:30
Room: 
246

Audience

Track: 
Faculty
Track: 
Librarian
Track: 
Technologist

The Online Faculty Scholarship Workshop: A Social In-House Repository for Early (pre-SSRN) Drafts

Presenter(s): 
Tom Boone, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

There are limited in-person opportunities for law school faculty to workshop quarter- and half-baked ideas with colleagues. Sites like SSRN provide an electronic option to solicit feedback on drafts, but due to those sites' wide reach, many faculty only post substantially finished work, preferring to keep developing work under wraps from the world at large. To fill the gap, Loyola Law School is developing an in-house repository for article drafts. Faculty can post ideas and drafts electronically, granting access to individually selected colleagues or to the entire faculty.

Schedule info

Time slot: 
23 June 13:00 - 14:00
Room: 
246

Audience

Track: 
Faculty
Track: 
Librarian

Developing Faculty Scholarship Using Collaborative Web Environments

Presenter(s): 
Jessica de Perio Wittman, University of Connecticut Law School
Raizel Liebler, John Marshall Law School, Chicago

Organization and communication are key when preparing faculty scholarship. This session will focus on streamlining communication between faculty members, librarians, and research assistants using collaborative web environments. Results shared during this session are from a pilot program conducted at The John Marshall Law School.

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
1. Identify prospective faculty and engage faculty interest
2. Apply best practices when moving from multiple venues of communication to a centralized node of communication

Schedule info

Time slot: 
25 June 10:30 - 11:30
Room: 
246

Audience

Track: 
Faculty
Track: 
Librarian
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