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If You Offer It & Market It, They Will Come: Legal Practice Technology Instruction In a Variety of Formats

Presenter(s): 
Darla Jackson, University of South Dakota School of Law
Randy Diamond, University of Missouri - Columbia School of Law

While most law students have developed some level of technology skills, they are often unfamiliar with software applications or new technologies of particular value in law office administration and courtroom advocacy.   Recognizing the need to develop this knowledge many bar associations have tried to step into the void by providing management assistance programs that emphasize technology.  However, new attorneys may not know about such programs or may be so involved in trying to provide competent representation that they do not feel they can dedicate time to seeking such ass

Schedule info

Time slot: 
22 June 13:00 - 14:00
Room: 
225

Technology that Counts: Tools that Improve the Quality of Legal Research Instruction

Presenter(s): 
Jane Larrington, University of San Diego School of Law
Anna Russell, University of San Diego School of Law

 Recent discussions about legal education highlight the importance of skills-acquisition in law school. Legal research is among the most important skills for law students to acquire. As legal research instructors, we know how difficult it can be to foster development of those skills.

Traditional methods of teaching legal research have focused on in-class lectures and demonstrations followed by out of class assignments. In this presentation, we explain how to turn the traditional teaching model on its head with the help of technology.

Schedule info

Time slot: 
22 June 13:00 - 14:00
Room: 
323

Learning Centers in the Library: What can we do with them?

Presenter(s): 
Catherine Deane, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

 

This program is about leveraging the technology of the learning centers in Thomas Jefferson School of Law Library to foster a collaborative approach to learning legal research. 

 

We have two teaching areas in the library called the learning centers. The learning centers are based on the Knowledge BarTM that was designed by IDEO for Florida Coastal School of Law. It consists of a bar-like table with a glass top, a flat screen monitor, a DVD player, two whiteboards and a ceiling mounted document review camera.

 

Schedule info

Time slot: 
23 June 09:00 - 10:00
Room: 
227
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