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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

Cost-Effective Creation of In-House Instructional Videos

Presenter(s): 
Kathleen McLeod, Elon University School of Law
Patricia Perkins, Elon University School of Law
Ben McFadyen, Elon University School of Law

The millennium generation has arrived at law school.  With their arrival comes the need to create new instructional materials to correspond with their unique learning styles.  However, their arrival coincides with a period of stagnant or even shrinking law school budgets.  This created a dilemma:  “How can we meet the needs of a new generation of learners with limited resources?”

Schedule info

Time slot: 
21 June 14:30 - 15:30
Room: 
323
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