Institute for Law Teaching and Learning

09/22/2021

http://lawteaching.org/conferences/

The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning is planning its spring conference on the topic of assessment, specifically what the assessment process looks like after you've created institutional learning outcomes. Suffolk University Law School will be the host of the conference for us -- we've been working with the fabulous Rosa Kim on arrangements!

We will, of course, be monitoring the COVID situation and risks. But we're hoping beyond hope that we'll be able to have an in-person gathering. If not, we may reschedule for later in the summer. But for now, please keeps your fingers crossed that we'll be able to see everyone in Boston next March!

Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Conferences Spring 2022 Conference March 25-26 Hosted by Suffolk University Law School Have you drafted institutional learning outcomes for your law school but are unsure of what to do with them? Don’t know where to get data? Or what to do with the data once...

08/27/2021

The directors of ILTL have decided to focus this year’s blog posts on teaching ideas that are easily implemented in the classroom. We will still consider guest blogs and will still review articles we read. You can expect one to two blog posts a month. The latest blogpost can be found at http://lawteaching.org/2021/08/24/precis/. This idea shows us how to use the precis technique to help students understand cases and other texts in a deeper way. Enjoy!

Précis is a French word, pronounced pray-see, that refers to a way of summarizing text to include the meaning of the original text but as concise as possible.

06/05/2019

The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning's 2019 summer conference, "Teaching Today's Law Students," is underway today, June 3, through June 5, at Washburn University School of Law. Presenters and attendees from around the United States, Australia, and New Zealand are addressing the many ways that law schools are reaching today's law students through effective teaching strategies. More about the conference is at http://lawteaching.org/conferences/

05/21/2019

The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference “Teaching Today’s Law Students” is quickly approaching! June 3-5, 2019
http://lawteaching.org/conferences/

11/27/2018

Check out our newest blogs:

Review: The Integrated Law School CurriculumJune 18, 2016 Summer Teaching: a Time to Relax and Listen to the StudentsJune 15, 2016 Review: Dawn of the Discipline-Based Law FacultyMay 28, 2016 Let's Talk About I-R-A-CMay 18, 2016 Practitioners and Real Work ProductApril 15, 2016 Review: Tired of Talk...

09/26/2018

check out my teaching blog, if you are so inclined. :)

By Sandra Simpson, Gonzaga U. School of Law. Techniques which I am employing in my class to find out what teaching methods are working and what are not.

09/26/2018

Check out September's idea of the month.

By Sandra Simpson, Gonzaga U. School of Law. Techniques which I am employing in my class to find out what teaching methods are working and what are not.

08/14/2018

SAVE THE DATE

Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference
“Teaching Today’s Law Students”
June 3-5, 2019
Washburn University School of Law
Topeka, Kansas

http://lawteaching.org/conferences/

08/08/2018

http://lawteaching.org/2018/08/08/change-your-syllabus-change-your-life/

Here is the newest blog post. Hope you enjoy it.

By Elizabeth Sherowski, U of NC. The syllabus is the first thing that your students experience ... and you never get a second chance to make a first impression.