Let's talk remote pedagogy! I'll use this thread to share some ideas and resources for professors--especially law professors--teaching online this fall. (It's going to be a long thread, and I'll keep it running all summer.) /1
As I understand it, to get a variance from ABA Standard 306, law schools will have to describe how they will achieve the following in remote classes: faculty/student engagement, student/student engagement, and formative assessments that ensure students meet learning outcomes. /2
Feb 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Today my Writing for Practice students had a new challenge: respond to a terse “where are we on this brief?” email from the I’m-going-to-email-you-because-I-just-randomly-thought-about-this-case partner. They had to respond within about 15 minutes. 😬/1
And the actual—appropriate in the context of the syllabus—answer is “nothing’s written bc the first deadline for partial written work product isn’t until a week from today.” /2
Nov 23, 2019 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Good morning, law students! Many of you are in the thick of studying for exams, which is almost certainly not your favorite part of law school. Here are a few tips and some words of encouragement from your local (Twitter) legal writing professor. /1
First, a caveat: this is generic advice. If your prof has communicated specific preferences about what she's looking for (yay!), follow those first and use this advice to fill in any gaps (as long as it's not inconsistent with the prof's expressed preferences, of course). /2
Apr 18, 2019 • 27 tweets • 8 min read
Okay, baby’s napping (on me, of course). Let’s do this. #MuellerReport. (Thread.)
Okay so perhaps the redactors could have used a style guide for consistency:
