Instructional Support - Teaching Resources
Addition to Collection - book by Michael Hunter Schwartz, et al. Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students from the Syllabus to the Final Exam. Reserve KF272 .S37 2009
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This guide highlights teaching support services at the Law Library and Cleveland State University, and features print and electronic resources on law school teaching. It also provides links to instructional design and educational methods resources, as well as specific teaching materials used at the College of Law.
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CM Law Library & CSU Services
Law School Teaching - Print Materials
Law School Teaching - Web-Based Resources
Shared Teaching Materials Web Sites
Additional Pages:
Instructional Design & Educational Methods
CM Law Teaching Materials Archive
CM Law Library & CSU Services
CM Law Library Faculty Services and Instructional Support
Law Librarians assist Faculty with the development of research assignments, as well as present research lectures and develop research guides on general and subject-specific legal research strategies and resources. We also develop Course Pages and assist Faculty with Media support of their teaching.
Course Page Options
Customized course pages to support teaching, utilizing regular Web pages, blogs, wikis, TWEN, LexisNexis Blackboard and CSU Blackboard.
Course Media Options
Assistance with in-house and CSU Instructional Media Services recording of course materials, as well as posting of media files to course pages. Options include podcast, screencast, vodcast (video), and MediaSite.
CSU Center for Teaching Excellence
Promotes and encourages "a culture of excellence in teaching and learning at Cleveland State University" by providing workshops, consultation services, classroom equipment, and specialized software and equipment (eg, for scanning and digitizing). Also provides links to CSU's Center for eLearning, teaching tips, and copyright resources.
Law School Teaching - Print Materials
Strategies and Techniques of Law School Teaching: a Primer for New (and Not So New) Professors / Howard E. Katz and Kevin Francis O'Neill. Aspen Publishers, c2009. KF272 .K38 2009
Comprehensively discusses how to teach a law school course, including designing a syllabus, selecting books and other materials, as well as creating and grading exams.
Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students from the Syllabus to the Final Exam / Michael Hunter Schwartz, Sophie Sparrow, and Gerald Hess. Carolina Academic Press, c2009. Reserve KF272 .S37 2009
Reviews basic principles of teaching and learning, examines how students "experience traditional law teaching," and reviews in detail how to teach a course.
Expert Learning for Law Students / Michael Hunter Schwartz. Carolina Academic Press, c2008. KF283 .S354 2008
Highlights the "self-regulated learning (SRL) cycle," and discusses particular strategies for organizing, memorizing, researching and writing, learning legal analysis, and taking exams. Though designed for students, this book provides excellent insight for teachers.
Leadership for Lawyers / Herb Rubinstein. American Bar Association, c2008. KF275 .R82 2008
Reviews 50 years of legal education literature, and argues leadership education will improve the legal profession. The chapter "Teaching Leadership in the Legal Profession: the New Model" provides a good summary of key points.
A Legal Education Renaissance: a Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century: the History and Status of Legal Education / John O. Sonsteng, et al. Vandeplas Pub., c2008. KF272 .S66 2008
Initially published as 34 William Mitchell Law Review 303 (2007). Briefly reviews the history of legal education in the US, then discusses major issues, research recommendations, learning theory and curriculum design, and a plan for systemic legal education.
Best Practices for Legal Education: a Vision and a Road Map / Roy Stuckey, et al. Clinical Legal Education Association, c2007. Ebook.
Discusses instructional goals, teaching methods, assessing learning and instructional effectiveness, and outlines a model curriculum.
Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law / William M. Sullivan, et al. Jossey-Bass/Wiley, c2007. KF272 .E38 2007
Particularly examines legal-case pedagogy as a "cognitive apprenticeship," as well as recommends alternative assessment methods to traditional semester essay exams and grading on a curve.
Educating Lawyers Now and Then: an Essay Comparing the 2007 and 1914 Carnegie Foundation Reports on Legal Education / James R. Maxeiner. Vandeplas, c2007. KF279 .M39 2007
Includes reprint of Josef Redlich's 1914 report (The Common Law and the Case Method in American University Law Schools).
Techniques for Teaching Law / Gerald F. Hess and Steven Friedland. Carolina Academic Press, c1999. KF272 .H472 1999
Discusses theories of learning and teaching, course and class planning, questioning and discussion techniques, visual tools, experiential learning, collaborative learning, using computers for teaching and learning, simulations and role-playing, writing exercises, classroom assessment, evaluation of students, and the teaching and learning environment.
Institute for Law School Teaching
The Institute changed its name to the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning (ILTL). See additional information on the ILTL in the Web-Based Resources section of this page.
Conference Proceedings. Reserve KF272 .S25
The Law Library has proceedings from the 1995-1997 and 1999-2003 conferences. Handouts and session information on the 2009 conference are available from the ILTL Web site.
The Law Teacher. K12 .A9374
The Law Library has volume 4, number 2, through volume 14, no. 2. As of volume 15, no. 1, this newsletter is only available in PDF format from the ILTL Web site.
Law School Teaching - Web-Based Resources
American Bar Association - Section of Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar
Provides links to Section discussion lists, committees, and information on publications.
Association of American Law Schools - Committee on Curriculum
Developed "to provide legal educators with a way to gain information and share ideas about innovations in the basic design of the educational program...."
Law Lessongs
Created by Mark DeAngelis, Assistant Professor in Residence at the University of Connecticut, this site provides links to sound recordings of law-related lyrics set to popular melodies. Most songs deal with Commercial Law. Also includes links to movie and video clips.
Legal Education
SSRN publication that "announces papers on legal education, broadly defined, including teaching methods, curricular reform, learning styles, and other aspects of classroom teaching." Currently provides access to over 1700 articles.
Law Educator: Courses, Materials & Teaching
SSRN publication "designed to offer a vehicle for law teachers to share information and materials about teaching." Currently provides access to over 500 articles. Plans to include PowerPoint presentations, videos, and other materials.
Legal Writing Institute
Nonprofit corporation providing "a forum for research and scholarship about legal writing and legal analysis." Includes links to LWI publications, such as its Journal, and several teaching resources, such as a Syllabus Bank and Plagiarism Resources.
LexisNexis Resources
Teaching Tools highlight LexisNexis resources that can aid teaching. To access, after signing-on to LexisNexis, click on "Teaching Tools" under the "Prepare for Class" tab. Includes Interactive Tutorials, Webinars, Area of Law Resources, Shepard's Teaching Resources, and Link Builder (for creating direct links to LexisNexis documents).
Web Courses is a simplified version of the Blackboard system for creating course pages. To access, after signing-on to LexisNexis, click on the "Web Courses" tab.
Society of American Law Teachers
"A community of progressive law teachers working for justice, diversity, and academic excellence." Includes links to organizations working with SALT on academic freedom, affirmative action, legal education, and lesbian/gay issues, as well as resources such as salary surveys.
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Center for Legal Pedagogy
Research institute "dedicated to the study of instructional design for legal education." Includes links to publications on Law School Teaching Innovations/Tips, New Directions in Legal Education, Legal Writing Tips, and Critical Thinking & the Law - Learning to Think Like a Lawyer.
University of Minnesota Law School - Teaching Tools for Law School Faculty
Portal site providing links to materials on general resources, information for new law teachers, course planning and teaching, and general support services.
Gonzaga University School of Law and Washburn University School of Law - Institute for Law Teaching and Learning
Supports "research and the development of materials to enhance teaching and learning in law school." Includes links to The Law Teacher newsletter, conference handouts and session information, articles, bibliographies, and videos.
Washburn University School of Law - What the Best Law Teachers Do
Developed by Michael Hunter Schwartz, in preparation for his forthcoming 2011 Harvard University Press publication. Click on Teaching & Learning Resources for numerous links to books, articles, Web sites, and blogs.
Westlaw Resources
Classroom Resources highlight Westlaw resources that can aid teaching. Includes Instructional Aids (ie, PowerPoint presentations) and digitized photographs of West products. To access, after signing-on to Westlaw, click on "Classroom Resources" in the top white navigation bar.
TWEN (The West Education Network) is the Westlaw service for creating course pages. To access, after signing-on to Westlaw, click on TWEN in the top blue navigation bar.
See also
Law School Exchange, described below.
Shared Teaching Materials Web Sites
CALI Legal Education Commons
Site provided by CALI in which faculty and librarians from subscriber schools can upload materials under a Creative Commons license. [Descriptions of Creative Commons Licenses.] These materials are freely available for subscribers' use. Includes documents, images, PowerPoint presentations, and MP3 audio files. Legal Education Commons is a part of ELangdell, a course page alternative which is in its early stages. ELangdell contains additional teaching materials.
Law School Exchange
Site provided by Westlaw and Thomson Reuters in which faculty and librarians from subscriber schools can upload materials. These materials are freely available for subscribers' use - including linking to TWEN pages - but copyright restrictions vary from traditional copyright to Creative Commons. Includes documents, books, and PowerPoint presentations, as well as Westlaw and Foundation Press materials. This site also provides opportunities to join or create specific interest groups for sharing materials and collaborating on projects. The first time you connect to Law School Exchange, the system may ask you to register your password.
American Association of Law Libraries - Academic Law Librarians Special Interest Section Sourcebook for Teaching Legal Research
Members-only searchable database of syllabi, projects, exercises, games, images, handouts, MindMap outlines, PowerPoint presentations, tutorials, evaluations, and examinations/quizzes.