Theme: Preparing the Academically Unprepared Law Student

Presentations might address the following:

  • Presentations which focus on teaching writing as a process
  • Critical reading
  • Rule formation
  • Research Plans
  • Outlining
  • Continuing to teach good writing skills in upper division courses
  • Preparing students to work through the writing process with mid-level and senior attorneys
  • Developing teaching techniques that take into account not only the generational shift but also students’ cultural and legal traditions
  • ESL and EFL challenges
  • Collaborating with ASP
  • It's not just the memo anymore. Bringing oral communications, electronic communications, and drafting into the classroom.
  • Where are legal markets going? And what skills will our students need?
  • Hot topics in the legal field

Date: December 4, 2015

Site Chair: Bill Henslee

Email: william.henslee@famu.edu