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Author Archives: Elizabeth Moroney
One Simple Web Tool Spurs Discussion and Buy-In: Spotlight on Berkman Question Tool
What do you get when you cross a brainstorming meeting with Reddit? The Berkman Center for Internet & Society has taken the best of online forums and crowdsourcing to offer a simple web tool for online or blended discussion. The … Continue reading
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Talking about the Elephant in the Room: How to Create a Safe Space for Online Case Discussion
Some case discussion groups have the luxury of preexisting rapport, having already achieved affiliation and understanding. But for ad hoc or online case discussion, case-based learners may find it difficult to share honest opinions, making it hard to reach collective … Continue reading
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Improving First-Year Doctrinal Classes
by E. Scott Fruehwald, Contributing Editor at Legal Skills Prof Blog While legal scholars have written a great deal on improving legal education by adding experiential classes to the second and third years of law school, it is equally as … Continue reading
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Making the Case for Unfacilitated Case Discussion: How Students Make Meaning of Case Studies
Ask almost any case teacher, and they’ll tell you that guided discussion makes or breaks a case study experience. Well, anyone but Charlie Nesson. Professor Nesson unveiled a new case discussion method in his residential and online courses on the … Continue reading
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The Jury Is In: New Cases Deliberate Social Issues in Cyberspace
New Products: The Art of Deliberation; The Snowden Effect; Thinking Big: Bringing Big Sport’s Energy and Innovation to Education; The Decriminalization of Marijuana in Jamaica: A Key Step toward International Legalization?; The Color of Police Action in these United States … Continue reading
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Keys to Facilitating Successful Student Group Work
by Amanda Reilly Working in teams is an important part of being an effective learner and employee, yet students from high school through professional schools tend to groan when teachers assign a team project. How can teachers foster positive attitudes … Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Copyright Case: The Challenges and Opportunities of a Semester-Long Case Study
EM: Hank Gutman HLS ’75, Lecturer on Law at HLS, was counsel for the plaintiff in Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc. (516 U.S. 233), a landmark case in software copyright. Last week on our blog, Gutman reflected on … Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Copyright Case: How to Spend a Semester Dissecting a Case Study
Hank Gutman HLS ’75, Lecturer on Law at HLS, was counsel for the plaintiff in Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc. (516 U.S. 233), a landmark case in software copyright. Lotus sued Borland for copyright infringement of Lotus 1-2-3, … Continue reading
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In LCLD Pathfinder Program, Case Studies Help Young Lawyers Consider Future Challenges in their Careers
Products: Sponsorship at Wilmer Cutler and Pickering (A): Yoon-Young Lee; From Brussels to Paris The Pathfinder Program, an associate leadership development program by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, used two case studies from Harvard Law School to teach early-career … Continue reading
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Top Challenges for Case Study Programs
What gets in the way of case study adoption? The Case Studies Affinity Group, a consortium of Harvard-affiliated case programs, took up this question during its quarterly meeting on May 12. The Affinity Group welcomed as panelists Carolyn Wood, Assistant … Continue reading
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