Dave Brubeck – A great has died
Dave Brubeck has died at age 91. I grew up on jazz from Miles Davis to John Coltrane to the… Read More »Dave Brubeck – A great has died
Law School
(Not So) Newish Law School Teaching
How do we teach? How should we teach?
Lots of different ways. One of the ongoing curses of legal education is the expectation – sometimes explicit, often implicit – that there is one right or best universal way to teach a law school class. “You are a SON OF A BITCH, Kingsfield.” I think that Hart used that line to say something slightly different, but it works for me, too.
Earlier this Summer, a portfolio of my Copyright Law course — syllabi, assignments, comments from me, some video with me as a talking head — went online at a project called “Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers” (ETL), which is part of the “Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System” (IAALS), which is housed at the law school (the Sturm College of Law) at the University of Denver.
Read More »(Not So) Newish Law School TeachingHow do you read books?
This may be a bit of an odd question; on a blog that often focuses on law and technology, you… Read More »How do you read books?
On Not Asking Questions When You Don’t Know the Answers…
This Denver Post news story nicely illustrates a maxim in law practice – don’t ask a question at trial when… Read More »On Not Asking Questions When You Don’t Know the Answers…
Potentially Important Law Faculty Hiring Decision…
I’m not a First Amendment scholar, nor am I an employment discrimination scholar. I did, however, go through a hiring… Read More »Potentially Important Law Faculty Hiring Decision…