CELL Blog | Center for Engaged Learning in the Law

The Center for Engaged Learning in the Law (CELL) plans to publish a short book on law teaching and learning this fall with the Carolina Academic Press. The goal of the book is to provide a handy and concise reference guide from the perspectives of practitioners, students and teachers. While much of the book will be taken from posts on this blog, additional contributions are sought. Comments on the following topics are especially desired:

I.    Before Class Begins – Course “Under Construction”
a.    Syllabus
b.    Materials
c.    Resources – Phone Numbers, Web Sites, Books and People
d.    Evaluation
e.    What Students Say
f.    What Practitioners Say
g.    “To Do” Lists

II. During Class
A.    Communicating With Your Mouth Shut
a.    Physical Layout
b.    Other Mechanical Issues
B.    Communicating With Your Mouth Open:Questioning Techniques
C.    Innovation
D.    What Students Say: Do’s and Don’t’s
E.    What Practitioners Say: Do’s and Don’t’s

III.    After and Outside Class
h.    Mobile learning
i.    Other learning
j.    Innovations
k.    What Students Say
l.    What Practitioners Say
m.    Technology Tips and Resources

IV. Inspiration

V. What Practitioners Say Law Schools Should and Should Not Do

VI. Helpful Resources: Helpful Law Teaching Web Sites; and
Helpful Books & Articles

Comments should range from one sentence to one page and can be submitted as a comment to this post or to sfriedland2@elon.edu or jlaw@elon.edu. You will be notified by September 1st if your contribution will become part of the book.

thanks,

Steve Friedland