The NLT Planning Committee has added two new sessions to the Workshop called Putting it into Practice: Teaching and Putting it into Practice: Course Design which will be held Saturday, 10:45 am – 12pm.
Attendees will need to register for these sessions separately during the NLT registration process.
Putting It Into Practice—Course Design
The goal for this session is to assist participants in planning at least one of their fall or spring classes by working on their syllabi during the session and having an opportunity to receive no stakes, formative feedback on their efforts.
If you would like more information about the range of teaching techniques available to you as you plan your course, the syllabus template includes a list of teaching techniques. If you would like to learn more, the following article is helpful: Steven I. Friedland, How We Teach: A Survey of Teaching Techniques in American Law Schools, 20 Seattle U L. Rev. 1 (1996), available here: https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1489&context=sulr. Helpful books include the books listed here: https://libguides.law.umn.edu/c.php?g=296857&p=6441304.
Feel free to prepare in advance as little or as much as you wish.
If you have any questions or wish to consult with someone regarding your syllabus before the conference, please email Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz of McGeorge School of Law at [email protected]. Dean Schwartz designed these materials and has been a frequent author and speaker on topics relating to teaching and learning law.
Putting It Into Practice—Teaching
The goal for this session is to enhance the teaching skills of participants by providing as many participants as possible with an opportunity to do a mini-teaching demonstration and receive no stakes, formative feedback on their efforts.
If you would like more information about the range of teaching techniques available to you, the following page includes a list of nine teaching techniques (and includes a tenth “other” category). If you would like to learn more, the following article is helpful: Steven I. Friedland, How We Teach: A Survey of Teaching Techniques in American Law Schools, 20 Seattle U L. Rev. 1 (1996), available here: https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1489&context=sulr. Helpful books include the books listed here: https://libguides.law.umn.edu/c.php?g=296857&p=6441304.
As this exercise is a new one for the New Law Teachers Conference, we cannot guarantee that everyone will get a chance to teach.