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Notes from St. Louis

Posted on June 05, 2009
Who ate the squid? (RCF)

Posted on June 02, 2009
Rebecca and I will be going to St. Louis for the LSAC Academic Assistance Training Workshop. I hope that we will see many of you there. We are looking forward to seeing colleagues that we have known for years. And,...

Article on Learning Disabilities: Dyslexia and Time

Posted on June 02, 2009
For those of you interested in articles dealing with learning disabilities, you will want to read the article by Suzanne Rowe in the most recent volume of the Journal for the Legal Writing Institute Volume 15, Issue 1. The article...

Distinguishing Learning Preferences, Cognitive Processing Styles, and Multiple Intelligences

Posted on June 01, 2009
My post will serve two purposes; first, hopefully I will clear up some confusion about the differences between these three concepts; second, I want to plug the LSAC conference next week, and mention that Amy (Jarmon) will be discussing learning...

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ASP Opening at U Arkansas Little Rock

Posted on May 29, 2009
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law Assistant Dean for Academic Support and Student Services The UALR Bowen School of Law is seeking an Assistant Dean for Academic Support and Student Services to plan, implement, manage and...

Social Networking: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Posted on May 26, 2009
A bit of advice for new ASPers, and ASPers who don't like the web: as orientation nears, think about adding a session on the uses and abuses of social networking sites. Many ASPer's don't need this primer on social networking...

The Search for Shortcuts

Posted on May 21, 2009
Research shows that doing one's own work creates deeper understanding of the material, greater retention, and better ability at applying the information. However, one should always be encouraged to be efficient and effective in learning. However, being efficient and effective...

Preparing for Law School, or for 2L Year

Posted on May 20, 2009
Amy's wonderful post on end-of-semester grades and probation students brings me to the next stage...preparing for law school if you have been admitted, or preparing for 2L year. After the critical low-grades meetings are more-or-less over, ASP starts to see...

The ASP Version of Parental Pride

Posted on May 19, 2009
Now that most of our schools have finished graduation or hooding ceremonies, I am sure that all of us in ASP felt a certain amount of "parental pride" when we saw some students walk across the stage. Each year, I...

Helping Probation Students Deal with Grades

Posted on May 15, 2009
Finals finished a week ago today. Grades are due on Monday. I am beginning to get e-mails and queries from students who were on probation last semester. It is as if they have had some relaxation but also just long...

Congratulations to students finished with exams

Posted on May 14, 2009
Our exams ended last Friday. By that time there were only a few students left taking elective course exams. One of which was my European Union seminar. Our 1L students finished their last exam a few days earlier on the...

ASP position at FAMU

Posted on May 13, 2009
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Director, Academic Success and Bar Preparation QUALIFICATIONS: Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school, bar admission, demonstrated skill in legal research, writing and oral communication, and the ability to work collaboratively...

ASP Director at UK

Posted on May 12, 2009
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT University of Kentucky College of Law Academic Success and Legal Writing Specialist SM526301 The University of Kentucky College of Law seeks an Academic Success Program Director who will be primarily responsible for implementing the Legal Education Access Program...

Teaching our students to be collegial

Posted on May 11, 2009
Academic Support has crossovers into many other areas of legal education; one of the most fascinating to me is the crossover between ASP and balance in legal education. The issues that impact ASP are often the same issues that arise...

ASP Assistant Director Position at Vermont

Posted on May 06, 2009
Vermont Law School is seeking an Assistant Director, Academic Success Program Link to the web site: ASP Assistant Director Position 1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF POSITION: Assist the director by developing and executing classes, workshops and other initiatives to improve the...

Why Academic Support?

Posted on May 05, 2009
I am just warning readers upfront that this post is about me. I will work in some stuff about the field of Academic Support in the end; but consider yourself warned: I think this post is mainly personal. Feel free...

Teaching Inspiration

Posted on May 05, 2009
I have been absent from the blog for a bit as I moved to UConn. It's been a very busy time; I am planning for a brand-new 2L ASP course at the law school for the fall, as well as...

Warm Fuzzies Have Impact

Posted on May 04, 2009
Academic Support Professionals work hard to provide excellent services to their students. I always appreciate the students who take a few minutes to drop off cards, write e-mails, or just poke their heads in to say "thank you." I also...

Help for Students Turning their Legal Writing Papers into Writing Samples

Posted on April 29, 2009
My colleague, Herb Ramy, (DirectorAcademic Support Program at Suffolk University Law School) has recently made his locally famous paper on "Creating a Writing Sample" available on SSRN. This is a great resource for students who are trying to convert their...

LSAC Academic Assistance Training Workshop Update

Posted on April 28, 2009
This year's workshop is being held in St. Louis, June 3 - 6. You should have received registration materials in the mail, but if you did not the materials are posted at: Registration Materials for St. Louise LSAC AATW. You...

Students Committed to Other Students

Posted on April 27, 2009
It is the hiring time of year at Tech Law. We are in the process of choosing Tutors for 1Ls, Teaching Assistants for the Summer Entry Program, and Dean's Community Teaching Fellows for our patnership with a local high school's...

Update on Trust in the Classroom

Posted on April 22, 2009
There is a wonderful piece on teaching in Sunday's New York Times. While the piece is on second career teachers in K-12 schools, the last commentator, Kenneth J. Bernstein, makes some fabulous observations on building trust in the classroom. His...

Tips for Exam Studying

Posted on April 20, 2009
Students come in three general categories right now: students who have "stayed on top" all semester and studied for exams all along (Expert Exam Studiers); students who pulled it together about a month ago and got serious (Energetic Exam Studiers);...

Some Thoughts on Law School for Non-Traditional Students

Posted on April 17, 2009
Whether they are attending full-time or part-time law programs, non-traditional students with families have some unique challenges. Unlike the single law student who can choose when to study and how long to study without considering others, the non-traditional law student...

Cluttered thinking

Posted on April 16, 2009
I get frustrated when my students come to my office with a backpack overflowing with miscellanious papers of unknown origin spilling out of zippered pockets, unable to locate the one thing they came to my office to talk about. I...

Helping Students "Let Go" of Academic Support

Posted on April 14, 2009
If you have a "formal" ASP for students in academic risk and ASP for the general student body, you are in dual mode right now; triage and separation.Triage for the students who had no academic risk factors, but come into...

Director of Academic Success Position at Mercer University

Posted on April 13, 2009
The job posting for this Director of Academic Success Programs position can be found at the following link on the Mercer University web site: ASP Job Posting at Mercer University.

How May I Help?

Posted on April 13, 2009
Hi, folks. Happy spring. Where I live, it?s happy autumn. The seasons in South America are the opposite of the seasons in North America. So are the school semesters, of course. But here, in Uruguay, that doesn?t concern me ?...

Bar Exam Coordinator Position at La Verne

Posted on April 09, 2009
*THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, COLLEGE OF LAW invites applications for the position of Bar Exam Coordinator beginning in the 2009-2010 academic year. This is a full time, non-tenured contract position reporting to the Associate Dean. The successful candidate will...

Rewards as Motivators

Posted on April 08, 2009
Law students may find that providing themselves rewards for task completion during final assignments and exam studying will keep them motivated. Students should match the reward to the accomplishment: large rewards for large tasks completed; medium rewards for medium tasks...

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