Law School Academic Support Blog
A regularly-updated blawg for those who run and work in academic support offices.
Author: Daniel Weddle, associate clinical professor and the Academic Support Program Director at the University of Missouri Kansas City, and Elizabeth Stillman an associate professor of academic support at Suffolk University Law School, are the primary editors of Law School Academic Support Blog. Contributing editors: Amy Jarmon, assistant dean for academic success programs at Texas Tech University School of Law; David Nadvorne, director of the Professional Skills Center at CUNY School of Law; Herbert N. Ramy, associate professor of law and director of the academic excellence program at New England School of Law; Michael H. Schwartz, law professor and Director of Ex-L at Washburn University School of Law; and Dennis Tonsing, dean of students and academic support program director at Roger Williams University.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Professors • Law Schools • City University of New York • New England School of Law • Roger Williams University, Ralph R. Papitto School of Law • Suffolk University • Texas Tech University • University of Missouri, Kansas City • Washburn University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Law School Academic Support Blog
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Non-traditional students and exam study
All law students are into exam study mode right now. However, I want to address non-traditional students and specific study issues that they bring to the "crunch time" of the semester. Unlike many of their…
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Finishing up the semester
Interestingly, this is about the time of year when things become very quiet for me, in both my capacity as Director of the Pre-Law Center and as an ASPer at the law school. Students start…
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Time savers for home and school
Now that we are approaching the final crunch before exams, I try to help my law students find ways that they can save time on some of their tasks at school and at home. Here…
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Doodling vs. Surfing
There was a recent article on the value of doodling while listening to a dull lecture (their wording, not mine). The study found that doodling while listening to the lecture improved retention of the material,…
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Battles with the grapevine
I must admit that at times I grow weary battling the misinformation about exam studying that stays alive and well on our law school grapevine. So much of the advice throws water in the face…
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Managing The Sickness Season, Part 2
Amy's wonderful post Oct. 22 on students and illness brings us to another issue of illness...our own health. As someone who has had two distinct stomach viruses and a cold during the month of October,…
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CALI Webinars: First One Is Friday, November 13th
A posting of interest to ASPers from Prof. Debra Cohen, Visiting Associate Professor and Interim Director of ASP at University of Baltimore School of Law (dcohen@ubalt.edu): I thought the ASP community might be interested in…
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NECASP Conference
Just a quick reminder that the deadline for registering for the NECASP Conference is Friday, November 13. · Conference topic - Designing, Implementing and Nurturing Student-Assisted Law School Academic Support Programs. · Conference date and…
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Working down the pipeline: P-20 educational efforts
One of the fun tasks that I have at Texas Tech is being the team leader for our partnership with the Law and Justice Magnet Program at Estacado High School, a predominately minority high school…
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Beware perfectionism in law school
I know lots of law students who are perfectionists. In all prior learning experiences, they have been able to cope with this characteristic because the workload was not mammoth and the competition for grades was…