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I gave a presentation in Indianapolis in July at the 2008 biennial conference of the Legal Writing Institute about teaching legal writing online. My presentation, with the slides in several formats and supporting resources, can be found here.
 
I gave a presentation in New York about laptops in the classroom at the 2008 American Association of Law Schools meeting; it was part of a debate about whether they should be banned.  An overview of my contribution to this program, together with the slides, can be found here.
 
I have created a new page that contains links to all my student evaluations since I started teaching full time at DU.  You will find it here.
 
 
 
 
   
 
Fall Semester 2008 - Section 2D

Lawyering Process is a required first-year course that provides an introduction to the law and the legal system and teaches students how to research legal questions and write about them in several formats.

In the fall semester of Lawyering Process we learn about objective legal writing for legal office memos.  We also learn about the process that lawyers go through to do their jobs, from legal research, to writing, and oral presentation.

The Syllabus (in calendar form) for the Fall Semester 2008 is available at this link.   You should also read carefully the LP Course Policies document - this contains important information about the operation of the course.  Our courseware site for this class will be hosted on Blackboard.  Click here to access the Blackboard site.  There will be an advance assignment for the first class - please consult the syllabus for information about this. 

My office hours for this section of LP will be Wednesdays, between 1:30 and 3 p.m., or by appointment.

Our Teaching Assistants for this section will be Chad Grell (3L) and Eileen Joy (2L).

Click here if you would like to read student evaluations I have received in Lawyering Process.  You might also want to read my Philosophy of Teaching.

If you need a copy of my CV, you will find it on the About Me page. 

A view into downtown Denver from the DU Campus

 
 
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