Advice for Law Profs (and Legal Research Instructors) on Legal Education

Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students from the Syllabus to the Final Exam (Carolina Academic Press, June 1, 2009) should be mandatory reading for new law professors, regardless of their subject matter and whether they teach casebook or skills courses according to Robin A. Boyle, Professor of Legal Writing and Director of Academic Support at St. John’s University School of Law in her review published in the Fall 2009 issue of The Law Teacher at 19. Designed to synthesize the latest research on teaching and learning for new and experienced law teachers, Teaching Law by Design is written by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Professor of law and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Development at Washburn University School of Law, Sophie Sparrow, a professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center, and Gerald Hess,  Professor of Law and founder and Director of the Institute for Law School Teaching at Gonzaga University School of Law. [JH]