Report #3 from Lone Star

After a fajitas dinner, Karin Mika led the group in "Legal Writing Fun and Games."  Here is her description of her presentation:

This presentation will demonstrate the game "Legal Apples," an offshoot of the popular game "Apples to Apples." In the game, participants are asked to link legal terms and explain the relationship between the terms that they are linking. The game is not only fun, but forces students to try to draw analogies between seemingly unrelated concepts and also contemplate the thought processes of others who may see analogies quite different from their own. The game is not only fun and educational, but demonstrates to the students the flexibility of a "right" answer.

In this photo, Karin Mika explains the fine points of the game to Justice Ann McClure of the 8th Court of Appeals in El Paso, left, Rob Sherwin, center, and Shery Kime Goodwin of Tech's Legal Practice Program, far right.  In the background, you can see Ralph Brill patiently monitoring another table of novices to the game.

Thanks to Karin for providing the evening's closing entertainment.  Many people complained when it was time to stop!

(njs)