Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1999
Abstract
What makes a good law teacher? Is excellence in teaching largely a matter of intellectual brilliance, of superior organization and delivery of material, of friendliness and fairness to one's students? Or does it have more to do with style, with stage presence, with the ability to engage an audience in the act of reflective and spontaneous thinking?
We conducted a survey, described below, of programs to improve teaching in law schools. We found that the efforts law schools make to improve teaching are generally focused on newer faculty and take place in the emotionally charged context of tenure decisions. Few if any schools have a systematic program to encourage tenured and experienced teachers to improve their use of class time.
Publication Title
Journal Legal Education
Volume
49
Issue
2
First Page
256
Last Page
274
Recommended Citation
Ted Occhialino, Michael M. Simon & Robert L. Fried,
Herding Cats: Improving Law School Teaching,
49
Journal Legal Education
256
(1999).
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