Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
In Part I, we describe our experience supervising our clinic students on Election Day 2008 and our observations of their learning through the repetitive experiences they had representing several clients in rapid succession. In Part II, we discuss cognitive science research into skills learning, including several necessary elements for optimal learning. In Part III, we review existing legal scholarship on teaching storytelling to lawyers and compare it with cognitive science findings. Finally, in Part IV, we apply cognitive science principles to teaching storytelling through experiential learning and describe the necessary elements for creating effective learning situations. We also suggest some ways that our Election Day experiences might be replicated by teachers in more conventional areas of practice.
Publication Title
Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute
Volume
16
First Page
117
Last Page
162
Recommended Citation
Serge A. Martinez & Stefan H. Krieger,
A Tale of Election Day 2008: Teaching Storytelling through Repeated Experiences,
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Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute
117
(2010).
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https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/490
