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1. Excerpt from Contracts Book: Drafting

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   This excerpt from Contracts: A Context and Practice Textbook, written by the professor of the first year Contracts course at Washburn University School of Law, discusses the concept of contract drafting—in particular, agreed upon damages—in a practice-oriented method. The excerpt includes a chapter problem, relevant case law, and a step-by-step recommendation for drafting an agreed u... MORE

2. Voices from the Field: Yasmin Naghash, "This Course Puts Us in a Different Audience"

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   In this video interview, Yasmin Naghash discusses the benefits she gained from taking the International Business Negotiations class at American University, taught by Professor Jay Finkelstein. Now working for a boutique law-firm in Washington, D.C., she describes how the course put her in a position to better handle the tasks required by her transactional l... MORE

3. Voices from the Field: Penny Pether, "Smaller Law Classes"

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   Penny Pether is a professor of law at Villanova University School of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, law and literature, criminal law, and criminal procedure. In her Voices from the Field interview, Pether gives several suggestions for how the American legal education system can mirror some examples from her native Australia. In th... MORE

4. Clinic Handbook: Health Rights Clinic Law Medical Legal Partnership

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   Designed as a reference for participants of the clinic, the Health Rights Clinic Student Handbook explains the program in detail by describing the goals, guidelines, requirements, and procedural requirements for participants. The handbook also contains an appendix complete with all of the administrative paperwork (i.e. medical releases, intake forms, memo templates, etc.) that students may need to complete their work with the clinic.

5. Lawrence Marshall: Use Recent Law Grads as Teaching Assistants

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   Lawrence Marshall is a professor of law and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at Stanford Law School. Here he talks about using teaching assistants to provide more student assessment throughout the course.

6. Assignments and Activities - Fall 2011 - Contracts I and II

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   The first year two-course sequence at Washburn University School of Law concentrates on personal and professional development, contract skills development, and doctrinal contract law development. This Activities and Assignments document for the first semester of the course (Contracts I) outlines the required reading for the course each week by subject, as well as discusses corresponding classroom learning activities for each assignment.

7. Written Assignments and Due Dates - Family Law with Skills

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   The Written Assignments and Due Dates document outlines the writing assignments of the Family Law with Skills course, which are  used to evaluate the performance of students. The document lists each written assignment, the due date of the assignment, and any relevant details. Students must complete written observations of family court proceedings, a direct and cross-e... MORE

8. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers

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   This handbook offers college teachers advice on assessing and improving student learning through classroom assessment techniques. It provides detailed and practical how-to advice on what classroom assessment entails and how it works in addition to how to plan, implement, and analyze assessment projects. The resource also contains case studies detailing real-life classroom experiences of teachers who successfully employ classroom assessment techniques.

9. Chapter 1 of Textbook Intro to International Transactions

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   This particular reading addresses the expectations and goals of the International Business Negotiations Course at the Washington College of Law at American University. The reading makes clear the four goals of the program: 1) to introduce students to the practice of business transactional law, 2) to provide negotiations training in the context of business transactional pra... MORE

10. Voices from the Field: Penny Pether, "As Legal Educators, We Can Do More"

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    Penny Pether is a professor of law at Villanova University School of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, law and literature, criminal law, and criminal procedure. In her Voices from the Field interview, Pether gives several suggestions for how the American legal education system can mirror some examples from her native Australia. ... MORE