To paraphrase the former Yale Law School professor Fred Rodell, there are only two things wrong with conventional law-school teaching. One is style; the other is content. The dominant classroom ...

Robin West is the associate dean for research and academic programs and the Frederick Haas professor of law and philosophy Georgetown University Law Center. December 15, 2011 Most law professors still ...

I am excited to share with blog readers that I have published a new book on Inclusive Socratic Teaching: Why Law Schools Need it and How to Achieve It with the University of California Press. The book ...

The Socratic method—known to many first-year law students as “cold calling”—plays a significant role in the modern law school experience. The method is intertwined with the academic foundations of ...

Robert D. Dinerstein is a professor of law and the director of the clinical program at American University's Washington College of Law. December 15, 2011 Unlike Mark Antony, I come neither to bury the ...

Among the many teaching techniques I am not good at (yet) is asking good questions. I’m trying to cut down on GWOMM questions, I do OK at getting some discussion going, and I can generally ask a ...