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Academic Support 101: The Keys to Success

Academic Support 101: The Keys to Success. Dr. Amy Jarmon, Texas Tech School of Law Rebecca Flanagan, University of Connecticut. Overview-- Rebecca. Books Recommended reading How to get desk copies Formats for using books w/students ASP resources How to access the blog

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Academic Support 101: The Keys to Success

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  1. Academic Support 101:The Keys to Success Dr. Amy Jarmon, Texas Tech School of Law Rebecca Flanagan, University of Connecticut

  2. Overview--Rebecca • Books • Recommended reading • How to get desk copies • Formats for using books w/students • ASP resources • How to access the blog • How to get on the listserv • Evaluating research when planning new programs • Formats for delivering services • Wiki (w/ Hillary Burgess)

  3. Books • What books do you recommend? • Where do I get the books? • How do I use the books? • What should I read for my own edification?

  4. How should I choose books? What books should I use? • Know your school. • Know your students. • Know where the student is struggling (and excelling).

  5. Some suggestions-NOT a full list! (Please see handout) • First semester general skills: • Expert Learning for Law Student by Mike Schwartz (CAP) • Succeeding in Law School by Herb Ramy (CAP) • Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School by RutaStropus and Charlotte Taylor ( CAP) • First semester reading and writing skills: • Reading Like a Lawyer by RuthAnn McKinney (CAP) • Exam taking skills: • Mastering the Law School Exam by Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus • Second semester (and above) skills: • Getting to Maybe Jeremy Paul and Michael Fischl (CAP) • Law School Exams by Charles Calleros (Aspen) • Bar Skills: • Pass The Bar! By Denise Riebe and Mike Schwartz (CAP)

  6. Books for the New ASPer • What Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain (Harvard) • Instructional Design by Smith and Ragan (Wiley) • A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing Ed. Lorin Anderson and David Krathwohl (Longman) • Best Practices for Legal Education by Roy Stuckey et. al. (CLEA) • Creating Significant Learning Experiences by L. Dee Fink (Jossey-Bass) • Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Practice of Law by Sullivan, Colby, Wegner, and Bond (Jossey Bass)

  7. Getting desk copies(Please see handout) • Publishers will send you desk copies of books you are thinking of adopting. • Some publishers with ASP titles in their catalog • Carolina Academic Press • http://www.cap-press.com/ • Thomson West/ Foundation Press • http://west.thomson.com/products/law-students/study-aids.aspx? • Oxford University Press • http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/he/subject/Law/?view=usa#IntroductiontoAmericanLaw • WoltersKluwer/ Aspen • http://lawschool.aspenpublishers.com/ • Click on the “Professors” tab in the center of the page (it’s green) • http://www.aspenpublishers.com/customer-care-and-support/Requesting-desk-copy-instructors-only.htm

  8. Using books with students • Recommending books • Lending libraries • Buying books for students

  9. ASP resources: The ASP Blog • ASP Blog http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/ • Who we are: • What we do:

  10. Resources: The ASP listserv • ASP Listserv listproc@chicagokent.kentlaw.edu • Subject Line: subscribe ASP-L • Body: Full Name, Title, and School • (Beware: It has never taken me less than three tries to get on this listserv.)

  11. Resources: Other helpful ASP sites • Humanizing Legal Education Listserv • https://lists.fsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/law-legaled • Teaching Methods Listserv • aalsteach@lists.udayton.edu • AALS ASP Section Website (with access to past issues of The Learning Curve) • http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/asp/asp.htm

  12. Evaluating research • Know your school. • Look for similarities between your school and the research school. • Public/private, Geography, rural/suburban/urban • Know your administration. • Supportive v. hesitant, resource limitations, research expectations • Know your role. • New program v. established program; 1L, 3L or comprehensive ASP; staff role v. admin/faculty role • Know your students. • Socio-economics, academic skills

  13. Formats: A Brief OverviewMuch more on this is ASP 202 • How are you going to deliver services to students? • One-on-one counseling and tutoring • Workshops • Study Groups • Classes

  14. Ways of delivering services • You • You + Faculty • Student TA’s • Paid Providers (Kaplan, BAR/BRI)

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