Representing Enterprises

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Although
the number of transactional clinics of all varieties has been rapidly growing
in number in the past 10 years, the types of experiences that they can offer
students to become “practice ready” do have some limitations.  For example, giving the students an
opportunity to work on large complex transactions, in order to understand the
overall process and to develop the necessary drafting, collaboration, and
negotiations skills is limited in the live clinical setting.  
The
goal of this session is to provide an example of how the LawMeets simulation
exercises can be used to supplement doctrinal business courses with clinical
methodologies, but also to expand opportunities for clinical experiences
through the use of such simulations.
A
presentation of how the LawMeets simulation exercise was used to teach
“Representing Enterprises” which was a course offered jointly to American
students at the University of Tennessee Law School and Renmin University of
China Law School via video conference.
Professors who participated in this collaboration from the United States
and China, as well as the LawMeets concept creator will provide a perspective
on the value of this exercise in developing student skill sets.
We
anticipate providing an overview of the LawMeets concept and pedagogy, a
discussion of how LawMeets was applied in the classroom setting, the benefits
and challenges of using technology in the classroom, and most importantly how
this course achieved the objective of assisting in developing “practice ready”
skills in the students that participated.