Sessions Information

  • May 7, 2015
    8:30 am - 9:45 am
    Session Type: AALS Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
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     No “techie” status required! This session explores innovative uses of new technologies that can sustain support for our clinician community and enable resource sharing throughout the year.  Panelists will discuss the variety of existing technological tools currently being used by experiential educators, such as listservs, teaching and legal practitioner blogs, websites with sample syllabi, teaching videos and lesson plans, social media, online meeting platforms, and webinars for hosting case rounds.  “New normal” factors make this topic timely: 1) the exponential growth of experiential legal education, both within the American legal academy (due in part to new ABA curricular standard 303(a)(3)) and around the world, means that more people are looking for resource sharing, professional support, and mentoring; 2) shrinking law school budgets mean fewer faculty can attend in-person conferences to connect and communicate with fellow clinicians; 3) our society’s increased reliance on the internet and social media for connecting, engaging, and organizing action on social justice issues; and 4) our profession’s use of new technologies allows for nimble, smart responses to challenges, and our community thrives when we can share ideas and information broadly, and quickly, with one another.   This session is a joint venture between members of the Communications and the Teaching Methodologies Committees of the AALS Clinical Section, and LegalED.  We share the goal to improve access to useful online teaching resources for all legal educators.  New technologies, such as “Zoom” online conferencing, and “flipping the classroom” will be discussed, and we hope to “flip the workshop” as well—to learn from audience members and facilitate resource sharing about additional uses, or potential new applications, of technology.  Come share the excitement of embracing change and innovation as we break it all down for, and with, our audience!

Session Speakers
Pepperdine University, Rick J. Caruso School of Law
Concurrent Session Speaker

Penn State Law
Concurrent Session Speaker

University of Massachusetts School of Law - Dartmouth
Concurrent Session Speaker

University of Kansas School of Law
Concurrent Session Speaker

Uncommon Individual Foundation
Concurrent Session Speaker

Session Fees

Fees information is not available at this time.