Academic Support 101:The Keys to Success

Dr. Amy Jarmon, Texas Tech School of LawRebecca Flanagan, University of Connecticut

Overview--RebeccaBooks

Recommended readingHow to get desk copies Formats for using books w/students

ASP resourcesHow to access the blog How to get on the listserv

Evaluating research when planning new programs

Formats for delivering servicesWiki (w/ Hillary Burgess)

BooksWhat books do you recommend?Where do I get the books? How do I use the books? What should I read for my own edification?

How should I choose books? What books should I use?

Know your school.Know your students. Know where the student is struggling (and

excelling).

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 Ruta

Stropus 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 KleinhausSecond 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)

Books for the New ASPerWhat 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)

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

Wolters Kluwer/ 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

Using books with studentsRecommending booksLending librariesBuying books for students

ASP resources: The ASP BlogASP Bloghttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/Who we are:What we do:

Resources: The ASP listservASP Listservlistproc@chicagokent.kentlaw.eduSubject Line: subscribe ASP-LBody: Full Name, Title, and School(Beware: It has never taken me less than

three tries to get on this listserv.)

Resources: Other helpful ASP sitesHumanizing Legal Education Listserv

https://lists.fsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/law-legaled

Teaching Methods Listservaalsteach@lists.udayton.edu

AALS ASP Section Website (with access to past issues of The Learning Curve)http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesn

erfines/asp/asp.htm

Evaluating researchKnow your school.

Look for similarities between your school and the research school.

Public/private, Geography, rural/suburban/urbanKnow 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 roleKnow your students.

Socio-economics, academic skills

Formats: A Brief OverviewMuch more on this is ASP 202

How are you going to deliver services to students?One-on-one counseling and tutoringWorkshopsStudy GroupsClasses

Ways of delivering servicesYouYou + FacultyStudent TA’sPaid Providers (Kaplan, BAR/BRI)