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7 Oct 2013, 10:10 am
I’ve previously stated my enthusiasm for the problem-based approach to teaching evidence. Embracing the use of problems necessarily means that my students are not reading a lot of cases. Indeed, the textbook that I use has only a few case... [read post]
2 Sep 2013, 5:01 am
A comment by Frederic Moss to a prior post raised the important question of coverage in an Evidence course. Even for those with the luxury of 4 credit hours each week, there simply isn’t enough class time to cover the... [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:42 am
First things first: thank you to Colin Miller for inviting me to guest blog here at EvidenceProf blog. I taught Evidence for the first time last spring, after having taught the Lawyering course (first-year research and writing) at NYU for... [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 7:23 am
I am curious when Evidence professors teach the Confrontation Clause, and how much coverage they allot to it. David Sklansky’s teacher’s manual suggests covering the Confrontation Clause after introducing hearsay but before going through the exemptions/exceptions. A quick check of... [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 10:47 am
As I said before, Evidence strikes me as an ideal second-year course to incorporate skills exercises into the curriculum, so that students don’t just learn the rules, but learn how practicing lawyers prepare for and resolve Evidence law issues. Aided... [read post]
20 Sep 2013, 4:49 am
As my previous posts have indicated, I’m a believer in the problem-based approach to teaching Evidence. As great as problems are, though, they have their limitations. Usually, they are procedurally quite neat, setting up the witness’s proposed testimony on a... [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 7:35 am
I teach a 4 credit course that meets twice a week. I described earlier what I do in the first hour. This post covers the second hour. At the break, I distribute 3x5 cards and ask students to put on... [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 6:11 am
Multiple choice testing is a popular assessment format in Evidence courses, more popular in my experience in Evidence than in other courses. Some professors use it exclusively, while others mix multiple-choice testing with essay questions on their exams. There’s good... [read post]
12 Apr 2012, 4:16 pm
In 2000, the federal DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act authorized for the first time compulsory extraction of DNA from federal offenders, covering those convicted of a “qualifying Federal offense” and who were still in custody or under post-conviction supervision. Federal... [read post]
1 May 2025, 6:00 am
IMMIGRATION LAW Kim, Kathleen, Kevin Lapp, and Jennifer J. [read post]
