Legal Instruction Resources

• Faculty Focus Webinars  
  • June 16, 2020: Meeting the Needs of All Students Online
  • June 23, 2020: Excellence in Online Instruction
  • July 16, 2020: How to Become an Excellent Teacher While Starting Your Career in a Pandemic
• Legal Education in the Time of COVID-19  
• Remote Instruction
• Section on Technology, Law & Legal Education Webinars  

• ALWD Online/Distance Learning Committee, Teaching LRW In A HyFlex Classroom (includes Appendix A: Online tools for pre-recording lecture materials, achieving an engaging HyFlex classroom, and assessing student progress).

• CALI Tools and Resources

• Online Teaching Tips & Techniques (Mini-Course, June 2020)   
• Delivering Better Content Remotely: Technology and Storytelling During the Pandemic (Webinar, Dec. 4, 2020)  
• Resources for Law Faculty on Remote Teaching Due to Coronavirus / COVID-19  

 Series: Preparing for Fall Teaching -- Creating a Physically Distanced/Remote/Hybrid Course by Jessica Erickson

• A New Series of Posts on Remote & Physically Distanced Teaching -- Preparing for the Fall and Famous Last Words, PrawfsBlawg, July 6, 2020.
• Five Steps to Designing a Physically Distanced/Hybrid/Remote Course, PrawfsBlawg, July 8, 2020.
• Identify Your Learning Objectives, PrawfsBlawg, July 10, 2020.
• Assessment Theory for Physically Distanced, Hybrid, and Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, July 13, 2020.
• Assessment Through Comprehension Checks in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, and Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, July 15, 2020.
• Discussion and Socratic Dialogue in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, and Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, July 17, 2020.
• Discussion Boards in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, and Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, July 21, 2020.
• Guest Post (by Nina A. Kohn) on Law School Online: Choosing Between Live and Asynchronous Teaching, PrawfsBlawg, July 22, 2020.  See also, Nina A. Kohn, Teaching Law Online: A Guide for Faculty, SSRN.com, July 10, 2020 (forthcoming J. Legal Educ. (2020)).
• Guest Post (by Nina A. Kohn) on Combining Asynchronous and Live Online Teaching--Reasons and Strategies, PrawfsBlawg, July 24, 2020.
• Group Work in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, and Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, July 29, 2020.
• Community-Based Learning in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, and Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, July 31, 2020.
• Metacognition and Learning How to Learn Online in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, Aug. 3, 2020.
• The Importance of Building Connections and Community in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, Aug. 5, 2020.
• Building a Rapport with Your Students in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, Aug. 7, 2020.
• Building Connections Among Your Students in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, Aug. 11, 2020.
• Building Communication and Structure Into Our Courses in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, Aug. 18, 2020.
• Designing an Inclusive & Supportive Classroom Environment in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses, PrawfsBlawg, Aug. 21, 2020.

• Margaret Ryznar, A Brief Guide to Online Teaching, Houston Law Review, Mar. 24, 2021.

• St. John's University School of Law, Recommendations for Online Teaching, SSRN.com, July 23, 2020.  "This is a collection of recommendations drawn from a variety of sources, including our colleagues, students, webinars, books, articles, podcasts, and our own experimentation."

• Sept. 26-28, 2019: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Online & Hybrid Learning Pedagogy: Toward Defining Best Practices in Legal Education
• May 26-27, 2020: Drexel University, Leaning into Uncertainty: Ensuring Quality Legal Education
  • Mary A. Lynch, "Take-Aways" from Day 1 of Drexel Conference, Best Practices for Legal Education blog, May 26, 2020.
  • Mary A. Lynch, Moving Forward: Day 2 of Drexel, Best Practices for Legal Education blog, May 28, 2020.
• June 3-5, 2020: CALI, CALICon 2020: Law School in the Time of Pandemic
• June 9-30, 2020: CALI, Preparing for the Future of Online Legal Education - Online Teaching Tips & Techniques
• June 16 & 23, 2020: AALS, Faculty Focus Webinars - online instruction
• July 28-30, 2020: Professor Michele Pistone (Villanova Law), Bootcamp: Designing Your Online Law Course
  • Michele Pistone, Top 5 Tips for Teaching Law Online, Best Practices for Legal Education blog, July 17, 2020.
  • Mary A. Lynch, Sharing Takeaways from Michele Pistone's Bootcamp "Designing an Online Law Course," Best Practices for Legal Education blog, June 30, 2020.
• Aug. 5, 2020: U. Miami Law and AALS, Power, Privilege, and Transformation: Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education
• June 10-11, 2021: Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Reflecting Back and Moving Forward: Effective Instruction in Online, Hybrid and In-Person Learning Environments
• Sept. 23-25, 2021: Mitchell Hamline College of Law, Designing the Law Student Experience in Blended Learning
• Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2021: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Online & Hybrid Learning: Toward Defining Best Practices in Legal Education
• Nov. 4-5, 2021: George Washington University Law School, Leadership Strategy Summit on the Future of Online Legal
  Education
• March 31-Apr. 1-2, 2022: University of Denver Sturm College of Law: Online and Hybrid Learning: Towards Defining Best Practices in Higher Education

• Journal of Legal Education (Aug. 5, 2020): Power, Privilege, and Transformation: Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education
• Saint Louis University Law Journal, Symposium on Teaching Law Online (v. 65 no. 3 (2021))