The Learning Curve: Winter 2017

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Articles included in this issue are: CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS? – The Curious Case of Pedagogical Indifference, Charles R. Splawn, Assistant Director of Academic & Bar Support, Elon University School of Law HOW AN ASP CAN BE A LAW SCHOOL’S SUPERHERO by Deborah Rummelhart, Law School Toolbox; Professionalism and Power: Encouraging Students from Orientation Forward, To Find Their Sources of Strength by Sara J. Berman, Director of Critical Skills and Academic Support Programs, Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law Thinking Like a (Bar Exam) Grader by Allie Robbins, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, CUNY School of Law; A Delicious Little Exercise to Teach CREAC by Philip C. Kaplan, Associate Professor of Academic Support, Suffolk University Law School The Study Circle by Herbert N. Ramy, Professor & Director, Academic Support Program, Suffolk University Law School On First Things and Loving the Law by Robert Gregg, Professor & Director of Academic Success and Bar Preparation Services, Appalachian School of Law The Big Bad Wolf: Helping Students Conquer Fears of the Bar Exam through P.A.S.S. - Preparation, Assessment, Self-Directed Reflection, and Support by Alicia Jackson, Director of Academic Success and Bar Preparation Florida A&M University College of Law Meeting Our Obligation to At-Risk Students by Marsha Griggs, Assistant Dean for Academic Support and Bar Readiness, Thurgood Marshall School of Law The Benefits of In-Class Group Work in Doctrinal Classes: Confession of a Hesitant Flipper by L.O. Natt Gantt, II, Professor & Associate Dean of Instructional and Curricular Affairs, Regent University School of Law How Diet & Nutrition Can Make You Smarter, Kevin Sherrill, Assistant Professor, Center for Academic & Bar Readiness, La Verne University School of Law, Moving On Up: ASP’s Journey into 2L and 3L Curriculum Integration by Kimberly Kass, Assoc. Director of Academic Success, Valparaiso University School of Law and Bethany Lesniewski, Director of Academic Success, Valparaiso University School of Law