{"title":"Ad IRAC Per Aspera: Using Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to Introduce Legal Reasoning to Business Students","authors":"Anthony L. McMullen","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This teaching note explores using the <i>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds</i> episode “Ad Astra Per Aspera” to teach legal reasoning in a legal environment of business or business law course. The note provides an overview of the IRAC method and explains how the law school method translates well to an undergraduate legal studies course. It provides a synopsis of the episode and details how to use scenes from it in class to develop familiarity with IRAC analysis. The note additionally suggests the episode as a vehicle for addressing other legal topics, including religious freedom, asylum, and sedition.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"43 1","pages":"61-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146176198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making the Case for Studying Business Law: A Teaching Note Providing a First Week Blueprint for First-Time Instructors","authors":"Jason R. Hildebrand","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Most business students are not interested in becoming lawyers. Therefore, business law and legal environment instructors must convey why students should study business law. To assist instructors (especially first-time ones), this teaching note presents interrelated pedagogical questions to introduce the first week of class. Why must business students study business law? What is the role of business leaders with respect to legal issues? How can business leaders effectively make business decisions with respect to legal issues? Referencing leadership expert Simon Sinek's “golden circle,” this note builds upon one simple principle: <i><span>business law is ubiquitous</span></i>, that is, it is ever-present and everywhere.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"43 1","pages":"41-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jlse.70011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146176197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lawrence J. Trautman, Destynie Sewell, Eric D. Yordy, Larry D. Foster II, Lora J. Koretz, Brian Link
{"title":"Using Cinema to Foster Active Classroom Engagement","authors":"Lawrence J. Trautman, Destynie Sewell, Eric D. Yordy, Larry D. Foster II, Lora J. Koretz, Brian Link","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While textbooks may remain important tools for information delivery, how can educators find and present interesting and relevant content to eighteen to twenty-something-year-olds? If learning is to take place, capturing and maintaining student attention, interest, and active engagement is a primary challenge in the classroom. Given this reality, this teaching note presents a few cinema-based classroom strategies to improve student engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":"105-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Primer: Seeking Informed Guidance for the Legal Education Decision","authors":"Brad Reich, Dawn Swink","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The decision to pursue a legal education can be life-changing, but students often receive outdated advice from legal studies faculty. This article seeks to educate legal studies faculty advising potential law school students. We review the Law School Admission Test and consider how predictive that measurement may be of various forms of success. We then discuss the law school market by reviewing the historical evolution of law school ranking systems, as well as long-term application and enrollment patterns. By updating faculty understanding of law school admissions, advisees will receive useful and actionable advice before making this serious decision.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":"115-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor's Corner","authors":"Dale B. Thompson","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facial Recognition, Fingerprints, and Retina Scans, Oh, My! Exploring Privacy and Security Concerns Raised by Business Collection, Use, and Distribution of Biometric Data Through a Multicomponent Team Project","authors":"Susan Willey, Ivy R. White","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Businesses use facial recognition software, fingerprint scanning, and other biometric tools in the workplace and/or commercial establishments. Concerned with the collection, use, retention, and security of biometric data, and the impact of these practices, Illinois enacted the Biometric Information Privacy Act in 2008. We designed a project that requires student teams to read and compare several biometric privacy statutes, identify “best practices” from these laws, examine the desirability of enacting such a statute, and apply the Texas Capture and Use of Biometric Information to a now-settled lawsuit against Facebook/Meta.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":"55-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Business Simulation as the Key to Transition From Lecture to High-Impact Learning","authors":"Cara C. Putman","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Business law can be a daunting course for today's college students, as they confront what feels like a new language in each content area. This article introduces a semester-long activity that provides faculty with a tool to integrate real-world activities into the business law curriculum to help students connect theory with real-world application. Students work in teams to create businesses that interest them, connecting the law they are learning to the context of their simulated business. The sample assignments provide a framework for faculty to adopt and adapt this approach to their individual courses.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":"95-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jlse.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making the Case for the Mentor Mindset in the Business Law Classroom: 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People","authors":"Lonnie K. Martens","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":"111-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Timeless Tax Fraud: The Trump Organization and The Sloane Affair","authors":"Mark J. Cowan","doi":"10.1111/jlse.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jlse.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article compares the Trump Organization's 2022 tax fraud conviction with a 50-year-old Canadian film <i>The Sloane Affair</i>. The comparison yields timeless and timely insights into our tax system for business law students.</p>","PeriodicalId":42278,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Legal Studies Education","volume":"42 2","pages":"81-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}