Esteemed Bloggers and Blog Post Readers,
Albany Law School has redesigned the Center for Excellence in Law Teaching ( CELT) Website just in time to present you with videotaped presentations and materials from CELT’s Inaugural conference held last March 30, 2012 . If you are unfamiliar with the CELT website , I would like to introduce you to this clearinghouse of materials on teaching, , curriculum, and proposed revised BA accreditation standards. If you already are familiar with the website, I invite you to take some time to re-acquaint yourself with the new organization and the wealth of information that is available for your perusal. (CELT)
Through this site, I hope you will be able to find learning resources, assessment materials and rubrics , syllabi from lawyering classes, PowerPoint presentations about different teaching techniques and links to other sources and resources. In addition, you can access materials and presentations from the CELT March 2012 Conference, where innovative thinkers attended and discussed current and proposed models for student-centered reform of legal education. (CELT CONFERENCE) This was in response to the changes students face in the profession and the new economy. As a third year law student, I found this conference not only enlightening but reassuring. The materials that were provided to the attendees laid out ideas and suggestions to improve student learning and encouraged professors to take a more active role in design of the classroom experience and sequencing of the law school curriculum. .
As Special Assistant to CELT, I have attempted to organize materials on this website to make it simpler and more convenient for users to navigate. I truly welcome your feedback. If there is something that you are looking for and cannot find, I ask that you let me know and would be happy to direct you to the correct location of the information or figure out if there is additional material to be added to the cite. In addition, if you have any questions about accessing the conference videotapes or materials, just send me an e-mail.
Finally, if you are interested in becoming a BLOG author or contributing a blog post to the Best Practices blog (which is housed within CELT), please let Professor Mary Lynch or myself know and we would be happy to assist!
Thank you for your readership and your loyalty!
-Stephanie Giancristofaro-Partyka
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Best Practices for Legal Education 