Podcasts about achieving academic success

In this episode ...Professor Orin Kerr, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law School, explains how to read a legal opinion. The episode is an exploration of Prof. Kerr's essential article, How To Read A Legal Opinion: A Guide For New Law Students, 11 Greenbag 2d 51 (2007). Professor Kerr discusses the parts of a brief, what aspects of a case matter to a law professor and emphasizes the need for learning the new language of the law. He acknowledges his own struggles with case law reading when he began law school (we both do), and encourages students to recognize the learning curve involved in reading a judicial opinion. Some key takeaways are...1. There is not necessarily a right answer in law school, so don't look for a "right answer" in a case.2. Facts matter, particularly the facts of a case that are relevant to the court's reasoning.3. Pay attention to a court's reasoning and don't discount the dissent.4. Reading cases isn't easy; we have all struggled with the experience!About our guest...Professor Orin Kerr joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2019 after serving as the Frances R. and John J. Duggan Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. From 2001 to 2017, he was a professor at the George Washington University Law School. Kerr has previously been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania. An accomplished teacher, Kerr received the outstanding teaching award from the George Washington Law School Class of 2009.Kerr specializes in criminal procedure and computer crime law, and he has also taught courses in criminal law, evidence, and professional responsibility. He has written more than 60 law review articles, over 40 of which have been cited in judicial opinions (including seven articles that have been cited in U.S. Supreme Court opinions). His scholarship also has been cited by more than 3,000 academic articles. In addition to writing law review articles, Kerr has authored popular casebooks, co-authored the leading criminal procedure treatise, and published countless blog posts at popular blogs such as the Volokh Conspiracy and Lawfare.Want to know more about Professor Kerr? You can visit the link below:https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/orin-kerr/And follow Professor Kerr on Twitter @orinkerr As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.

In this episode...Professor Margaret Hannon, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan School of Law discusses the all-important case brief, including the parts of the brief, how to brief a case and the relationship of the case brief to the court system.Some key takeaways are:1. Case briefs are personal to the person briefing them, no judgment2. Cases for law school are edited, briefs found on the internet might not reflect the edited version of a case in the case book.3. Reasoning is the "protein" of the case4. Stare Decisis means that courts must follow their own decisions and the decisions of courts above them.About our guest...Professor Margaret C. Hannon joined the Law School faculty in 2013 as a clinical assistant professor in the Legal Practice Program. She previously taught legal research, writing, and reasoning as a clinical assistant and clinical associate professor at Northwestern Law School, where she also served as the assistant director and interim director of the legal research and writing program. In recognition of her teaching, Professor Hannon received Northwestern's Dean's Teaching Award and Dean's Teaching Award Honorable Mention. Professor Hannon practiced law at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (now K&L Gates LLP). Her practice focused on labor and employment counseling and litigation, and the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements. She is an active member of the Legal Writing Institute. She is an active member of the Legal Writing Institute; in addition to presenting at its academic conferences, she is a member of the awards committee and a member of the editorial board for one of its journals, The Monograph Series. In addition, Professor Hannon is an associate editor for Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD, the journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors.Professor Hannon is an associate editor for Legal Communications & Rhetoric: JALWD, the journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. She also is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Legal Writing Section and the AALS Section on Teaching Methods. Professor Hannon is the co-author of Aspen Publishers' From Theory to Practice: Employment Discrimination Law (with Rachel Croskery-Roberts), and is under contract with Aspen Publishers to co-author From Theory to Practice: Employment Law (also with Croskery-Roberts). Professor Hannon received her BA from Binghamton University, cum laude, and her JD from Michigan Law, where she was a notes editor for the Michigan Law Review.You can learn more about Professor Hannon at https://www.law.umich.edu/FacultyBio/Pages/FacultyBio.aspx?FacID=mchannonYou can follow Professor Hannon on twitter @mch_tweets As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on

In This Episode: In this episode, you'll learn the questions to ask and steps to take to ensure the college baseball program you are considering have the academic support and academic culture that you need to be successful. We also take a deep dive into how student-athletes with learning disabilities can navigate the recruiting process and make sure programs have access to the resources and accommodations they need. In episode 29, we are excited to welcome a true expert in the academic side of college athletics. Christine Ho is a Learning Specialist Coordinator at UC Berkeley and has been working in academic support services for student-athletes for 7 years at UC Berkeley (Cal). Ho also acts as the Athletic Study Center liaison with the Disabled Students’ Program (DSP) and supports student-athletes  in time-management, organization, reading, writing, test-taking strategies, note-taking and learning strategies through individual weekly meetings. She leads incoming skills assessments for new students to measure learning styles, strengths, and areas of concern and creates learning plans for students based on their academic needs and personal goals. Ho provides a ton of insight into the research that needs to be done and questions that need to be asked during the recruiting process and on campus to ensure that your college baseball program has what you need to be a successful STUDENT-athlete. Topics: Academics, Academic Support Services, Learning Specialists, Academic Advisors, Learning Disabilities, Education-Impacting Disabilities, Recruiting Process, Student-athletes  Additional Resources:  1. College Baseball Academics Part 1: An Intro to Academic Support Services for College Baseball Players 2. College Baseball Academics Part 2: The NCAA and Learning Disabilities Defined 3. College Baseball Academics Part 3: Recruiting Success with Learning Disabilities 4. College Baseball Academics Part 4: Effectively Transitioning to College and Achieving Academic Success with an Education-Impacting Disability --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/keep-playing-baseball/support

In this episode I speak with Prof. Laurie Zimet, Director of Academic Support at UC Hastings, who shares with us the mindset of professors when they are grading exams, as well as some key exam tips. Prof. Zimet explains that professors are grading on the ability to analyze, rather than a mastery of memorization and gives key tips, including preparing yourself for distractions that will occur when you are in the exam room by taking one practice exam in a crowded cafe -- what I call a Tiger Woods approach to taking exams!

In this episode, Prof. Kris Franklin of New York Law School discusses how students should think about and approach law school. Her discussion is of value to anyone starting law school, taking their first set of exams, or taking exams after a disappointing semester.

In this episode, Prof. Rachel Gurvich, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law and co-author of the blog #PracticeTuesdays shares her 1L experience. She discusses the mistakes she made and how she turned the experience around to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Her advice is recognized nationwide, and this episode is a "must listen" for any incoming 1L.