Narrative Law Teaching
One of the best ways to learn is through stories. For each of the stories below, a lawyer protagonist is taken through a series of problems that the reader tries to resolve.
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International Tax
La Brienza Winery: Tax Trouble in Wine Country (published; first two chapters available). Help tax law professor Xavier Montenegro solve a murder mystery in Northern California wine country.
Tax
How to Manage a Difficult Tax Partner (published: first three chapters available). Help new tax associate Justin Lumberlane survive a homicidal maniac tax partner.
Legal Ethics
(published as part of Introduction to Legal Ethics: first two chapters available)Sandra’s Trust. Help new lawyer Terry Bradford assist his mysterious client … and somehow stay alive.
Surfbuddy.com: Advising Internet Start-Up Companies. Help advise a new high tech firm, but watch out when the law firm of Hughs and Nastie tries to have you fired.
Virtual Teaching
A new way of learning involves the use of virtual worlds where instructors and students appear as avatars. Below you will find details of a 2010 legal conference that took place in Second Life.
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Canada’s first virtual legal conference
Direct link to recording of the conference: qshare.queensu.ca/Groups/law/www/avatarHALT.html
PowerPoint slides for presentation on ‘Philip K. Dick, Virtual Worlds and Surveillance Technologies‘ (at minute 97 of recording from previous link)
PowerPoint slides for a presentation to Canadian judges: Virtual ConferencesNJISAug272010