Experiencing Civil Procedure: Why (and How) I Teach a Simulation-Driven First Year Course

Jones, Robert L.

Experiencing Civil Procedure: Why (and How) I Teach a Simulation-Driven First Year Course

Experiential Education in the Law School Curriculum (Emily Grant, Sandra Simpson, Kelly Terry eds., Carolina Academic Press 2018)

45 Pages Posted: 3 May 2016 Last revised: 4 May 2020

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Robert L. Jones

Northern Illinois University - College of Law

Date Written: May 3, 2016

Abstract

This work appears as a chapter in Experiential Education in the Law School Curriculum, published by Carolina Academic Press. The chapter outlines the ways in which a first year Civil Procedure course can be structured around a single simulation and explores some of the benefits of a course organized in this fashion. In particular, the benefits of a simulation-driven doctrinal course during the first year are assessed in the context of the holistic development of young lawyers.

Keywords: Legal Education, Experiential Learning, Civil Procedure, Simulations, Clinical Education

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Jones, Robert L., Experiencing Civil Procedure: Why (and How) I Teach a Simulation-Driven First Year Course (May 3, 2016). Experiential Education in the Law School Curriculum (Emily Grant, Sandra Simpson, Kelly Terry eds., Carolina Academic Press 2018) , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2774540