From Dreams to Reality: The Emerging Role of Law School Academic Support Programs

Abstract

Reviews the history, rationale, development, and different program structures of Law School Academic Support Programs; briefly summarizes learning theory and explains how ASP can implement those theories to teach academic skills; and suggests that notwithstanding the significance of helping students develop solid academic skills, probably the most important work that ASP professionals do is to provide the non-academic support by making the human connection to students and believing in them.

Keywords: Law School Academic Support Programs, teaching methods, learning theory, teaching strategies, ASP

JEL Classification: I20, I21, K00, K19