2025 | Baltimore, Maryland

Mentor-Mentee Dine Arounds

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome and Roadmap

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Understanding How Students Learn

Alyson Drake, University of Houston Law Center

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Learning Objectives

AJ Blechner, Stanford Law School
Heather Joy, Stanford Law School

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Quick Teaching Tips Part I

12:45 PM - 1:25 PM

Intro to Formative & Summative Assessments

Theresa Tarves, Penn State Law

1:25 PM - 2:45 PM

Break

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Independent Work: Designing Learning Objectives

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Day 1 Reflection, Goal Setting & Wrap-Up

Alyson Drake, University of Houston Law Center

4:15 PM - 4:35 PM

Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome & Day 2 Roadmap

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Instruction Infrastructure: Class Structure & Putting It All Together

AJ Blechner, Stanford Law School
Heather Joy, Stanford Law School

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM

Independent Work, Part II: Design Class Structure

10:40 AM - 11:50 AM

Lunch

11:50 AM - 12:40 PM

Giving Effective & Motivating Feedback

Alyson Drake, University of Houston Law Center
Theresa Tarves, Penn State Law

12:40 PM - 1:30 PM

Discussion Dens or Unstructured Afternoon Break Time

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 PM - 2:40 PM

Quick Teaching Tips, Part 2

2:40 PM - 3:20 PM

Day 2 Reflections, Goal Setting, & Wrap-Up

Alyson Drake, University of Houston Law Center

3:20 PM - 3:45 PM