Wednesday, March 07, 2007

high-flying aristocratic me

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Marchioness Schelle the Arboreal of Frome Valley
Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title


I think what would have been really cool about this is if you could post a few things about yourself, and somehow this would roll up nicely in your silly title. This one appealed because of the Arboreal (in a valley) quality.

Continuing on my Legal research brainstorming, today is all about legal research assignments for summers. Idea is this: take (real) sample assignment and let each of them brainstorm alone on paper for a little while on possible approaches. Discuss. Talk about why this or that strategy is good, or less good. Put them into 2 teams. Tell them they have 30 minutes to play out a team research strategy whichever way they like. Online, no online? Only using print? At the end of 30 minutes, must write quick memo. 2 paragraphs (consult with attorney on this point to see what type of legal memo would be ideal) Read/Share memo? and then discuss. Vote on best results? Prizes awarded.

Show them an ideal one? Librarian enhanced one? Hmmmm.

That sounds actually like a 2 hour project. A bit ambitious for one hour.

But interesting possibilities?

No comments: