C|M|LAW Legal Writing faculty members Brian Glassman and Karin Mika both presented at the 2012 Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference on the topic of visual learning.
Professor Glassman’s presentation was entitled “From Art School to Law School: Lessons for Visual Learners.” He discussed techniques used by teachers of visual art for imparting knowledge to students about the many ‘tools’ essential to every artist’s toolbox: color; line; form; perspective; etc. and how those techniques that can be used to teach legal writing, given the similarity of the tools that both artists and legal writers employ. The presentation received positive reviews from the Legal Writing Prof Blog.
Professor Mika teamed up with Professor Ralph Brill to present examples of classroom visuals that both shed light on the content of class assignments and also visuals that form the basis of Legal Writing assignments. This presentation also received favorable comments from the Legal Writing Prog Blog. Professor Mika discussed her use of videos instead of written fact patterns.
