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The Consummate Legal Education: Teaching Analysis as Doctrine
No full textThis paper addresses the necessity and means of developing analysis and its written expression as an independent topic of study throughout students’ law school tenure. “Doctrine,” as it appears in the above title, is defined as the transcendent analytic concepts that underlie the common law, and the modality of their application in the law’s constant evolution. The purpose of presenting analysis in this context is to enhance analytic instruction presently provided in law school, and thereby take students one step further in their education, into the realm of the practicing attorney. In this manner, educators, building on the case law method, maximize students’ sophisticated, lawyerly thinking to the degree the practicing bar demands of recent graduates seated at their desks as new professionals. Only in the scholastic environment is there the capacity to devote both time and purpose exclusively to detailed, continual, analytic training. In this context, professors assume the role of both teacher and senior partner, at once playing devil’s advocate, and sharing their own thought processes as experienced professionals. Instruction necessarily runs concurrently with that of the traditional law school courses, thereby enhancing student aptitude in every area of legal study, and engendering a paradigm of legal education that raises the bar of analytic acumen for future generations
Searching the Legacy of the Reformation for Lutheran Responses to Modern Family Law
No full textThis article builds upon historical work on changes in the law of marriage, divorce and the family after the Reformation, and describes how modern Lutheran theology, formed during the Reformation, evaluates modern trends in American family law. From the key Lutheran theological insight that God is creatively ordering human activity as a partner with human beings, the Lutheran tradition approaches issues such as no-fault divorce and same-sex marriage with both trust and challenge
Vying to be King of the Jungle: Where Top-Two Primaries Fall Short
No full textTop-two primaries pose significant constitutional issues for political parties, but primary system selection is also a significant policy question for each state. Primary elections have served as a filter for candidates to enter the general election; however, primaries are predominantly party functions. Although the process varies from state-to-state and is regulated by individual state legislatures, primary elections allow voters of a particular party to nominate the candidate they think best represents them against other parties in the general election. To combat partisan politics, Washington and California have grappled with election reform by adopting a top-two primary system. This version of an open primary, later donned the “Jungle Primary,” created a scheme in which all candidates would face off in one primary election. The first and second place primary winners would move on to the general election, regardless if there was party balance. This system set out to do what a traditional primary supposedly couldn’t-- find moderacy. Since the adoption of this primary system, it has been challenged on constitutional grounds at both state and federal levels. However in seemingly divergent, inconsistent decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to lack a unified approach to addressing whether open or top-two primaries have actually achieved that goal. This article argues that new legal challenges are needed in order to achieve unity, in an effort to return to the successful, clearly constitutional, closed primary systems that adequately represent the two-party democratic republic of the United States
Changing Perceptions About Professional Development: An Action Research Study Using Andragogy for Educators’ Professional Development
No full textTraditional professional development for teachers provides time to gain knowledge about classroom content, skills to effectively teach, and the possibility to improve student learning. The problem is teachers’ dissatisfaction with the design of professional development. Research indicates that teachers participate in professional development, but it is ineffective, irrelevant, and makes teachers feel undervalued as professionals. The purpose of this study is to improve teachers’ perceptions about traditional professional development. This study is based on seminal research by Malcolm Knowles’ andragogy, an adult learning framework. This study is driven by three research questions to determine how the andragogy framework improved teachers’ perceptions and which components either helped or detracted from improving those perceptions. The methodology is qualitative action research implementing andragogy into professional development. The instrumentation was one open-ended questionnaire. The sample are teachers employed at a southern urban school district in the United States. The findings from the research illustrate how teachers’ perceptions of traditional professional development improved due to the andragogy framework. There are four key findings: (a) teacher satisfaction; (b) teacher agency; (c) relevant and meaningful experiences; and (d) process contributions. The findings were positively significant and suggest teachers want more responsibility and agency to control their learning based on their needs or the needs of the classroom. By employing andragogy into traditional professional development, teachers’ perceptions improved creating meaningful experiences. This study advances the understanding of teachers as adult learners
The Legalities of Hemp and Cannabis in Idaho
No full textThe state is putting the screws to out-of-state hemp industries by refusing to recognize federal hemp transport guidelines. Idaho Matters speaks with Concordia University School of Law associate professor Ryan Stoa about pot, hemp, the law and you
Festival of the Epiphany Series C 2019
No full textThis PDF comments on the Propers for the Festival of the Epiphany, Series C and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching
Festival of the Resurrection Series C 2019
No full textThis PDF comments on the Propers for the Festival of the Resurrection, Series C and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching