One of the key distinctions between college and law school is the way classes are taught, and legal education experts say aspiring lawyers need to mentally prepare themselves for the intensity of a ...

To paraphrase the former Yale Law School professor Fred Rodell, there are only two things wrong with conventional law-school teaching. One is style; the other is content. The dominant classroom ...

David B. Wilkins is the Lester Kissel professor of law and vice dean for global initiatives on the legal profession at Harvard Law School. Updated December 15, 2011, 7:08 PM Of all the important ...

In the egalitarian workplace the Socratic model is a novel yet time-proven method of leadership. Where work is project-based with team leaders not necessarily being supervisors, the Socratic method is ...

Among the many teaching techniques I am not good at (yet) is asking good questions. I’m trying to cut down on GWOMM questions, I do OK at getting some discussion going, and I can generally ask a ...

Life seems upside down these days. Politicians choose their voters by redistricting, universities their missions by giving in to government demands, some newspapers and media networks follow the paths ...

It’s tempting for a Philosophical Counselor to use the Socratic Method. After all, it was Socrates who set so many of us on the quest to live the examined life. As it turns out, though, an alternative ...

Every student and teacher across the globe experienced the massive challenges that evolved so ubiquitously as COVID-19 led to the shutdown of schools and a complete transformation of daily routines.