Snakes!…in the Library!
Forgive the melodramatic title. I know it sounds like one of those early radio serials that left you hanging by a tuft of grass on the side of a cliff wondering if rescue would ever come.The reason for...
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Last week I gave my research methods students a snap quiz. They had no time to prepare. It was very simple, consisting of four questions: What is a research question? What is a literature review?...
View ArticleSnakes!…in the Library!…Again!
My niece attending law school in Greece can’t use the library because the local venomous snakes have taken up residence. When I wrote about this in November, I sent a copy of the blog to the head of...
View ArticleThe Art of Students' Writing
To my astonishment someone was able to translate the incomprehensible student’s research question posted earlier (see comment). The translator must have been an habitué of Bletchley Park in a previous...
View ArticleWhat Are Ears and Eyes For?
Not a terribly difficult question you’d think. One answer is to read and to see. That’s what I ask my research methods students to do. Everything is carefully laid out for them and in addition to the...
View ArticleIs It Worthwhile?
I’ve always had ambivalent feelings about teaching. There are born teachers who love it, but I became an academic primarily to pursue research. For me teaching was the “price” I paid to be part of the...
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Podcast on Rise in Fees for Legal Practice Course
Charon QC interviewed me today. Our conversation is available in podcast from Charon QC.Lawcast 113: Professor John Flood on the rise in fees for the Legal Practice CourseToday I am talking to...
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Plagiarism Rears Its Ugly Head
(Thief by The Blackbird)While grading student essays I came across one that was quite good. It was discussing a legal issue in the UK. I was fine until I came across a sentence that referred to dollars...
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How to Get Your PhD
(Thanks to Dion) I am starting some work on analyzing the Bar and barristers with a young researcher at Manchester University, Anna Zimdars. Her research is in the field of equal opportunity and...
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The Last PowerPoint…
(thanks to New Yorker) This year when teaching I faced demands from students for PowerPoint presentations. I said, “No.” I felt it pandered to them in the worst way. All they seemed interested in...
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