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I have uploaded 8 new videos onto The Reflective Prof channel on YouTube. Punitive Damages: Whiten v Pilot Insurance Exclusion Clauses: Tilden Rent-a-Car Co v. Clendenning Pre Existing Contractual Obligation Owed to the Same Party: Gilbert Steel Pre Existing Contractual … Continue reading →

Ask almost any professor at a law school: the best way to learn law is to “read the law”.  What that means is that to learn law, students should read the primary sources of law – statutes, regulations and court … Continue reading →

Note: This post has nothing to do with education. I felt compelled to write it in light of recent events in Europe. Today, I am German.  I don’t live in Germany and I am not a German citizen. My family … Continue reading →

Every once in a while it is good to switch roles by becoming a student.  It makes me a better professor by, not just upgrading my knowledge, but also giving me a better sense of the learning experience of my … Continue reading →

What do students need and want? As educators, professors grapple with this question for much of our professional lives.  One way of answering the question is to focus on a list of core competencies such as Tony Wagner’s seven survival … Continue reading →

Given the growing prevalence of so-called helicopter parents, the meeting of parents and professors has become more common.  Although I have never had the pleasure yet of speaking to a parent of one of my students, I have witnessed such … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I talked about trying “research wikis” for an assignment in one of my classes last semester.  I wanted to test the thinking that, since information is now a commodity, what matters is what you are able to do … Continue reading →

I have created YouTube channel with a series of short videos on various legal and tax concepts. These videos are animated PowerPoints with narration (by me). Check it out. Here is one of the videos:    

Everyone says that information is now a commodity and that what matters is what you are able to do with information. Almost any information (but not all) is only a few Google searches away. With that thought in mind, I … Continue reading →