Download This PaperWresting Pedagogical Victory from the Jaws of Student Defeat: Walker v. Harvard College as an Object Lesson
Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing, Vol. 25.2, Spr. 2017, p. 124
17 Pages Posted: 17 May 2017 Last revised: 1 Aug 2018
Date Written: March 17, 2017
Abstract
This article discusses how professors can use a plagiarism incident at Harvard Law School as a cautionary tale and a multi-faceted pedagogical tool to teach pragmatic and ethical considerations in law school and legal practice, case briefing techniques, legal argument paradigms, procedural issues, and persuasive strategies.
Keywords: plagiarism; legal writing; legal analysis; legal ethics
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Khan, Almas, Wresting Pedagogical Victory from the Jaws of Student Defeat: Walker v. Harvard College as an Object Lesson (March 17, 2017). Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing, Vol. 25.2, Spr. 2017, p. 124, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2969019
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