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95 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 179 (2017-2018)
Unrealized Potential: How Shifting the Focus to Student Learning Outcomes Could Reduce Law Student Distress

handle is hein.journals/udetmr95 and id is 191 raw text is: Unrealized Potential: How Shifting the Focus to Student Learning Outcomes Could Reduce Law Student Distress ABIGAIL LOFTUS DEBLASIS & ELIZABETH ADAMO USMAN* I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS POTENTIAL SOURCES ........ .........182 A. The Problem ....................................182 B. Potential Sources ........................... ......187 II. THE SOLUTIONS TOOLKIT ................................193 A. Current Solutions to Address the Problem ..... .........193 1. Humanizing the Law School Movement & Self- Determination Theory ..................... ........... 194 2. Self-Regulated Learning........................199 3. Effective Feedback .................. ...............203 4. Focus on Professional Identify and Professionalism ...........208 5. Positive Psychology ....................... .....212 a. Learned Optimism .................. .......215 b. Broaden-and-Build Theory ofPositive Emotions .... 218 c. Strengths Theory or Signature Strengths or Values- Driven Education .................... .....220 d. Hope Theory ....................... ......222 6. The Enthusiasm Paradigm .................. .....224 7. Mindfulness ............................ .....227 8. Daicoff's Non-Traditional Legal Skills ......................230 9. Other Strategies ......................... .....232 B. Why is the Problem Still a Problem?...........................232 III.THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE NEW ABA STANDARDS.......235 A. The Relevant Standards and Their Respective Opportunities......235 1. The Standards...............................235 2. The 302 Opportunity...........................240 3. The 314 Opportunity................. ..............246 B. Risks and Responses.. ...............................249 1. Doing Formative Assessment Badly and Otherwise Failing to Engage with the Solutions Toolkit.......................249 2. Wussification of Law School and Loss of Academic Rigor......................................249 CONCLUSION. ..............................................250 * The authors would like to thank the students of the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review and their faculty advisors for organizing and hosting us in presenting our ideas at this important and timely Symposium, The Impact of Formative Assessment: Emphasizing Outcome Measures in Legal Education.

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