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26 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 371 (2008-2009)
Portable Learning for the 21st Century Law School: Designing a New Pedagogy for the Modern Global Context

handle is hein.journals/jmjcila26 and id is 377 raw text is: PORTABLE LEARNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LAW SCHOOL: DESIGNING A NEW PEDAGOGY FOR THE MODERN GLOBAL CONTEXT CATHERINE DUNHAM STEVEN I. FRIEDLAND* I. INTRODUCTION In the 20th century, legal education in the United States tradition- ally was a stationary, fixed-location enterprise. The educational process was fixed-location, meaning that learning occurred primarily within the confines of the law school classroom space, and was generally pro- pelled by Socratic-type questioning methods of students. This structured interaction, buffered by lecturing and some more interactive methods, dominated the learning process. Teaching generally ended at the class- room doors, with student learning continuing independently, most often in another fixed space, the law school library. This linearity of classroom teaching and learning, followed by independent library learning, was the norm in legal education for decades. Even today, in the early 21st century, teaching often remains cen- tered on the immoveable and fixed-location classrooms, with a teacher dispensing material to students from written texts, mostly involving case law. Students take a seat in the classroom, where most of the formal learning process is expected to occur.1 Outside of class, the disjunctive between teaching and independent student learning remains. Students generally are expected to study on their own, assembling information as they go without much institutional structure or assistance from their * Catherine Ross Dunham is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the Elon University School of Law. Steven Friedland is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Engaged Learning in the Law at the Elon University School of Law. The authors would like to thank Gulnaar Kaur and Chris Musial for their assistance in the researching and editing of this article. 1. In many classes, students often occupy the same physical seats, over and over again, further demonstrating the environment of fixed-learning.

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