Volume 7 Issue 1

Teaching a Law Seminar Over the Internet 

Scott A. Taylor*

Internet email is a fast, efficient, and inexpensive way to exchange written communication. Given a subject of special interest to a small number of students scattered around the United States at different law schools, teaching a law seminar over the internet through email can be an effective way of reaching those students. This teaching method has its own unique advantages, which include intensive writing and substantial student/teacher interaction. The potential for this method is most promising when students or faculty are separated by substantial physical distances. In legal education such a method would be most appropriate for subjects such as international and comparative law where students and faculty from different countries would create a rich learning environment.

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University of New Mexico Law School
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