Vincenç Feliú, Villanova University School of Law
Vincenç Feliú is an Associate Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Library Services at the Villanova University School of Law. At the 2014 Igniting Law Teaching conference he gave his presentation, “Clinics and Librarians Collaborating,” with the Beyond Traditional Law Subjects Pod. In his program, he addresses issues encountered in creating a collaborative teaching effort between clinical faculty and law librarians. This would lead to the teaching of legal research as a lawyering skill in the experiential learning environment of the clinic. This talk will be based on the experience from the program that he developed while at UDC and its adaptation to VUSL law clinics.
This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference -- the first of its kind -- created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback.
At Villanova University School of Law, Professor Feliú teaches Advances IP and Copyright Law. His scholarship has focused on Civil Law, pedagogical reform in legal research, and copyright issues. When he was Director of the Law Library at UDC, he implemented and embedded program pairing clinicians and librarians to improve research instruction and student performance.
LegalED aims to harness the power of the internet for legal educations. It facilitates blended or flipped learning – by migrating lectures to the web, LegalED frees up classtime for active learning that challenges students to learn the essential lawyering competencies while they are in law school. Professors may assign the videos in any combination for students to view outside of the classroom for active learning that challenges students to learn the essential lawyering competencies while they are in law school. LegalED seeks to develop and maintain a vibrant online community of teachers and students of the law, creating a central hub for the community. Through the video collection, teachers can be inspired to borrow, adapt, and bring great teaching moments into their own courses. With an internet platform, LegalED opens up formerly isolated classrooms by sharing showcasing, celebrating and inspiring innovative teaching. Simply put, the vision of LegalED is to inspire innovation in legal education. Join the movement!
The LegalED 2015 Igniting Law Teaching conference will take place on Friday, March 20th, from 9am to 6pm. Register to attend in person or live stream the event.