Sophie M. Sparrow

Professor and Director of Legal Skills
A.B., Harvard/Radcliffe College
J.D., Harvard Law School

Updated: Sept. 18, 2007

Books

Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students From Syllabus to Final Exam (Carolina Academic Press 2008) (with Michael Hunter Schwartz and Gerald F. Hess), in progress.
Remedies: Bar Exam-Oriented Materials, Problems and Cases (Carolina Academic Press 2009) (with Michael Hunter Schwartz and Carole J. Buckner), in progress.
The Lawyer as Supervisor, Manager and Motivator (Nat'l Ass'n for Law Placement 2000)(with Mary Sheffer).

Articles

Practicing Civility in the Legal Writing Course: Helping Law Students Learn Professionalism __Leg. Writing __ (forthcoming 2007).
What Helps Law Professors Develop as Teachers? -- An Empirical Study, 14 Widener L. Rev. __ (with Gerald F. Hess, forthcoming 2007).
Uncovering the Student Perspective - Six Questions to Ask Before Class __Amer. Just. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2007).
New Hampshire's Performance-Based Variant of the Bar Exam: The Daniel Webster Scholar Program, 74 The Bar Examiner No. 4 (Nov. 2005) (with Linda Dalianis).
Describing the Ball: Improve Teaching by Using Rubrics - Explicit Grading Criteria, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1.
Notice Students' Similarites - Not Differences [with previous generations], The Second Draft, Bull. of Leg. Writing Inst. Vol.18, No.1, 10 (2003).
Why I Teach, 10 L. Tchr. 16 (Spring 2003).
Citation Form in New Hampshire: You May Want to Consult the New ALWD Manual, N.H. Bar J. (September 2002).

Other

Using Active Learning to Engage Students, Cleveland-Marshall College of L., Cleveland, Ohio (Oct., 2006).
Workshop on Assessment, Univ. of Baltimore School of L., Baltimore, Md. (Aug., 2006).
AALS Conference on New Ideas for Law School Teachers, "Teaching Intentionally," How to Assess if Goals Have Been Met: Testing What You Teach, Vancouver, B. C., Can. (June 2006).
AALS Conference on New Ideas for Law School Teachers, "Teaching Intentionally," Faculty Development Data and Principles, Vancouver, B. C., Can. (June 2006).
AALS 2006 Annual Meeting, Teaching Professionalism in a Way That Respects and Honors Law Students (Jan. 2006).
AALS 2006 Annual Meeting, Reconceiving Lawyer Licensing: Alternative Models of Assessing Lawyer Competence (Jan. 2006).
Lawyer Continuing Legal Education, Latham & Watkins, Advanced Writing Workshops, (Jan. 2006).
Re-Examining the Bar Exam, Part II (Soc. of Amer. L. Teachers, Oct. 11, 2003, Univ. Minn. L. Sch., Minn.).
Facilitator, Teaching Challenging Students (N. Eng. Leg. Writing Consortium, June 13, 2003, Roger Williams Univ. Sch. of L., R.I.).
Closing Session, Opening Exercises (Inst. for L. Sch. Teaching’s Annual Conf., Demonstrating and Deconstructing Our Teaching, June 2002).
Using Active Learning Techniques in the Legal Writing Classroom (Leg. Writing Inst. Biennial Conf., Knoxville Tenn., June 2002).
Enhancing Student Learning: Using Direct Instruction to Help Challenged Students Learn More Effectively, (Faculty Teaching Workshop, John Marshall L. Sch., Chicago, Ill., May 2002).
Using Rubrics to Enhance Student Learning (Northeastern Univ. School of Law, Junior Faculty Exchange, Apr. 2002).
Using Rubrics to Enhance Student Learning (Franklin Pierce L. Ctr., Faculty discussion Feb. 2002).
(AALS 2002 Annual Meeting Workshop, Calgary Comes to New Orleans, Jan. 2002, New Orleans, La.).
Critiquing Student Work, New Eng. Leg. Writing Consortium June Meeting (June 2002).
Using Active Learning Techniques in the Legal Writing Classroom, Leg. Writing Inst. Biennial Conf. (June 2002).
Enhancing Student Learning: Using Direct Instruction to Help Challenged Students Learn More Effectively, Faculty Teaching Workshop, John Marshall L. Sch. (May 2002).
Using Rubrics to Enhance Student Learning, Northeastern Univ. Sch. of L., (Junior Faculty Exchange, Apr. 2002).
Using Rubrics to Enhance Student Learning, Franklin Pierce L. Ctr., (faculty discussion, Feb. 2002).
AALS 2002 Annual Meeting Workshop, Calgary Comes to New Orleans, (Jan. 2002) (panel presentation materials).
Deconstructing IRAC: Teaching Objective Memo Writing (New Eng. Leg. Writing Consortium, Dec. 2001, Boston College Sch. of L., Boston, Mass.).
Using a Civil Procedure Exam Question to Teach Persuasion, The Second Draft, Vol.16, No.1, p.12 (2001).
Tales of the Guyaki Indians, 12 Risk 339 (Fall 2001) (book review).
Description of Teaching Technique, Engaging students in reflecting on their learning, (2001 AALS Conference on New Ideas for Experienced Teachers: We Teach but Do They Learn?), http://www.aals.org/profdev/newideas/.
Working with Adjuncts (Assoc. of Leg. Writing Dir. 2001 Membership Meeting and Roundtable Program, July 29, 2001, Minneapolis, Minn.) (with Janet Blocher).
Describing the Ball: Enhancing Learning and Fair Grading with Rubrics, Inst. for L. Sch. Teaching (July 2001).
Working with TA's, (Assoc. of Leg. Writing Dir. Roundtable Discussion Rept., July 2001).
Giving Women Positive Role Models, N.H. Bar News (July 6, 2001).
Describing the Ball: Enhancing Learning and Fair Grading with Rubrics (Inst. for L. Sch. Teaching, July 2001, Spokane, Wash.) (with Kimberly Kirkland).
Cross-Cultural Communication: How Accommodating Non-Native Speakers Can Benefit All Our Students (New Eng. Leg. Writing Consortium, June 2001, Univ. of Me. Sch. of L., Portland, Me.) (with Jessie Grearson).
Legal Drafting – Municipal Ordinances and Regulations (N.H. Bar Assoc., Mun. and Govtl. L. Sec., Concord, Mass., Apr. 2000).
The Lawyer as Supervisor, Manager and Motivator (Natl. Assoc. for L. Placement 2000) (with Mary B. Sheffer).
Legal Drafting – Municipal Ordinances and Regulations, (N.H. Bar Assoc. Mun. and Govtl. L. Sec., Apr. 2000).
Effective Staff Management (Natl. Assoc. for L. Placement Skills Training Workshop, Natl. Assoc. for L. Placement Annual Conf., Boston, Mass., Apr. 2000).
Thoughts on the SALT Conference from a New Member, SALT Equalizer, (newsletter of the Soc. of Am. L. Teachers) Vol. 2000, No. 4, p.11 (2000).
Effective Staff Management (Natl. Assoc. for L. Placement Skills Training Workshop, Natl. Assoc. for L. Placement Annual Conf., Boston, Mass., Apr. 2000).