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This is day 12 of 100 (our goal - 100 consecutive days!) and today we will:

1. get you amped about becoming a law school adjunct professor

2. discover what modern law school classes you could teach

3. build a syllabus for your class(es)

4. talk news you can use

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Ok, let's kick this off, shall we?

 Today's Use Case:

Hey there, Brainyacts! Are you tired of the daily grind and ready for a new challenge?

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Well, I’ve got just the opportunity for you: teaching as an adjunct professor or guest lecturer at law schools! Help law schools break from the trappings of traditional curriculum and give them your brain full of modern, crazy practical skills and insights.

That's right, you can impart your hard-earned wisdom and practical skills to the next generation of lawyers. And let's face it, with the legal industry changing faster than a Supreme Court justice's mind, law schools are desperate for teachers with real-world experience.

Lucky for you, this newsletter is about to arm you with the knowledge you need to take action.

So why not spread that knowledge and become the coolest law professor around? Don't be shy, give it a try!

For lawyers, you can teach on emerging or yet-to-emerge areas of law + the realities of the business of law.

For business of law/legal ops, you can teach on emerging or yet-to-emerge areas within the business of law - find those niches within innovation, technology, culture, organizational design, and work methods, like legal project management, agile, and design.

THE PROMPTS:

🚨🚨First a very practical tip: Sometimes a prompt calls for a lengthy reply as the ones below do. ChatGPT will simply stop generating its response.

When it does this, simply type in ‘continue’ and it will pick up where it stopped. Now, it may change the way it was replying a bit or it may not. But it should follow the overall logic of its reply.

Ok, first let’s get ChatGPT to help you think of the classes that you could teach.

For this, you will need a copy of your resume. You will be copying and pasting it following this prompt. I keep out my name and address as I don’t what to give ChatGPT any information it might get confused by.

PROMPT:
Role-play as a leading and modern law school dean.

You are reviewing the following resume and helping the candidate generate 10 specific courses they could begin teaching at your law school. You want courses that are non-traditional to legal education but extremely relevant to the modern legal profession and innovation within it. For each class, detail the key learning objective, why you think it is necessary to teach, and why this candidate is a great candidate to teach them. Each class will be the equivalent of a 1 credit hour class.

(Paste your resume after this.)

This should generate some fairly interesting results. Don’t worry if you get some generic responses. We have the following prompt for you to drill down with. Use it with each class it listed so you can refine, rethink, and niche down a bit so your classes take on a more specific and considered tone.

PROMPT:
Topic:______

For the above topic, give examples that contradict the dominant narrative. Generate an outline for thought-provoking content that challenges assumptions.

Right now, you should be pretty psyched to see all the cool things you could teach. I know first-hand that many law students would be totally amped to see some of these classes in their course catalog.

They literally thirst to learn from professors who practice what they preach and live it every day!

Time to get really wild with ChatGPT!

If you have never taught before you likely don’t know what a syllabus is. You may have vague memories from your time in school but never had to create one.

Well, let’s do that right here, right now!

But wait, there’s more. 

Not only are we about to write your draft syllabus; but we will also create a plan for you to prepare for each week of your classes. So you get a map for your own prep.

This is so damn helpful, I cannot explain it. Prepping for each week’s classes is the gold standard for excellent and fun teaching. Trust me, I know. Having taught with little prep and plenty of prep in my time, prep wins!

This one is a long one but sooo worth it!

PROMPT:
You have been tasked with preparing a syllabus for a 1 credit hour course on legal project management that will be taught at a law school. Your goal is to create a detailed syllabus that includes an explanation of the topic, rationale for teaching it to law students, and a complete 13-week lesson plan. For each week, you should include the following information:

Topics: List the main topics that will be covered in that week's class.

Reading assignments: Provide short reading assignments that students should complete before each class.

Learning objectives: Clearly state the learning objectives that students should achieve by the end of the week's class.

In-class exercise: Suggest an in-class exercise that will help students apply what they have learned and reinforce their understanding of the topic.

Additionally, you should provide a teaching guide for each week that you can use to prepare for class. The teaching guide should include:

Overview: Provide an overview of the week's topic and why it's important.

Teaching tips: Offer suggestions for how to effectively teach the material to law students.

Discussion questions: List discussion questions that can be used to facilitate class participation and encourage critical thinking.

Additional resources: Provide additional resources that students can use to deepen their understanding of the topic.

PLEASE I would love to hear from you on what class you could teach and how much of a value these prompts were.

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