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Rakoff Clip 2

Professor Rakoff lecturing in front of students

Topics Covered

Eliciting participation; Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; cold calling; asking follow-up questions; Socratic method; intellectual rigor

  • Instructor: Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Law School
  • Course: Legislation & Regulation
  • Clip Length: 1 minute, 34 seconds

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Instructional Themes

Eliciting participation; Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; cold calling; asking follow-up questions; Socratic method; intellectual rigor

Instructor

Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law

Student Group

Graduate

School

Harvard Law School

Course

Legislation and Regulation

Clip Length

1 minute, 34 seconds (15:04-16:38)

Clip Context

  • “Legislation and Regulation,” a first-year required course at Harvard Law School with 80 students enrolled. 
  • This course introduces first-year law students to statutes and regulations to help them see how lawyers approach these topics. Rakoff uses case studies to teach students both abstract concepts and concrete skills.
  • This clip comes about 15 minutes into the 1 hour, 15 minute class as Rakoff cold calls a student to provide some answers.