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Rakoff Clip 4

Professor Rakoff lecturing in front of students

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Using humor; Case teaching; Eliciting participation; Socratic discussion; moving around the room; pressing for clarification; intellectual rigor

  • Instructor: Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Law School
  • Course: Legislation & Regulation
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 13 seconds

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Instructional Themes

Questioning, listening and responding; Using humor; Case teaching; Eliciting participation; Socratic discussion; moving around the room; pressing for clarification; intellectual rigor

Instructor

Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law

Student Group

Graduate

School

Harvard Law School

Course

Legislation and Regulation

Clip Length

5 minutes, 13 seconds (57:10-1:02:23)

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 near the end of the 1 hour, 15 minute class as Rakoff brings students back from small group discussions into the larger group.