BAR PASSAGE SPEAKER SCHEDULE, SEALS 2018 A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW SCHOOL COURSEWORK AND BAR EXAM OUTCOMES Robert (Bob) Kuehn, Professor of Law & Associate Dean of Clinical Education Washington University School of Law rkuehn@wustl.edu Phone: (314) 935-5706 EFFECTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES James McGrath, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Academic Support, Bar Passage, and Compliance Texas A&M University School of Law jmcgrath@law.tamu.edu Phone: (817) 212-3954 & AN ACADEMIC SUPPORT OVREHAUL COMPRISING ALL STAKEHOLDERS Michael Barry, Assistant Dean St Mary’s University School of Law mbarry1@stmarytx.edu Phone: (210) 431-5058 AND Zoe Niesel, Assistant Professor & Director of Law Success St Mary’s School of Law zniesel@stmarytx.edu Phone: (210) 431-4340 SUPPORTING SELF-DIRECTEDNESS IN LAW STUDENTS Benjamin V Madison, III, Professor, Director of Bar Passage Initiatives, and Co-Director of the Center for Ethical Formation & Legal Education Reform Regent University School of Law benjmad@regent.edu Phone: (757) 352-4586 TWO LAWS SCHOOLS, AND THEIR DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO BAR PREP Ronald J Rychlak, Jamie P Whitten Chair of Law & Government University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) School of Law rrychlak@olemiss.edu Phone: (662) 915-6841 THE ‘OPTING OUT’ STRATEGY FOR INCREASING BAR PREP PARTICIPATION IN LAW SCHOOL Antonia Miceli, Associate Professor & Director of Academic Support and Bar Examination Preparation Saint Louis University School of Law amiceli1@slu.edu Phone: (314) 977-3448 PROFESSIONALISM EDUCATION: MASTER, MANIPULATE AND MEMORIZE Debra Moss Vollweiler, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law Vollweiler@nova.edu Phone: (954) 262-6296 ONLINE EDUCATION AND BAR PREP Catherine (Cassie) Christopher, Associate Professor & Director of Bar Prep Resources Texas Tech School of Law catherine.christopher@ttu.edu Phone: (806) 834-7331 10 A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO INCLUDING STAKEHOLDERS IN BAR PREP EFFORTS Kirsha Trychta, Associate Professor & Director of the Academic Excellence Center West Virginia University College of Law kwtrychta@mail.wvu.edu Phone: (304) 293-3882 11 A DISCUSSION of PREDICTIVE INDICATORS of SUCCESS as CORRELATED with EVENTUAL BAR PASSAGE RATES Robert McFarland, Associate Professor Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law rmcfarland@faulkner.edu Phone: (334) 386-7549 12 TARGETING AT-RISK STUDENTS Cathy Cox, Dean Mercer University Law School cox_c@law.mercer.edu Phone: (478) 301-2602 13 BAR TEACHING METHODS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM Laurie Zimet, Professor University of California Hastings College of the Law zimetl@uchastings.edu Phone: (415) 565-4839 14 CREATING A NEW MBE BAR PASSAGE CLASS: FACULTY BUY-IN & AN INITIAL SUCCESS STORY Melissa Essary, Professor Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law essarym@campbell.edu Phone: (919) 865-4651 15 WRAP-UP & STRATEGIES FOR CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND BAR PREP STRATEGIES Patrick G Gould, Associate Professor, & Director of Academic Success & Bar Preparation Services Appalachian School of Law pgould@asl.edu Phone: (312) 607-4143