Millennial Leadership in Law Schools: Essays on Disruption, Innovation, and the Future

Edited by

Ashley Krenelka Chase Associate Director, Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library Coordinator for Legal Practice Technology & Instructor of Law Stetson University College of Law

William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Getzville, New York 2021

Table of Contents

Editor’s Preface Ashley Krenelka Chase ...... xi Author Biographies ...... xv

Section I: ON CULTURE Upending the Double Life of Law Schools: in the Legal Academy Ashley Krenelka Chase ...... 3 Evolution of Legal Education ...... 4 Millennials as Students and Employees ...... 9 Benefits to Law Schools ...... 12 Conclusion ...... 15 Millennials and the Future of Racial Diversity in American Law Schools Nyamagaga Gondwe ...... 17 Yale Law School: Lessons from Two Diversity Reports ...... 17 Schools Need to Shift to Diversity as Remedy Models for Framing Diversity Efforts ...... 21 Diversity Data Hides as Much as It Shows ...... 26 Law School Diversity Initiatives Should Take Stronger Action to Ensure Student Wellness ...... 28 Millennials as Administrative Leaders ...... 30 Conclusion ...... 31 The Openly Erasing Stigmas: Law Students and Lawyers with Disabilities Bring Openness and Advocacy to the Forefront Haley Moss ...... 33 A Primer on Disability and Mental Health in Law Schools and Law Practice ... 33 The Lack of Disability Representation in Young Lawyers and Law Schools .... 36 Millennials Mobilizing to Erase Disability Stigmas ...... 42 The Future of Disability Representation in Law Schools and the Legal Profession ...... 49 Meet : The Bridge Between Renee Nicole Allen ...... 55 Who Are Xennials? ...... 55 Xennial Innovation ...... 61

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Xennial Retention and Support ...... 67 Conclusion ...... 70 There Is Peace in the Madness: From Isolation to Well-Being in Academia and Beyond DeShannon McDonald ...... 71 Introduction...... 71 The Legal Profession: The Loneliest of Them All ...... 75 Connecting the Challenges to the Culture ...... 77 Positive Psychology and Well-Being ...... 79 The Application of Well-Being in Legal Education ...... 82 Millennial Leadership: Promoting Change in Culture, Classes, and Practice .... 84 Well-Being Initiatives in the Legal Community ...... 88 Conclusion ...... 89

Section II: ON RELATIONSHIPS Imposter Syndrome: Lessons for Millennial Legal Academics and Law Schools Sara L. Ochs ...... 93 Introduction...... 93 The Detrimental Impact of Imposter Syndrome on Millennial Legal Academics ...... 96 Lessons for Millennial Law Professors ...... 101 Lessons for Law School Administrations ...... 103 Conclusion ...... 108 Teaching Workshops: Encouraging Dialogue Across Generations Laura N. Coordes ...... 109 The Beginning ...... 110 The Workshops ...... 116 Why This Works ...... 118 Conclusion ...... 120 Innovative Disruptors: Bringing the Counter-Narrative to the Forefront Jennah Jones & Elexus Harris ...... 121 What Are Innovative Disruptors? ...... 121 Impact of Student Affairs and Senior Administrators ...... 123 Author Backgrounds ...... 123 Law School Student Affairs ...... 124 History of Law School Curriculum ...... 125 Where Are We Now? ...... 128 Where Are We Going and How Are We Going to Get There? ...... 129 Our Institution ...... 131 Conclusion ...... 132 Table of Contents vii

Leaving the Ladder Down: How Millennials in the Legal Education Profession Face a Similar Climb to the Historic Entry of Women into the Workforce Jennifer Cerny ...... 133 Generation Status: It’s Complicated ...... 133 Unpacking Women’s Workplace Climb ...... 137 Millennials in the Mix ...... 140 Leaving the Ladder Down ...... 143 Rebooting, Reimagining, and Reinventing Gen-X Karen DeMeola ...... 149 Here’s the Story of a Pedantic, Workaholic Gen-Xer ...... 149 Mad Max ...... 150 The Thing about Wonder Woman ...... 154 These Are the Droids I’m Looking For ...... 161 Reframing Courtesy of Toto—We Aren’t in Kansas Anymore ...... 162

Section III: ON TEACHING From Disruption to Reconstruction: A Millennial Creating Modern Law School Pedagogy Brittany L. Raposa ...... 165 Deconstruction: A Millennial’s Perspective on Traditional Law School Pedagogy ...... 166 Reconstruction: A Millennial Changing Law School Pedagogy ...... 170 Conclusion ...... 175 Millennial Leadership Advanced Through Empathy Education Sandra Williamson-Ashe ...... 177 Introduction...... 177 Learning Millennials ...... 177 Empathy Development for Leaders ...... 179 The Moral Connection to Leadership ...... 181 The Culture of Legal Education ...... 183 Millennials Learn to Lead ...... 184 Conclusion ...... 185 The Importance of Feedback Michelle Zakarin ...... 187 Introduction...... 187 Today’s Law Students as Learners ...... 188 The Need for Assessments ...... 188 Effective Feedback ...... 190 Millennials and Feedback ...... 192 Are Law Schools Embracing and Supporting Faculty Engagement in New Assessment and Feedback Models? ...... 196 viii Millennial Leadership in Law Schools

Millennials Are Proving Experience Is the Best Teacher Kate Cochrane, Jenna Fegreus & Brian Flaherty ...... 199 Introduction...... 199 How We Teach 1L Students ...... 200 Advanced Legal Research Classes ...... 202 Legal Research Certification Program ...... 203 Other Teaching Opportunities ...... 203 Millennials as Legal Research Teachers ...... 204 Conclusion ...... 207

Section IV: ON PRACTICE The Myth of the Digital Native and Why Millennials Are the Best Tech Educators in Law Schools Ashley Krenelka Chase ...... 211 The Need for Technology Education ...... 212 Why Millennials? ...... 217 Conclusion and the Future...... 218 Millennials and Experiential Education: Lessons on Building a Meaningful Legal Career Catherine J. Cameron ...... 221 Print Disruption: Training Practice-Ready Graduates for a “Gig Economy” Ashley Matthews ...... 229 Introduction: An Anecdote ...... 229 Practicing in the Legal Gig Economy ...... 232 Legal Education’s ...... 233 Back to Basics: Fun Ways to Teach Print Legal Research ...... 235 Conclusion: A Call to Action ...... 237

Section V: ON CHANGE But We Tried That Before: Using Creative Problem-Solving to Create Braver More Innovative Law Schools Cas Laskowski & George Taoultsides ...... 241 Introduction...... 241 Millennials and Innovation ...... 241 Crafting an Innovative Workplace ...... 242 Why Craft an Innovative Workplace? ...... 249 Conclusion ...... 254 Arbitrary and Capricious? Publishing Legal Scholarship in the Twenty-First Century Skylar Reese Croy ...... 255 Introduction...... 255 Table of Contents ix

Changes ...... 257 Conclusion ...... 261 They Got Next: How Xennial (and Millennial) Law Professors Can Prepare to “Be the Change” We Want to See in the Legal Academy Tiffany D. Atkins ...... 267 Introduction...... 267 Generational Theory … Again?! ...... 269 Breaking Down Barriers and Creating Clear Paths to the Legal Academy ...... 274 Preparing Gen Z for the Legal Academy ...... 278 Final Thoughts ...... 281