Back to law school 2022: Neurodiversity in legal education | Rachel Lewis and Rebekah Smith

By Rachel Lewis and Rebekah Smith ( September 8, 2022, 10:56 AM EDT) -- Legal education is inaccessible for students who are neurodivergent. There are no blanket solutions to teaching neurodivergent law students, but one general principle to keep in mind is “if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.” The biggest part of being a teacher is meeting your students where they are, explaining concepts in terms they can understand and figuring out what they need to learn....