A More Inclusive Classroom: Considerations for the Legal Research Professor Teaching Neurodivergent Students

Abstract

This program will provide insights into the strengths neurodivergent students bring into the legal research classroom and the challenges they may face there, as opposed to the doctrinal classroom. This program will also provide possible solutions and best practices that legal research professors can implement in their classrooms to create a welcoming and accommodating learning environment for different types of thinkers, which will not only benefit neurodivergent students but also neurotypical students. Participants will be given time during this program to adjust an in-class assignment and an out-of-class assignment to be better suited for their neurodivergent students