1. Fall 1997- Constitutional
Law - December 1997
includes cases,
and websites for students (eg. historic
Supreme Court Cases)
2. Summer 1998 - Business
Law 1 - Contracts - June 1998
includes quizzes,
and lecture
notes, first use of hypernews
discussions, course
descriptions added.
3.Fall 1998 - Law
17 - Legal Writing -
use of listbot mailing system to students, first
use of posting grades on the internet, simple syllabus
used, integrated
use of cases/codes and students posting their work
4. Spring 1999 - Law
10 - Intro to Law -
first use of webpage to do a joint class project (mock
trial - People v. Tommy Bruno), also student makes powerpoint
(tour
of our paralegal program)
5. Fall 1999 - develop
entire grid for all of classes - so students can access all
of classes with one page.
6. Fall 1999 -
Bus. Law 2 - Partnerships and Corporations - - first breakdown
into lecture notes, assignments, discussions and assignments.
introduction of chat (javairc
- chat). also web resources (eg. study
skills, and jobs)
7. Spring 2000 - Law
16 - - yahoo and hotmail
placed on the page to help students get to their email accounts.
the
one minute paper, Findlaw
legal research engine added to help students find cases and
codes, materials
for the class added for first time.
8. Summer 2000 - Bus.
Law 1 - Contracts - new white page for class used - easier
to use. on left side important links - updates
added to page to include "newer webpages and information"
for students.
9. Fall
2000 - all classes put in "colored schedule"
Law 19 -
Property Law Instructions
added to class, course
description added, schedule
first added to help students work from week to week in the
class.
10. Spring
2001 - Americanlegalnet.com
(California Law) and Loislawschool.com
(federal and all 50 states) offered to students as legal research
tools. "can't
find it - index" added to help students locate websites.
lamission.org/law website
developed to help students find the webpage easily.
11. Summer 2001 - "How
to Evaluate a Paralegal Program" added for inquiring
minds (paralegal that is) - also help students to
now apply online for their classes. Inquiry
link added to give information to "prospective paralegal
students (gives information on history
of program, also about
Prof. J., and his
curriculum vitae.
12. Fall 2001
- post
jobs for paralegals, help
in writing resumes., and develop
online resumes for students. - also lawlinks
used for updating paralegals with new legal websites.
13.Winter
2002 - quiz
answer templates provided to students, introduce
yourself to class added, and "How
to Study Law" added, and "How
do I learn best" - learning styles inventory added.
14. Spring 2002 - "What
do paralegals do" added, profj.com
website added to make it easier to get to webpage, "read
this if you are an online student", students do online
orientation (from Foothill College) online paralegal certificate
added to program - now
students can get certificate entirely "online" start
to number both the grades
and the schedule
so students can locate both easier.
15. Summer 2002 - Completely online
paralegal certificate inaugurated - and Etudes Learming Management
System adopted by online and on campus program.
16. Summer 2005 - Paralegal Program will phase
over to Etudes - NG, and participate in the "Sakai
Project".
David Jordan, Esq.
3/26/04