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 First, I approach supervision in a hands-off way because law students are, like the lawyers they will become, professionals with considerable independence and responsibility. I expect you to propose a schedule and then to either meet it or update me if you change it. I also expect you to reach out when I can help -- by asking to talk or meet or by asking for feedback on part or all of your work. You can expect me to provide substantive feedback on your significant deliverables within two weeks -- provided that classes are in session and you are following the schedule that we agreed to.
-Second, an SLR often involves more than a single semester. Provided you make arrangements with me in advance, you might begin early or continue beyond the semester for which you receive credit. However, trying to complete your SLR in your final semester is fraught.
+Second, an SLR often involves more than a single semester. Provided you make arrangements with me in advance, you might begin early or continue beyond the semester for which you receive credit. However, trying to complete your SLR in your final semester is fraught. If you're interested in publishing with your law journal, you may also need to meet what is likely to be a stringent schedule.
 Third, I ask you to approach your legal research with a clear sense of your goals -- including as those goals change. Why are you doing this work? What do you want to get out of it? How do you want it to help you or others? For example, you might use an SLR to produce a writing sample, publish a note in your journal or an article in another journal, develop foundational knowledge, satisfy the writing requirement, improve your writing, plant your flag in the ground for a future area of interest, or connect with others in the field (which I especially recommend).

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 Seventh, I am far more interested in quality than quantity. In the professional world, you are far more likely to encounter word maximums than word minimums, and in the past I have rejected some papers for being too wordy. Sometimes these papers lacked sufficient substance, and sometimes their sufficient substance was smothered by an excess of language.
-Eighth, I expect that you will cite not only your sources but also your methods. If you use Lexis or Westlaw or Casetext or Google or Wikipedia or ChatGPT to find a source or to produce an idea, tell me. Similarly, if you do use generative AI tools, then you must cite them as you would any other putative authority, including by putting direct quotes in quotation marks and by citing both direct and indirect quotations. Furthermore, I expect you to independently substantiate claims made by a generative AI tool.
+Eighth, I expect that you will cite not only your sources but also your methods. If you use Lexis or Westlaw or Casetext or Google or Wikipedia or ChatGPT to find a source, produce an idea, or refine your writing, tell me. Similarly, if you do use generative AI tools, then you must cite them as you would any other putative authority, including by putting direct quotes in quotation marks and by citing both direct and indirect quotations. Furthermore, I expect you to independently substantiate claims made by a generative AI tool.
 Ninth, I evaluate your work with reference to your [https://newlypossible.org/courses/PeaceCorpsTheoryofChangeModel.pdf inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts.]
 Finally, talk with me! I'm often flexible. But communication is essential.

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 First, I approach supervision in a hands-off way because law students are, like the lawyers they will become, professionals with considerable independence and responsibility. I expect you to propose a schedule and then to either meet it or update me if you change it. I also expect you to reach out when I can help -- by asking to talk or meet or by asking for feedback on part or all of your work. You can expect me to provide substantive feedback on your significant deliverables within two weeks -- provided that classes are in session and you are following the schedule that we agreed to.
-Second, a successful SLR often requires more than a single semester. Provided you make arrangements with me in advance, you might begin early or continue beyond the semester for which you receive credit. However, trying to complete your SLR in your final semester is fraught.
+Second, an SLR often involves more than a single semester. Provided you make arrangements with me in advance, you might begin early or continue beyond the semester for which you receive credit. However, trying to complete your SLR in your final semester is fraught.
 Third, I ask you to approach your legal research with a clear sense of your goals -- including as those goals change. Why are you doing this work? What do you want to get out of it? How do you want it to help you or others? For example, you might use an SLR to produce a writing sample, publish a note in your journal or an article in another journal, develop foundational knowledge, satisfy the writing requirement, improve your writing, plant your flag in the ground for a future area of interest, or connect with others in the field (which I especially recommend).

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 So you're interested in doing legal research for course credit under my supervision? Great! Before we both commit, you should consider the philosophy and policies that I bring to Supervised Legal Research (SLR).
-First, I approach supervision in a hands-off way. I expect you to propose a schedule and then to either meet it or update me if you change it. I also expect you to reach out when I can help -- by asking to talk or meet or by asking for feedback on part or all of your work. You can expect me to provide substantive feedback on your significant deliverables within two weeks -- provided that classes are in session and you are following the schedule that we agreed to.
+First, I approach supervision in a hands-off way because law students are, like the lawyers they will become, professionals with considerable independence and responsibility. I expect you to propose a schedule and then to either meet it or update me if you change it. I also expect you to reach out when I can help -- by asking to talk or meet or by asking for feedback on part or all of your work. You can expect me to provide substantive feedback on your significant deliverables within two weeks -- provided that classes are in session and you are following the schedule that we agreed to.
 Second, a successful SLR often requires more than a single semester. Provided you make arrangements with me in advance, you might begin early or continue beyond the semester for which you receive credit. However, trying to complete your SLR in your final semester is fraught.

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 Eighth, I expect that you will cite not only your sources but also your methods. If you use Lexis or Westlaw or Casetext or Google or Wikipedia or ChatGPT to find a source or to produce an idea, tell me. Similarly, if you do use generative AI tools, then you must cite them as you would any other putative authority, including by putting direct quotes in quotation marks and by citing both direct and indirect quotations. Furthermore, I expect you to independently substantiate claims made by a generative AI tool.
-Ninth, I evaluate your work with reference to your [https://newlypossible.org/courses/PeaceCorpsTheoryofChangeModel.pdf inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts].
+Ninth, I evaluate your work with reference to your [https://newlypossible.org/courses/PeaceCorpsTheoryofChangeModel.pdf inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts.]
 Finally, talk with me! I'm often flexible. But communication is essential.

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	Eighth, I expect that you will cite not only your sources but also your methods. If you use Lexis or Westlaw or Casetext or Google or Wikipedia or ChatGPT to find a source or to produce an idea, tell me. Similarly, if you do use generative AI tools, then you must cite them as you would any other putative authority, including by putting direct quotes in quotation marks and by citing both direct and indirect quotations. Furthermore, I expect you to independently substantiate claims made by a generative AI tool.		Eighth, I expect that you will cite not only your sources but also your methods. If you use Lexis or Westlaw or Casetext or Google or Wikipedia or ChatGPT to find a source or to produce an idea, tell me. Similarly, if you do use generative AI tools, then you must cite them as you would any other putative authority, including by putting direct quotes in quotation marks and by citing both direct and indirect quotations. Furthermore, I expect you to independently substantiate claims made by a generative AI tool.

−	Ninth, talk with me! I'm often flexible. But communication is essential.	+	Ninth, I evaluate your work with reference to your [[https://newlypossible.org/courses/PeaceCorpsTheoryofChangeModel.pdf inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts]].
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		+	Finally, talk with me! I'm often flexible. But communication is essential.

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−	So you're interested in doing legal research for course credit under my supervision? Great! Before we both commit, you should consider the philosophy and policies that I bring to ~~our school's~~ Supervised Legal Research (SLR).	+	So you're interested in doing legal research for course credit under my supervision? Great! Before we both commit, you should consider the philosophy and policies that I bring to Supervised Legal Research (SLR).

	First, I approach supervision in a hands-off way. I expect you to propose a schedule and then to either meet it or update me if you change it. I also expect you to reach out when I can help -- by asking to talk or meet or by asking for feedback on part or all of your work. You can expect me to provide substantive feedback on your significant deliverables within two weeks -- provided that classes are in session and you are following the schedule that we agreed to.		First, I approach supervision in a hands-off way. I expect you to propose a schedule and then to either meet it or update me if you change it. I also expect you to reach out when I can help -- by asking to talk or meet or by asking for feedback on part or all of your work. You can expect me to provide substantive feedback on your significant deliverables within two weeks -- provided that classes are in session and you are following the schedule that we agreed to.