Vanderbilt Law School’s Larry Bridgesmith Becomes First Legal Educator to Use EmpowerLegal’s Video Training Platform to Successfully Educate and Engage Students
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Many law schools are becoming more innovative in preparing students for legal careers, leveraging the power of online technology tools to complement traditional classroom learning. Larry Bridgesmith, a professor at Vanderbilt Law School and coordinator of its Program on Law & Innovation (PoLI), is dedicated to finding effective tools to educate his students on both the theory and actual experience of law practice.
Bridgesmith recently discovered EmpowerLegal, an online training provider founded by the company’s President and CEO Alan S. Fanger, an award-winning litigation attorney with 30+ years of experience. EmpowerLegal video tutorials provide realistic, professionally-portrayed depictions of depositions, mediations and trials. The videos demystify intimidating litigation events and highlight and remedy clients’ common mistakes while testifying.
According to Bridgesmith, “As a veteran lawyer teaching experiential law school courses, I am always on the lookout for teaching tools that make learning relevant and engaging. Video has long been a teaching tool to which students of all ages relate as a powerful visual stimulator for cognitive connections. The mediation course I teach at Vanderbilt Law School is a perfect example of how bright law students must experience the circumstances in which mediators find themselves to learn those skills. EmpowerLegal educational web based video instruction is that teaching tool which illustrates and connects with my students. The cognitive engagement that occurs positively impacts their mediation skill development.”
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