Professor Rick Peltz-Steele has authored a chapter in a new book, The Media Method: Teaching Law with Popular Culture. Professor Peltz-Steele鈥檚 chapter talks specifically about using popular culture as a teaching aid in the 1L Torts class.
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Professor Rick Peltz-Steele has authored a chapter in a new book, The Media Method: Teaching Law with Popular Culture.
Just out (CAP), The Media Method talks about the integration of non-legal materials, especially audiovisual elements, into the law school classroom. Edited by Louisiana State University Law Professor , an expert in popular culture and the law, the book comprises contributions from law professors in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Professor Peltz-Steele鈥檚 chapter talks specifically about using popular culture as a teaching aid in the 1L Torts class.
鈥淪tudents today view the world relative to its representations in digital media,鈥� Peltz-Steele wrote in the book. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 students benefit from the examination and analysis of challenging subject matter in the real world relative to its digital imaginings.鈥�
Law teachers ordering the book from CAP in 2019 can receive 25% off with a discount code available on Peltz-Steele鈥檚 blog, . Peltz-Steele is co-author, with Northwestern University Law Professor Marshall Shapo, of the casebook in 1L Torts, Tort and Injury Law, also published by CAP.