Teaching Law by Design: Engaging Students from the Syllabus to the Final Exam

Third Edition

by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Sophie M. Sparrow, Olympia Duhart, Gerald F. Hess

Carolina Academic Press, 2026

Here is the Press’s pitch:

“Professors Michael Hunter Schwartz, Sophie Sparrow, Olympia Duhart, and Gerry Hess, experts and leaders in legal education, have collaborated to offer a third edition of their book Teaching Law by Design. Applying the research on teaching and learning, this book guides new and experienced law teachers through the process of designing and teaching a course. Among other things, the book addresses planning courses, designing syllabi, planning individual classes, engaging and motivating students, using a variety of teaching techniques, assessing student learning, and life-long learning as a teacher.

All prior chapters are significantly revised; new chapters focus on inclusive teaching, teaching online, and the authors’ favorite `teaching gems.’ The book weaves short examples of the authors’ recommendations throughout, and online appendices contain additional and longer examples.”

Congrats to TaxProf blogger Michael Hunter Schwartz as well as his co-authors, Sophie M. Sparrow, Olympia Duhart, and Gerald F. Hess.