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: the (new) legal writerWhy Johnny can?t write
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Many have opined that the writing skills of law-school graduates are deteriorating. Why is that? Here are three theoretical answers:
- No one learns how to do old-school legal research anymore?the kind of research that begins in treatises, legal encyclopedias, and digests. Carolyn Elefant. (Hat tip to Evan Schaeffer and Dan Hull.)
- Law schools give short shrift to legal writing. Scott Greenfield.
- Johnny never could write. Tracy McGaugh.
Full post as published by the (new) legal writer on November 02, 2008 (boomark / email).
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