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Legal Writing Prof Blog

By law professors Coleen M. Barger, Sue Liemer and Nancy Soonpaa

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Introduction to Legal English -- A New Edition of the Book for Lawyers and Law Students Who Speak English as a Second Language

Posted on June 19, 2009
The International Law Institute of Washington D.C. has just published the third edition of Introduction to Legal English. This book was the first in the United States to focus specifically on the needs of lawyers and law students who speak...

To right a wrong, judge orders defendants to write a book

Posted on June 17, 2009
I know some of my students would consider that sentence tantamount to torture. The New York Times has a cheeky editorial today describing the habit of Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. ordering...

Assessment Conference in September at the University of Denver - Call for Proposals By July 1, 2009

Posted on June 16, 2009
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law will be hosting a conference on September 11-13, 2009 focused on Assessment in Legal Education. Proposals for possible presentation are being sought before July 1, 2009. As David Thomson notes, assessment is...

Predictions about the legal job market from the NALP

Posted on June 16, 2009
I'll give you a hint - it ain't pretty according to this conference call entitled Nationwide Phone Briefing to Discuss Job Prospects for Attorneys in a Difficult Economy sponsored by the National LGBT Bar Association which included, among others, the...

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More relevant sociological studies - this time "post-racial America" is a myth

Posted on June 16, 2009
I can't say this editorial from yesterday's NYT surprises me much given what I've already read about the pervasiveness of sub-conscious biases we all carry. It's nevertheless interesting, important and sobering news. Here's an excerpt: People who believe that blunt-force...

Advice to students on how to make their clients feel valued

Posted on June 16, 2009
We've reported previously (here) that law firms want students who are more business oriented and some law schools (here) are already responding by thinking of ways to bring business course into the curriculum. Help your students stay ahead of the...

Salaries are good if you're a SCOTUS clerk - for the rest of us, not so much

Posted on June 16, 2009
The online ABA Journal is reporting (via the National Law Journal) that the bad (um, how about horrifying?) legal economy is affecting even the best of the best - those clerking for the United States Supreme Court. Apparently last year,...

Why is intelligence like style?

Posted on June 16, 2009
You either got it or you don't, baby! At least according to this column in the Chronicle of Higher Ed by a professor of behavioral and applied sciences at Texas A&M. Here's an excerpt: [Howard Gardner - author of Frames...

Academic freedom is under attack at many law school clinics

Posted on June 16, 2009
So reports the Chronicle of Higher Ed in this piece. Here's an excerpt: Many faculty members at law-school clinics feel pressure from their bosses to steer clear of cases that might incur the displeasure of donors, lawmakers, or others who...

Maybe we should close the paper mills after all - yet another commentator weighs in on e-textbooks

Posted on June 16, 2009
I wish the commentators would make up their minds already . . . sheesh! We've reported on those who like Kindle and its ilk and those who don't, here and here. You can now add this professor at Southern Vermont...

What's the next frontier of legal research?

Posted on June 16, 2009
Read this entry from the Law Librarian blog and consider yourself enlightened. Hat tip to Joe Hodnicki. I am the scholarship dude. (jbl)

Visit the Legal Writing Store

Posted on June 16, 2009
Are you a Badass Woman or Man of Legal Writing? Does your Dean Support Legal Writing? Are you a Member of Pink Ink? Did your Students Survive Oral Argument? If you answered yes to any of these questions, be sure...

quotable

Posted on June 16, 2009
"Those who write clearly have readers. Those who write obscurely have commentators." - Albert Camus Obviously Camus didn't have to account for the SCOTUS nomination process. (spl)

Scholarship alert - "Information For Submitting Articles to law Reviews and Journals"

Posted on June 16, 2009
The wildly popular "how-to" guide for successfully placing scholarly publications written by UMKC School of Law Professors Nancy Levit and Alan Rostron has been recently updated and is available here (login maybe required) on SSRN. From the abstract: This document...

On the other hand, hiring within India is up

Posted on June 16, 2009
As reported below, while some domestic firms are reluctant to use offshore Indian lawyers until certain issues are resolved, the market for legal services within India itself is on the rise according to the ABA Journal. In fact, some US...

More offshoring news - firms say why they are reluctant to use Indian firms

Posted on June 16, 2009
Legal Blog Watch is reporting (via The Times of India) that many US and UK firms are reluctant to use offshore Indian firms because of: 1. Data security issues; and 2. quality of work concerns (ed. note - there's certainly...

Westlaw's Keycite makes a mistake - and it's a big one

Posted on June 15, 2009
Here's a very valuable reminder to students and practitioners alike - that Westlaw's keycite notions, like judgments about what Digest Topics to assign the cases- are made by people who, ultimately, are fallible. To wit - Westlaw's Keycite is erroneously...

Outsourcing

Posted on June 15, 2009
Laurel Oates, Mimi Samuel, and Anne Enquist have been sharing some interesting thoughts on some of the implications still to be realized from legal outsourcing. Their posts appear on the Seattle University School of Law website, Cases and Controversies...

Another Hein OnLine Legal Research Training Video

Posted on June 15, 2009
We've posted here before about the research videos available from Hein OnLine. Here's a new video on the exciting subject of pulling up a section of the Code of Federal Regulations. This video is only 44 seconds long, which is...

Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference in Portland - August 28-29, 2009

Posted on June 15, 2009
The Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference will take place in Portland, Oregon, on August 28 and August 29, 2009. Conference registration is now open Click here to register. Hotel information is available by clicking here. . Hat tip to Rebekah...

The Empire State Strikes Back - A Writing Conference in New York on May 14, 2010

Posted on June 15, 2009
Hofstra Law School in Hempstead, New York, will host the first Empire State Legal Writing Conference on May 14, 2010. The Conference will be a one-day event, timed in such a way that people in the greater NYC area can...

Lap Cat Scholar

Posted on June 15, 2009
William Myhill at Syracuse University writes a thoughtful blog called Lap Cat Scholar. He "discusses timely issues impacting the academic community," particularly those related to scholarship and publishing, including more nuanced views of plagiarism, technological advances, etc...

Like to Write?

Posted on June 15, 2009
Here's a call for papers from Pace International Law Review, which will hold a symposium on comparative constitutional law and national security around the globe. Click here to read more. (mew)

The John Marshall Law School of Chicago holds a Forum to Discuss Change in Legal Education

Posted on June 15, 2009
The John Marshall Law School of Chicago will host a forum for discussion on the prospect of change in our system of legal education in response to the Carnegie Report. Scholars, deans, and professors in doctrinal and skills-based disciplines will...

Does the web make students better writers? Several longitudinal studies try to find out

Posted on June 15, 2009
This is big - we'll finally have some empirical data to help us determine whether Web 2.0 is helping or hurting the writing abilities of students, according to this very interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. Of course,...

Last Call! Monday is the Deadline for Submitting Proposals for the LWI Conference

Posted on June 14, 2009
You can't put it off any longer! Click here to submit a proposal for possible presentation at the 2010 Legal Writing Institute Conference, to be held June 27-30, 2010 at Marco Island, Florida. The website accepting proposals will be shut...

Have you been the victim of "academic mobbing?"

Posted on June 13, 2009
Here's the definition of "academic mobbing" from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: it's a "form of bullying in which members of a department gang up to isolate or humiliate a colleague" which can result in destroying that person's career. Sound...

Time Magazine says Facebook is "gold mine" of impeachment fodder for litigators

Posted on June 13, 2009
This is as credible a source as any when reminding students about the professional (and personal) perils of social networking sites - they've become a "gold mine" of potentially damaging information for litigators. You can read the full story here...

Starting tonight - land-grab for usernames on Facebook - get yours before someone else does

Posted on June 13, 2009
If you want to hold onto your Facebook username, you better act quick because at midnight tonight (EST), Facebook is going to start allowing its 200 million users to register usernames and if someone else takes yours first, it might...

More of the good stuff - Scholarship alert part III: "A proposed definition of the term "lawyering".

Posted on June 13, 2009
By Josiah M.Daniel, III, a partner at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Dallas, and can be found at 101 Law Lib. J. 207 (2009). From the abstract: 'Lawyering' is the work of a specially skilled, knowledgeable, or experienced person who, serving...

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