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Legal Writing Prof Blog

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

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 15:42:31

Who Should Teach LRW?

Posted on October 16, 2008
Professor Hillel Levin has put a post up on the PrawfsBlog on the subject of "Who should teach LRW?" He goes through pros and cons of various models of legal writing programs (or as best as one could in a...

Chief Justice Roberts. Dissents. Mixed Reviews.

Posted on October 16, 2008
John Roberts, Chief Justice, was working the late shift. Reviewing petitions for certiorari. The Court? As high as it gets. No further chance for review. The stakes? For the killers, it could be life or death. For drug pushers, it...

job opening at Maryland

Posted on October 15, 2008
The University of Maryland School of Law solicits applicants for a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position as Director for Academic Achievement to begin in Summer 2009. Responsibilities include coordinating an academic skills program for all first-year students that begins during orientation...

books we can't live without

Posted on October 15, 2008
Joseph Bazan (Minnesota School of Business) recently polled legal writing teachers to discover the books we most rely upon and recommend to others. He has graciously granted us permission to share the results with you. Here are the top ten...

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Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy is currently soliciting articles for the 2009 volume.

Posted on October 14, 2008
Your favorite scholarship dude (none other than "moi"), just received in his mailbox (the kind made out of wood, not electrons) a general solicitation for articles for Volume 14 of the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, to be...

wiki for law journal authors

Posted on October 14, 2008
There's a wiki where law professors who are authors can share their Copyright Experiences. It was started as a place for law professors to post about their experiences negotiating copyright with law journals. The journals are able to post their...

job opening at Berkeley

Posted on October 14, 2008
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law seeks to fill the new full-time position of Director of Professional Skills starting July 1, 2009. The position is an academic appointment requiring teaching, administrative and leadership abilities...

first colorful (or is it "noir"?) dissent of the new term

Posted on October 14, 2008
From the denial of certiorari, Chief Justice Roberts's dissent begins: North Philly, May 4, 2001. Officer Sean Devlin, Narcotics Strike Force, was working the morning shift. Undercover surveillance. The neighborhood? Tough as a three-dollar steak. Devlin knew...

gendered language?

Posted on October 12, 2008
Welcome, Professor Judy Fischer (University of Louisville) to the blogosphere! Among her new blog entries on how language relates to women's issues, Judy offers an interesting look at the gendered language used in the Biden-Palin debate. (spl)

$154,000 worth of typos

Posted on October 12, 2008
The ABA Journal is reporting that: Irate Judge Blasts Typos and Errors in Filing, Slashes Fees by $154K. Some of you may recall the name of the attorney thus sanctioned, as this is not the first time a court has...

New Article on Helping Students at Risk

Posted on October 12, 2008
Sonia Bychkov Green, Maureen Straub Kordesh, and Julie Spanbauer, all of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, have written a paper called "Sailing Against the Wind: How a Pre-Admission Program Can Prepare At-Risk Students for Success in the Journey...

SEALS - Call for Papers to be Presented at Annual Meeting

Posted on October 12, 2008
The Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) invites the submission of papers in response to its annual Call for Papers. Those who submit the best papers will be asked to present them at the next annual meeting of SEALS, which...

Legal Research, Legal Writing, and Moot Court: Pink Ink and Beyond

Posted on October 12, 2008
Some of the most interesting cases for legal writing assignments and moot court competitions involve issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. Many professors may be reluctant to use these issues in appellate brief or legal memorandum assignments...

Diagramming Sarah Palin's Sentences

Posted on October 11, 2008
Here's a link to an interesting article on diagramming sentences. It's called "Can Palin's sentences stand up to a grammarian?" by Kitty Burns Florey. Hat tip to Debbie Borman at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. (mew)

Global Legal Skills Conference IV - Georgetown University Law Center

Posted on October 11, 2008
Building on the successes of the previous Global Legal Skills Conferences held at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey in Mexico, Georgetown University Law Center is inviting submissions for Global Legal...

"The Laptop Free Zone" - new scholarship from Professor Jana McCreary

Posted on October 10, 2008
Former legal writing professor Jana McCreary, now of Florida Coastal School, recently had an article accepted for publication in Volume 43 of the Valparaiso Law Review entitled "The Laptop Free Zone." The article summarizes the results of a 2L student...

Blackwell Award winner announced

Posted on October 10, 2008
Here's a message from the chair of the Blackwell Awards Committee, Ruth Vance. Please join me and the Blackwell Awards Committee in congratulating Linda H. Edwards as the winner of the 2008-2009 Blackwell Award. Linda has been and continues to...

positions available at University of Buffalo

Posted on October 10, 2008
The University at Buffalo Law School invites applications for the newly-created position of Lecturer in Law for its enhanced program in Legal Research and Writing. Please go to the full listing Download ub_law_school.wpd for more information. (njs)

postscript to typos case

Posted on October 09, 2008
The judge in the typos case discussed earlier on this blog closed his opinion with the words, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, each lawyer knew he and she could not nail any old slap-dash parchment...

SEALS - New Website and Blog

Posted on October 09, 2008
The Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS) has a new website and blog. Click here. I attended my first SEALS conference earlier this year, and participated in a panel on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights....

Global Legal Skills Conference IV - Georgetown University Law Center

Posted on October 09, 2008
Click here for a reminder about the call for papers for the fourth Global Legal Skills Conference, which will be held at Georgetown University Law Center. (mew)

Typos in federal civil rights petition cost attorney $154k

Posted on October 08, 2008
A Philadelphia federal district court judge docked an attorney approximately $154,000.00 in requested legal fees in connection with a civil rights case for typos and other errors in a court filing. The judge called the attorney's work a "slip-shod submission...

Golden Pen Award will go to the National Association of Attorneys General

Posted on October 08, 2008
The Legal Writing Institute has announced that the winner of the 2009 Golden Pen Award will be the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). The association was founded 101 years ago to assist Atttorneys General in delivering high quality legal...

A New Research Tool for Finding International Law in U.S. Courts

Posted on October 08, 2008
i.lex: The Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts, is an online database of select U.S. court cases and materials produced by the American Society of International Law (ASIL). It is meant to help reasearchers understand how U.S....

LWI - The Second Draft Now Available Online

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Legal Writing Institute has posted the latest edition of The Second Draft on its website. Click here to read it. That page also has links to back issues of the Second Draft. (mew)

Welcome, Con Law Prof Blog

Posted on October 07, 2008
The Constitutional Law Prof Blog launched yesterday (on the first Monday in October). Congratulations, and welcome! (mew)

first weird question of the new term

Posted on October 06, 2008
Today is the first Monday in October, and that means the Supreme Court is busy hearing arguments again. In the first argument of the day (Altria Group v. Good, 07-562, transcript here), Justice Breyer asked Theodore Olson whether a cigarette...

job opening for director at Memphis

Posted on October 06, 2008
The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position directing the law school?s Legal Methods program. Legal Methods (LM) is a required four-hour, first-year legal analysis, writing, and research course...

appellate procedure in the Eleventh Circuit

Posted on October 06, 2008
Robert G. Boliek, Jr., takes a close look at procedural matters in recent cases decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, delving into preservation and presentation of error in the context of final/collateral orders and interlocutory...

plagiarism and legal scholarship

Posted on October 06, 2008
As a faculty editor of The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, I am sometimes asked whether it's acceptable to cite--or even reuse--one's own scholarship in a new piece of writing. I've okayed citation, but have never been comfortable advising...

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