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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

job opening at Nova Southeastern

Posted on September 25, 2008
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, has one opening for a position in its First-Year Lawyering Skills and Values Program ("LSV"), beginning in July 2009. Appointment is at the rank of Assistant Professor of Law...

do you have news to share?

Posted on September 25, 2008
Share your news with others! The AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research is soliciting news items for the fall newsletter. News items may include upcoming conferences as well as recent promotions, publications, awards, etc. If you have news,...

Wednesday is National Punctuation Day

Posted on September 24, 2008
Let's celebrate punctuation! The originator of National Punctuation Day, Jeff Rubin, has a very cool website; it allows you to click on a punctuation mark to learn more about it. It also has suggestions for celebrating the day, as well...

Video of the SBA Clothing Sale

Posted on September 24, 2008
What can I say? Here is a video of what I think is the University of Utah Student Bar Association Clothing Sale. Enjoy. (mew)

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Valpo legal writing featured

Posted on September 23, 2008
In celebration of the 100,000th visitor to the Legal Writing Prof Blog not long ago, we promised to feature the visitor's legal writing program in this space. Ruth Vance of Valparaiso University School of Law was the lucky winner, and...

A Question from a Blog Reader

Posted on September 22, 2008
Well, who would have thought that a simple grammar/style question would break a record in the number of comments posted on this blog? We received 12 responses to a reader's question posted a few days ago here. (mew)

new blog on advocacy

Posted on September 22, 2008
Our director of advocacy programs at Texas Tech, Rob Sherwin, has just launched a new blog; here's how he describes it: Hi everyone, For anyone who?s interested, I?ve just launched a blog relating to law school moot court, mock trial,...

logos, pathos, and ethos in New Jersey

Posted on September 22, 2008
Rutgers University School of Law and the University of Wyoming College of Law hosted A Dialogue about Persuasion in Legal Writing & Lawyering on Friday, September 19, 2008, at the new law school building in Camden, NJ. Inspired by the...

New published works on contract drafting and effective demand letters

Posted on September 22, 2008
The second edition of Kenneth Adams' "A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting" has just been published by the ABA Section on Business Law. It's widely considered the definitive book on the subject. Ken also maintains a blog devoted to...

Social Networking

Posted on September 21, 2008
Here's another of those helpful videos that explain (in plain language) what "social networking" is. You might already know all about social networking, but click here to be sure. (mew)

A Question from a Blog Reader

Posted on September 20, 2008
We received this "grammar cop" question from a reader of our blog. Click here to send your answers directly to her, or post them here as comments. Here's the question: I found your website researching the internet on grammar in...

source reliability

Posted on September 20, 2008
Just how reliable are your sources? Here's a cautionary tale about Wikipedia -- no, seriously, cautionary abouth things many won't otherwise realize, particularly students. hat tip: Prof. RJ Robertson, Southern Illinois University (spl)

interested in workshop prior to AALS on January 6?

Posted on September 20, 2008
Cal Western is launching a new second year program that combines Professional Responsibility, Skills Training, Research and Writing, Prevention and Problem Solving, and Career Satisfaction. The program has been developed through a joint effort of the clinical faculty, the legal...

job opening in North Carolina

Posted on September 19, 2008
Professor Catherine J. Wasson has forwarded this announcement: Elon University School of Law seeks one or more professors with a commitment to legal writing teaching who will help shape a rigorous, innovative writing curriculum that is consistent with the law...

it's hiring season

Posted on September 18, 2008
With the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference looming on the horizon, schools across the country have begun to advertise open positions for 2009-2010 (and beyond). There's a great variety of legal writing jobs available: writing specialist, visiting professor, contract-track, tenure-track, director--and...

States claim copyright protection in response to free online publication of statutes.

Posted on September 18, 2008
In a move which potentially impedes the growth of free online legal research tools, Oregon, among other states, has asserted copyright protection over the publication of its statutes and other public information. The ABA blog reported this week that websites...

Claims Arising Under Federal Law

Posted on September 18, 2008
The Statutory Construction Blog advises us that the Supreme Court in Grable expanded the interpretation of "arising under" in terms of the "substantial federal question" doctrine under 28 U.S.C. 1331: a claim, created by state law, can nonetheless "arise under"...

Jureeka!

Posted on September 17, 2008
From the AALL listserve: "Jureeka is a Firefox add-on that looks for legal citations in ordinary webpages and turns them into hyperlinks that lead to a free version of the cited source (mostly U.S. law). "Jureeka weaves together dispersed sources,...

"Teaching through Technology" conference slated for December 1

Posted on September 17, 2008
The 2008 regional conference of the New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers (NECLWT) will take place on Monday, December 1, 2008, at Suffolk Law School, located at 120 Tremont Street in the heart of downtown Boston. The focus of...

new blog spotlights legal writing competitions

Posted on September 17, 2008
University of Arkansas Professor Kathy Sampson has started a new blog that features legal writing competitions from around the country. Titled (not surprisingly) "Legal Writing Competitions," the blog provides details on the sponsors, topics, deadlines--and prizes...

quotable

Posted on September 17, 2008
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. ~ James Michener (cmb)

visitor job opening at Stetson

Posted on September 17, 2008
Stetson University College of Law seeks applicants for up to three Visiting Assistant Professors of Legal Skills to teach in its Legal Research and Writing program--at least one visitor for Fall 2009 and at least one visitor for the 2009-2010...

writing specialist job opening at Drexel

Posted on September 17, 2008
Drexel University Earl Macke School of Law seeks applicants for the part-time, non-tenure-track position of Writing Specialist. The Writing Specialist will provide writing advice and assistance to all law students, with particular attention to first-year students in the Legal Methods...

visitor job opening at Valparaiso

Posted on September 17, 2008
The Valparaiso University School of Law seeks a visitor to teach in the first-year legal writing program for the 2009-10 academic year. This position is therefore a limited appointment for one year only. The first-year program is a required, two-semester...

Does doctrinal coursework in law school undermine the efforts of legal writing professors?

Posted on September 15, 2008
In a recent article in the Journal of Legal Education, Professor Jamison Wilcox of Quinnipiac University School of Law suggests that even if students learn to write well during their first year of law school, all the work of their...

Get the jump on finding a hotel room for the January AALS meeting in San Diego.

Posted on September 15, 2008
In an exclusive for readers of this blog, AALS has quietly opened hotel registration for the annual meeting this January in San Diego. The annual meeting is already surrounded in controversy as several organizations, lead by the Legal Writing Institute,...

Are You Going to Hire a Faculty Research Assistant This Year?

Posted on September 15, 2008
If you have a research assistant, you might want to have them download this article on "Should You Be A Faculty Research Assistant?" (Don't just give them a copy of the article -- give them the link instead to teach...

Is the law school casebook dead?

Posted on September 15, 2008
If they're not dead yet, it may soon be time to pull the plug according to this article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Later this month, professors from several law schools will gather at Seattle University School of Law together with...

director's job opening at New England School of Law

Posted on September 15, 2008
New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, is seeking a new director of its legal research and writing program. This is a tenure-track position; the initial appointment is expected to be made at the assistant or associate professor rank,...

job opening at Albany

Posted on September 15, 2008
Albany Law School invites applications for a contract position on its Lawyering Skills faculty. Professors in the Lawyering Program teach a first-year course integrating legal research, writing, analysis, and lawyering skills, including interviewing, client counseling, fact investigating, drafting, negotiating, and...

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