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Legal Writing

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

Potential for serious weather heading into the gulf next week

Posted on June 25, 2010
Could anything be worse than the BP offshore drilling debacle that's turned into the worst natural disaster in U.S. history and will undoubtedly affect the economies of the gulf states for years to come? How about adding a few dozen...

Legal Writing History Video Premier Next Tuesday!

Posted on June 24, 2010
Karin Mika and Ralph Brill have been filming many of the leaders in the legal writing community to create a video history archive. This has been a very welcome initiative on their part to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of...

ALWD Meeting at Marco Island

Posted on June 24, 2010
The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) will host a short membership meeting during the LWI Conference on Sunday, June 27, 2010, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern time) in the Marriott Capri Ballroom, Salon 6. The meeting is...

Karin Mika Has Your Picture

Posted on June 24, 2010
For the Legal Writing History video that will premier next Tuesday at the LWI Conference n Marco Island, Professor Karin Mika says that she collected "many, many pictures, past and present, from many sources and people." Knowing Karin, that is...

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Commercial anti-plagiarism software may now be used for application essays

Posted on June 23, 2010
Inside Higher Ed is reporting on a controversial new use of Turnitin.com's anti-plagiarism software; admission officers who use it to catch applicants who plagiarize their college admission essays. As you may know, Turnitin is a service that allows teachers to...

storytelling on the law job hunt

Posted on June 22, 2010
Legal writing professors have produced scholarship, academic conferences, and even a few blog posts on the importance of strong story telling skills for lawyers. Now over at the ABA's Book Briefs blog, Richard Hermann has applied much of the same...

Another Court Comes Out Against the Use of "And/Or" in Drafting

Posted on June 22, 2010
We've been blogging about "and/or" for a long time. Here, for example, is a post from 2007. Well another court has added its voice to the chorus of those who find "and/or" to be abhorrent. On page 8 of the...

Got an idea for an AALS professional development workshop?

Posted on June 21, 2010
The AALS Committee on Professional Development has extended the deadline to July 16, 2010 to submit a proposal for a day-long professional development program for the January 2012 Annual Meeting or a two-day program for the June 2012 Mid-Year Meeting...

Revised Third Edition of Sloan and Schwinn's "Basic Legal Research Workbook"

Posted on June 21, 2010
If you use the Basic Legal Research Workbook by Amy Sloan (University of Baltimore School of Law) and Steve Schwinn (The John Marshall Law School-Chicago), you should know that there is a revised third edition that has just become available....

Poster Presentation Proposals for the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco

Posted on June 21, 2010
When you (and more than 600 others) are attending the LWI Conference at Marco Island, you may get some inspiration for a poster to present at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The Association of American Law Schools Section...

In-house legal department tries "apprenticeship program" for new law grads

Posted on June 21, 2010
Although the National Law Journal reported last week that commentators are more enamored with the "apprenticeship model" of law firm hiring then the firms themselves, Hewlett Packard announced it will also give the program a try as an alternative to....

Marco Island Roundtable for Faculty of Color

Posted on June 20, 2010
Proessor Bill Chin of Lewis & Clark sent out a message to the Legal Writing Listserve about the Faculty of Color Roundtable in Indianapolis. He hopes that people can attend the session at Marco Island on Surviving and Thriving: The...

Wojcik Honored for Service to Bar Associations

Posted on June 20, 2010
Our stalwart blog co-editor, Professor Mark Wojcik, recently was honored by The John Marshall Law School for his service to various professional associations, including the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Association of American Law Schools...

ALWD Announces First Four Visiting Scholars in Rhetoric and Writing

Posted on June 20, 2010
Professor Mary Beth Beazley (Michael E. Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University) announced on behalf of the Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors that it had selected several Visiting Scholars in Rhetoric and Writing. Under...

Burton Awards 2010

Posted on June 19, 2010
The most glamorous night in the world of legal writing is undoubtedly the Burton Legal Writing Awards held each year at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Here is a picture from the award ceremony held on June 14,...

Friday Fun: Librarians Do Lady Gaga

Posted on June 18, 2010
Here's a Friday Fun Video . . . students and faculty from the University of Washington Information School make a video that makes you just want to go use the library catalog (and don't forget the databases!) Hat tips to...

The Law Street Journal

Posted on June 18, 2010
Several law students created what promises to be a very entertaining and informative blog for law students and pre-law students. Click here to visit the Law Street Journal. They welcome contributions from law professors as well -- see the blog...

Congratulations to Kim Chanbonpin

Posted on June 17, 2010
Professor Kim Chanbonpin of The John Marshall Law School accepted an offer to publish her article ?We Don?t Want Dollars, Just Change?: Narrative Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Inclusive Model for Social Healing, and the Truth About Torture Commission, with the Northwestern...

New JALWD Editorial Board Announced

Posted on June 16, 2010
Ever wonder what an LWI President does when her term is up? She becomes an editor of the Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. The new co-editors of JALWD will be Joan Magat of Duke and Ruth Anne...

AALS Section sponsoring poster presentations

Posted on June 15, 2010
AALS has sent out the invitation for proposals for poster presentations for the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. The AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research sponsors posters every year to be displayed at the AALS...

Hecht Writing Award Goes to Dr. Jeremy Francis

Posted on June 15, 2010
The LWI Awards Committee announced that Jeremy Francis of Michigan State University College of Law was selected as the winner of the second Deborah Hecht Memorial Writing Contest Award. Dr. Francis wins this award for his article Finding Your Voice...

Professor Leah Christensen's article on relationship between LRW grade and GPA gets some play.

Posted on June 15, 2010
Although it was two years ago that we blogged about Professor Christensen (of Thomas Jefferson School of Law) article entitled "Lawyering Skills Grades as the Strongest Predictor of Law School Success (Or In Other Words, It's Time For Legal Education...

LWI Conference Information

Posted on June 14, 2010
The 14th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute opens in two weeks. It runs from June 27 to June 30, 2010 at the Marriott Resort in Marco Island, Florida. More than 600 persons have registered for the conference, which...

Scholarship alert: "Redirecting the scope of first-year writing courses: toward a new paradigm of teaching legal writing"

Posted on June 14, 2010
This one is by Professor Soma R. Kedia of the John Marshall School of Law (Atlanta) and can be found at 87 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 147 (2010). From the introduction: "Read over this file and start drafting a...

a legal writing wardrobe

Posted on June 14, 2010
While touring MIT today with offspring, I realized I was wearing my official souvenir polo shirt from the last Legal Writing Institute bi-ennial conference, held in Indianapolis in 2008. On a college campus that is decidedly oriented towards numbers, not...

New Design for the U.S. Courts Website

Posted on June 14, 2010
The website for the U.S. court system has been redesigned. Click here for a virtual tour and lots more information. Hat tip to Mary Ann Robinson at Widener University School of Law (spl)

Are You Ready to Celebrate the History of Legal Writing?

Posted on June 13, 2010
The Marco Island LWI Conference represents the conclusion of the celebration of the silver anniversary of the Legal Writing Institute. Over the past 25 years, the LWI has seen tremendous changes both in terms of the organization itself as well...

LWI Diversity Initiatives Committee will meet . . . on the Beach!

Posted on June 13, 2010
The Legal Writing Institute has formed a Diversity Initiatives Committee. The Committee is charged with identifying ways to promote diversity and inclusion in the LWI community. The Committee will meet at Marco Island on Monday, June 28, 2010, from 7:30...

ICW is Updated for New Editions of Bluebook, ALWD

Posted on June 12, 2010
Professor Tracy McGaugh of Touro Law Center has let us know that this year's edition of the Interactive Citation Workbook (ICW) has been updated for both the 19th edition of the Bluebook and the 4th edition of the ALWD Manual....

Poster Presentation Proposals for the AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco

Posted on June 12, 2010
Here's a reminder abou the Association of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research, which sponsors posters every year to be displayed at the AALS annual conference in January. These posters provide a great opportunity for authors...

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