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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

U.S. Department of Education Seeks Public Comments on Forms

Posted on May 25, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education announced a request for public comment on an emergency approval of forms relating to the Civil Legal Assistance Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program. Under this program, civil legal assistance attorneys who meet certain qualifications can...

two more legal writing teaching openings

Posted on May 25, 2010
Western State University College of Law has just given the green light for applications for two full-time legal writing faculty positions for the 2010-2011 academic year. The new legal writing faculty members will each teach two sections (about 40 students...

Last Week for Early Bird Registration for the LWI Conference!

Posted on May 24, 2010
The deadline for early bird registration for the Legal Writing Institute Conference is June 1, 2010. Early registration (full conference access): $495 (paid on or before June 1, 2010) Late registration (full conference access): $540 (after June 1, 2010) Click...

Who me? A law professor?

Posted on May 24, 2010
Law schools would like to diversify their faculties. (In 2007-8, e.g., 45% of law professors were from just 10 schools.) To help become more inclusive, Southern Illinois University School of Law is presenting a workshop, focusing on the law school...

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what should legal writing scholarship be about?

Posted on May 24, 2010
Jack Lee Sammons at Mercer University has written a noteworthy article on "Legal Writing Scholarship, Making Strange, and the Aesthetics of Legal Rhetoric". As he states: "Some of the central issues addressed in the Mercer Law School Symposium on Legal...

Congratulations to (Dean!) Robin Boyle Laisure

Posted on May 23, 2010
Robin Boyle Laisure (St. John's University School of Law) has been teaching legal research and writing full time for 15 years. In 2005, she received her university's award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement. In the last four years, Robin also started...

Meanwhile, not far from Marco Island . . .

Posted on May 21, 2010
How much distance DO you need to give an alligator? If you are planning some extra days after the Legal Writing Institute Conference, consider renting a bike and looking for alligators. Yes, there's one in the small photo on the...

ASP job opening

Posted on May 20, 2010
This announcement is not for a legal writing job, but perhaps some of our readers will know good candidates and encourage them to apply: Pepperdine University School of Law is currently accepting applications for the position of Director of the...

Empire State legal writing conference, post 1

Posted on May 19, 2010
The Empire State Legal Writing Conference began on Friday, May 14, with a welcome from Hofstra Dean Nora Demleitner (pictured) and Professor Amy Stein. The first session that I attended began with a presentation by Ed ("Grumpy Ed") Tefleyan of...

Reminder About How to Get the AALS Section Newsletter

Posted on May 19, 2010
Did you download a copy of the Spring Newsletter for the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research? Click here for more information. You want to do this. Yes, really. Yes, now. (mew)

Travel Options to Marco Island

Posted on May 18, 2010
You you still need to book your travel to Florida for the summer LWI Conference? Click here for our earlier post on travel options to Marco Island. Read the comments there too (and add your own thoughts if you like!)...

job opening in Charlotte

Posted on May 17, 2010
Charlotte School of Law is searching for a Director of Lawyering Process who will 1) help shape and mature the existing legal writing program, and 2) work with other faculty members and the Director of Experiential Learning to create opportunities...

job opening in Santa Clara

Posted on May 17, 2010
Santa Clara University School of Law is inviting applications for positions teaching Legal Analysis, Research and Writing, beginning in August 2010. Santa Clara has a three-semester, six-credit-hour required LRW program, with two credits in the fall of the first year,...

Practical Lawyering Skills Conference for Lawyers in Thailand

Posted on May 15, 2010
We have readers from all around the world. So our question today is: are you a lawyer in (or near) Thailand? Click here for more information about a legal writing conference planned for August 2010 in Bangkok. (mew)

How to Submit Comments on Proposed Revisions to the ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools

Posted on May 15, 2010
The American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar is seeking comments on proposed revisions to Chapter 3 of the Standards for Approval of Law Schools. The revisions address student learning outcomes. Comments are requested by...

Marco Island . . . Live!

Posted on May 12, 2010
I'm not exactly sure what this is or who is doing it, but click on this link for a live webcam view of Marco Island, where the Legal Writing Institute will be holding its summer conference this year. Don't take...

our Mark Wojcik re-elected to Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors!

Posted on May 11, 2010
Mark E. Wojcik is one of the co-editors of this Legal Writing Prof Blog. Yesterday he was re-elected to the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). The ISBA Board of Governors is a 25-member board that...

Spring 2010 Newsletter for the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

Posted on May 11, 2010
The latest issue of the Newsletter for the Association of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research is hot off the presses! (Well, that's if you print it out on your own printer.) But it is ready,...

Obama Nominates Kagan

Posted on May 10, 2010
Barack Obama, a former law professor from Illinois who successfully ran for national political office (see somewhat related story below about another law professor from Illinois who is running for political office on the state level), has nominated Solicitor General...

Legal Writing Professor Running for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Posted on May 09, 2010
We're not a political blog by any means, but we strongly support legal writing professors. Sheila Simon is a law professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinois, where she has taught courses in Lawyering Skills and...

LWI Writers' Workshop at Marco Island

Posted on May 08, 2010
The Legal Writing Institute has announced the names of the lucky scholars who were chosen to participate in the LWI Writers' Workshop at Marco Island, just prior to the LWI Conference. They are: Dorothy (Dede) Hill (Albany); Madisun Browne (Saskatchewan);...

Friday Fun: A Thought on Writing from Dr. Samuel Johnson

Posted on May 07, 2010
"No one but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." Dr. Johnson (mew)

Friday treat: The dying craft of handpainted advertising art

Posted on May 07, 2010
While the connection to legal writing is admittedly tenuous (although advertising art and writing often share the same goal of communicating the author's message as efficiently and effectively as possible), I think you'll find this short documentary so fascinating it...

Texas Tech's Legal Practice Program gets a big check!

Posted on May 07, 2010
Those big smiles on our faces result from the Legal Practice Program's receiving the Texas Tech Teaching Academy's Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award. From left, Wendy Humphrey, Nancy Soonpaa, University President Guy Bailey, and Jennifer Horn...

Lincoln as a Legal Writer

Posted on May 06, 2010
Judith D. Fischer (University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) has written an article on "Abraham Lincoln as a Legal Writer." Her article draws upon documents that recently became available on line as well as secondary sources...

A teachable moment for students: Even the best make legal research mistakes

Posted on May 05, 2010
That includes Pulitzer Prize winning Supreme Court correspondent Linda Greenhouse (and winner of LWI's Golden Pen Award). (BTW, someone should add the GP Award to the Wikipedia entry on Ms. Greenhouse). Read all about it here courtesy of the Law...

updates at Buffalo

Posted on May 04, 2010
The University at Buffalo Law School has made some important updates to its legal writing program: - The faculty recently approved a required third semester of legal writing. - The full law faculty has now also voted to make the...

legal writing programs in Korea

Posted on May 04, 2010
Jo Ellen Lewis, at Washington University (in St. Louis), has written a helpful article on "Developing and Implementing Effective Legal Writing Programs in Korean Law Schools" . Here's her abstract: "This article is based on a three-day workshop the author...

Congratulations to Linda Edwards

Posted on May 03, 2010
Linda Edwards has published the fifth edition of her book, Legal Writing: Process, Analysis, and Organization. Linda's book is one of the one I use from time to time in my teaching. (Like many of you, I change books frequently...

A Special Post for Our Scholarship Dude!

Posted on May 03, 2010
Jim Levy is our blog's "scholarship dude." Now, just for Jim (and the rest of you who are interested), here's a link to the history of the word "dude." And I wouldn't be surprised if the start showing a picture...

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