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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

illustrious punctuation

Posted on August 28, 2009
By now most readers of this blog likely have read Lynne Truss's book on punctuation, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. And many of you have read and contributed to reviews of the book, with varying opinions about it. Now comes the...

thriving in law school

Posted on August 28, 2009
Professor Susannah Pollvogt has started a blog about Thriving in Law School, i.e., succeeding academically while maintaining some balance in life. Check it out (scroll down to the cartoons), leave a comment, and then send your students there. (spl)

New Edition of Illinois Legal Research

Posted on August 27, 2009
The second edition of Illinois Legal Research is now available! The second edition of Illinois Legal Research shows how to find and stay current with Illinois cases, statutes, regulations, and local court rules. Focusing on state materials, it can be...

job opening at Missouri-Columbia

Posted on August 26, 2009
The University of Missouri School of Law invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, nine-month appointment in its Legal Research and Writing program for the 2010-2011 academic year. The successful applicant will be responsible for teaching two sections of Legal...

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more grammar resources--Grammar Girl podcasts

Posted on August 26, 2009
Speaking of grammar lessons, another great free resource is the subscribable podcasts by Grammar Girl (alter ego for Mignon Fogerty), motto "To Infinitives and Beyond!" (You can also become a Facebook fan of Grammar Girl. If you want to spend...

updated CALI lesson on grammar, punctuation

Posted on August 26, 2009
If you recommend CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) tutorials to your students--or require them-- you will be glad to learn that its Punctuation and Grammar Bascs lesson (authored by University of Texas prof and legal writing blogger Wayne Schiess) has recently...

Call for Papers - Global Legal Skills Conference V - Monterrey Mexico, Feb. 25-27, 2010

Posted on August 26, 2009
Click here for the call for papers for the fifth Global Legal Skills Conference, which will be held February 25-27, 2010 in Mexico at the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey. Download Global_Legal_Skills_Conference_V_CFP Click here for more information and a...

Second discimination suit this year by a legal writing prof

Posted on August 25, 2009
Back in May, we reported on the case of a St. Mary's School of Law LRW prof who was suing the Texas school for alleged age and gender discrimination when it failed to renew her contract. Now comes this story...

job opening at La Verne (Ontario, California)

Posted on August 24, 2009
The University of La Verne College of Law invites applications for one or more full-time, tenure-track positions in its directed legal writing program, beginning in the 2010-2011 academic year. The school may have interests in other areas, including property, though...

job opening at Charleston

Posted on August 24, 2009
Charleston School of Law invites applications for a tenure-track Director of Legal Research and Writing position, beginning in the 2010 academic year. The Director is responsible for administering the first-year legal writing program, and reports to the Associate Dean for...

LWI publishes monograph on art of critiquing

Posted on August 22, 2009
A new monograph series by the Legal Writing Institute collects and reprints significant published works on specific topics relevant to teaching, curriculum, scholarship, and professional status. Representing both recent scholarship and the classics in our field, Volume One, The Art...

wisely revising

Posted on August 21, 2009
Marquette Prof Lisa Mazzie has written--and revised--and polished--and published a helpful article on the wisdom of developing a system for reviewing their writing. Titled Be Wise: Revise, the article is available in the online edition of The Wisconsin Lawyer (August...

New book on effective PowerPoint presentations and a helpful tip

Posted on August 21, 2009
It's called "Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint" by Christopher Witt and is intended for public speakers (which includes all teachers, at lease some of the time). According to the Business Writing Blog, the book concedes there are times when PowerPoint...

Question from student: "Does a typo in my job application cover letter kill my chances?"

Posted on August 21, 2009
"Yes" and "no" according to the blog Sweet Hot Justice. The bad news is that employers are detailed obsessed and thus a cover letter typo could be a deal-breaker. The "good" news - if you can call it that -...

The "Plain English" movement thankfully comes to health insurance policies

Posted on August 20, 2009
An Op-Ed from today's New York Times talks about new legislation in Rhode Island that will mandate plain English for all consumer health insurance policies. Based on the Flesch-Kincaid test of readability, most language in health insurance policies is written...

sloppy citing upsets court

Posted on August 20, 2009
Here's a court that wasn't too happy with some sloppy citing: FN5. Counsel for Espitia cites to an unpublished case assertedly upholding a stipulated damages clause due to the difficulty of ascertaining ?the exact amount of income certain vending machines...

Job opening - Harvard is hiring Climenko teaching fellows for 1L legal writing course

Posted on August 20, 2009
Here's the post from the Legal Scholarship Blog: The First-Year Legal Research & Writing program at Harvard Law School is currently hiring Climenko Fellows to teach in the program from summer 2010 to summer 2012. Climenko Fellows are aspiring legal...

that cursed cursive!

Posted on August 20, 2009
Professors are almost as notorious as doctors for their bad handwriting, but in our case, it is writ large on the blackboard or whiteboard or smartboard or ELMO or whatever you are using for in-class spur-of-the-moment writing. But even if...

blogs in legal education

Posted on August 19, 2009
Blogging is the "new scholarship," some say. (But some say they are "bad.") Others say, "A blog is a blog." At any rate, if you like blogs by law professors or blogs about different topics in legal education, you will...

Scholarship alert: "Something Judicious this Way Comes . . . The Use of Foreshadowing as a Persuasive Device in Judicial Narrative"

Posted on August 19, 2009
This is a working paper by Professor Michael J. Higdon, nee UNLV, now Tennessee. It can be found here on SSRN. From the abstract: With the recent publication of Judge Richard Posner?s book ?How Judges Think? and the nomination of...

Job opening for legal writing professor at Nova Southeastern School of Law

Posted on August 19, 2009
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, has one opening for a position in its innovative First-Year Lawyering Skills and Values Program (?LSV?). Candidates should have at least two years of experience in the practice of...

job opening at Denver

Posted on August 18, 2009
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law anticipates hiring two or more full-time lecturer positions to begin in the 2010-2011 academic year. The positions will be in its first-year legal research and writing program called Lawyering Process. Lawyering Process...

LRW prof's balance blog

Posted on August 18, 2009
Hollee Temple, the legal writing program director at West Virginia U., is co-author of a new blog on finding a balanced life when raising kids. Her theme is Good Enough is the New Perfect. With so many legal writing professors...

learning names

Posted on August 18, 2009
The fall semester is beginning, and if you're like me, you are getting ready to meet a lot of new students. The experts tell us that learning our students' names is one of the best ways to improve faculty-student and...

another job opening -- in Knoxville

Posted on August 18, 2009
LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY?DUNCAN SCHOOL OF LAW seeks applications for a Director of Legal Skills beginning in fall 2010. The successful candidate will be responsible for: teaching one section of Legal Skills each semester; hiring adjuncts; monitoring adjuncts; training adjuncts; creating...

Call for Papers, Panels, and Presentations -- Global Legal Skills Conference V in Monterrey, Mexico!

Posted on August 17, 2009
The fifth Global Legal Skills Conference will be held in Monterrey, Mexico on February 25-27, 2010 at the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey. This is most important conference for law professors and others concerned about international legal education, and...

job opening at Dayton

Posted on August 17, 2009
The University of Dayton School of Law seeks applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills to teach in the school?s Legal Profession Program beginning in the fall of the 2010-2011 academic year. Legal Profession I and II is...

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Posted on August 16, 2009
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coffee clash?

Posted on August 11, 2009
This top story in yesterday's ABA Journal online describes the cultural change taking place as family members start the day on their separate computers in separate rooms. It also notes the frustration of coffehouse owners (a/k/a free wifi providers) who...

Fastcase and Casemaker: Free Legal Research Tools Available as a Bar Association Membership Benefit

Posted on August 11, 2009
State bar associations have learned about an important membership benefit -- free legal research! There are two main research services that state bar associations offer to their members -- Fastcase and Casemaker. Together, these services provide FREE legal research as...

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