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Legal Writing Prof Blog

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Legal Information and Law Library Conference in Beijing

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Law Librarian Blog has information on how to register for the China-U.S. Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries, to be held in Beijing at the end of May 2009. I heard about the conference during the AALS Annual...

The Top 30 Legal Writing Blogs

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Legal Writing Prof Blog is listed among the best 30 legal writing blogs in a new list compiled by Molly Di Bianca. Although we're obviously "all the blog you'll ever need," you might want to pay a quick visit...

word of the year

Posted on January 12, 2009
If you're reading a blog about legal writing and the teaching thereof, you are likely at least a little bit of a wordie. So you may be interested to learn that the American Dialect Society has announced that its word...

Legal Writing Photos from the AALS Annual Meeting

Posted on January 12, 2009
Thanks to Karin Mika of Cleveland State University School of Law (who brought her trusty camera to the AALS meeting), we have some photos to share with you here from the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools,...

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Westlaw blocks access to those using certain web browsers.

Posted on January 12, 2009
I received a copy of an email today sent by our local Westlaw representative that the information services giant is blocking access to certain web browsers including the once mighty, now fallen, Netscape. Here's the complete message including Westlaw's explanation...

The $57 million typo - ouch!

Posted on January 11, 2009
According to Law.com, a typo in a UCC form filed in 2007 by Bank of America on behalf of itself and as agent for Citibank may leave both banks holding the proverbial $57 million bag because of a "clerical error"...

AALS in San Diego

Posted on January 11, 2009
The annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools just finished in San Diego. It was the first time that the AALS met there, and from all accounts I've heard it was a tremendously popular and successful location. Fantastic...

Free Legal Encylopedia (and the Dangers of Students Using It)

Posted on January 11, 2009
A post by Mitchell Rubenstein on the Adjunct Law Prof Blog tells us about a free legal encyclopedia maintained by American Law and Legal Information. He found the site because one of his students used it (a bit too much...

Brief Judges Needed (Briefly)

Posted on January 11, 2009
Capital University Law School and the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy are sponsoring the Child Welfare and Adoption Law Moot Court Competition. Several volunteer brief judges are needed to make the competition a success. Volunteers will be given...

another rhetoric conference quote

Posted on January 09, 2009
"Students don't realize how radically reductive a casebook really is." ~~Kate O'Neill, University of Washington (njs)

law and rhetoric conference

Posted on January 09, 2009
Here's a good take-away thought from Mercer's Law and Rhetoric Conference on Tuesday (a nice precursor to AALS). "Law students often can't see the difference between what is logically plausible and what is logically probable." --Francis J. Mootz III, UNLV...

on building a pillar

Posted on January 08, 2009
Over on the Millennial Law Prof blog, Tracy McGaugh asks well: But Are They Willing to Pay for It? After all, there are real costs involved in building a pillar, and some are sturdier than others. (spl)

yes, we're a pillar!

Posted on January 07, 2009
At first glance, the article at http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/01/9153n.htm appears to be about law student laptop use. But read down, and you'll see it's more generally about student engagement in the law classroom and students' level of satisfaction with their legal educations...

Law & Rhetoric Workshop

Posted on January 07, 2009
Congratulations to Mercer University School of Law and the Legal Writing Institute! By all accounts, the Law & Rhetoric Workshop: Legal Writing Through a Rhetorical Lens, held yesterday in San Diego in conjunction with the AALS annual meeting, was a....

AALS Legal Writing Dance Card

Posted on January 06, 2009
Law professors have been arriving by the score in San Diego, where the AALS Annual Meeting begins this evening. The first legal writing event begins this morning, January 6, 2009 -- it's the Law & Rhetoric Workshop sponsored by Mercer...

ABA Law Student Division Seeks Judges for Negotiation Competition

Posted on January 06, 2009
The American Bar Association Law Student Division seeks judges for the 2008-09 Negotiation Competition National Finals, which will be held during the ABA Midyear Meeting February 13-14, 2009 at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. In November, 223...

quotable

Posted on January 05, 2009
Here's a quote for the start a new year of writing efforts: "If you're a singer, you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the...

Another Dance Card for the AALS Annual Meeting

Posted on January 02, 2009
Many of our blog readers are interested in international issues as well as legal writing. For those of you who are, here is a link to another "Dance Card" for the AALS Annual Meeting. It has the international programs of...

Legal Writing Dance Card (Revised) for the AALS Meeting

Posted on January 02, 2009
Are you going to the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools? If you are, here's a legal writing dance card to be sure you attend the events of special interest to legal writing professors. (And obviously the...

Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing

Posted on January 01, 2009
Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing is a print newsletter published by West three times a year for legal research and writing instructors and law firm and law school librarians. The newsletter provides a forum for discussing the teaching of...

Happy New Year

Posted on January 01, 2009
We wish all of our readers a happy new year. Thanks for visiting the Legal Writing Prof Blog. Nancy, Sue, Coleen, Mark, and Jim

job opening in Cleveland

Posted on December 30, 2008
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law invites candidates to apply to join its legal writing faculty beginning in the 2009-2010 academic year. Cleveland-Marshall requires all first-year students to take a two-semester, six-credit, graded legal writing and research course...

job openings at Seattle University School of Law

Posted on December 30, 2008
Seattle University School of Law is accepting applications for two positions teaching legal writing. Each position's three-year initial contract begins on August 1, 2009, with a starting salary of $70,000 ? $79,000. The salary for lateral hires will be higher...

Your AALS Legal Writing Dance Card

Posted on December 30, 2008
Are you going to the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools? If you are, here's a legal writing dance card to be sure you attend the events of special interest to legal writing professors. (And obviously the...

the writer's routine

Posted on December 29, 2008
A fascinating website offers descriptions from well-known writers and artists of different time periods, explaining how they organized a typical day to get their writing and other creative work done. Legal writers too may find some useful examples there...

The Law Teacher

Posted on December 29, 2008
The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning (previously known as the Institute for Law School Teaching at Gonzaga University) is now co-sponsored by Washburn University and Gonzaga University. They publish The Law Teacher, a newsletter of essays relaying information and...

balance in legal education

Posted on December 28, 2008
AALS has a new Section on Balance in Legal Education. If you're filling your dance card for the AALS annual meeting, in addition to the many legal writing events, the following events of this new section may be of interest:...

weakening the ABA accreditation standards

Posted on December 26, 2008
The ABA is considering changing the ABA law school accreditation standards, essentially to no longer require any particular way of calculating faculty/student ratios or any particular ratios to shoot for. You can see written comments about this proposed change --...

Louisiana Legal Writing Seminar

Posted on December 26, 2008
The Louisiana State Bar Association will hold a legal-writing seminar in New Orleans on March 20, 2009. It looks like a great program that other state and local bar associations might want to do as well. The seminar includes these...

congratulations, Lisa E.!

Posted on December 25, 2008
Legal writing professor Lisa Eichhorn's article, Clarity and the Rules of Civil Procedure: A Lesson from the Style Project, 5 J. ALWD 1 (2008), has made the "Recommended Reading" list published by the Green Bag. According to the Green Bag's...

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