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Legal Writing Prof Blog

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Global Legal Skills Conference IV - Georgetown University Law Center

Posted on May 08, 2008
The Global Legal Skills Conference is an international conference that focuses on international legal education and teaching legal writing to lawyers and law students who speak English as a second language. Over the past three conferences the Global Legal Skills...

essay competition to award scholarships to female students working in public interest summer jobs

Posted on May 07, 2008
If you have female students working in public interest this summer, let them know that Ms. JD is awarding two $500 scholarships to female law students entering their second or third year at an accredited U.S. law school and working...

More on the passing of Professor Roy Mersky . . .

Posted on May 07, 2008
A news release from the University of Texas . . . In Memoriam: Professor Roy M. Mersky, 1925?2008 AUSTIN, Texas ? Professor Roy M. Mersky, the Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and longtime director of the Tarlton Law...

Roy Mersky (1925-2008)

Posted on May 07, 2008
Very sad news today. Professor Roy M. Mersky -- one of the giants in the field of legal research -- died at the age of 82. He was the Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and Director of Research...

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glamourous grammar?

Posted on May 06, 2008
Roy Peter Clark (journalist and author of Writing Tools) is starting a new online book called The Glamour of Grammar, to be presented in semi-weekly installments in his blog/column at Poynteronline. It's not another Eats Shoots & Leaves (in fact,...

David Kelley's fantasy argument: grading distraction #7

Posted on May 06, 2008
Perhaps you've read or heard about the ABC television show Boston Legal's recent foray into the United States Supreme Court. Arguing a case with many similarities to this term's Kennedy v. Louisiana (argued April 16, 2008), character Allen Shore (played...

grandchildren: grading distraction #6

Posted on May 05, 2008
I found a new grading distraction last week, which involved travelling to Illinois to babysit my not-quite-two-year-old granddaughter while her baby brother made his debut. I now feel I am an expert on Dora the Explorer ("Backpack, backpack!" "Delicioso!" "We...

Grading distraction #5

Posted on May 02, 2008
A five-minute compilation of every couch gag from the Simpsons'. Hat tip to Alan Childress at the the Legal Profession Blog.

LWI Conference Preview - Wednesday Session 1

Posted on May 02, 2008
Continuing on with the preview of this summer's legal writing conference, here are the choices for program sessions during the first session on Wednesday morning. Each of these programs will be from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. W1A -- Geek 101:...

LWI Writers Workshop

Posted on May 02, 2008
THE LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE announced that the fifth Legal Writing Institute Writers Workshop will take place on July 17, 18, 19, and 20, 2008. The workshop will give up to twelve Legal Writing faculty the opportunity to spend time working...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Evening Popcorn Sessions

Posted on April 30, 2008
"Popcorn Sessions" are a new feature of the Legal Writing Institute Conference. These are longer, informal sessions (90 minutes!) with lots of group conversation and interactions. The purpose is to foster more dialogue among conference attendees. These sessions will be...

supremely distracting trivia: grading distraction #4

Posted on April 30, 2008
Some of us need grading distractions that have some slight justification for our attention. It must be all the hubbub about Justice Scalia appearing on 60 Minutes, or maybe it's the after-effect of all that history in the HBO series...

AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research -- Save the Date

Posted on April 30, 2008
The AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research program at the annual meeting in San Diego will be on Friday, January 9, 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The topic will be "Assessing Acts of Collaboration and Plagiarism...

AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research - Spring 2008 Newsletter

Posted on April 30, 2008
The Spring 2008 edition of the Newsletter for the Association of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research is available by clicking here. There's a link to the current newsletter in the top left corner, and links...

Congratulations, Susan DeJarnatt!

Posted on April 29, 2008
Susan L. DeJarnatt, an Associate Professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, received her university's prestigious Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. This honor marked the first time that a LRW professor received a teaching award from...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Dinner for New Members

Posted on April 29, 2008
Tuesday evening features "New Member Dinners," starting at 5:30 p.m. This is when more experienced LWI members take new members out to dinner so that the new members can feel more personally welcomed into the legal writing community. Ruth Anne...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Lunch (Pink Ink)

Posted on April 29, 2008
Pink Ink is the LGBT caucus of the Legal Writing Institute. In addition to the Diversity Luncheon on Tuesday, there will also be a Pink Ink luncheon. I think it will work the same way (you pick up a box...

details from the Scalia-Garner book on persuading judges

Posted on April 29, 2008
The May 2008 issue of the ABA Journal will feature the new book, Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, written by Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner. The Journal's website provides this detailed look inside the book, as...

NinoTV: grading distraction #3

Posted on April 29, 2008
In case you missed Justice Scalia on 60 Minutes, we bring you the links to both parts of Lesley Stahl's interview. It's a worthwhile grading distraction! (cmb)

A Practical Way to Learn Grammar & Punctuation

Posted on April 28, 2008
Here's a nice lesson from Lisa Mazzie Hatlen at Marquette--thanks, Lisa!! +++++++++++++++++++ About a month ago, in response to a post on the Legal Writing listserv, I shared an assignment that I give my first year legal writing students as...

to click or not to click?: grading distraction #2

Posted on April 28, 2008
When I find myself in grading-avoidance mode (i.e., easily distracted when I should be grading briefs or memos), I often find myself thinking ahead to next semester. I'll be teaching an advanced legal research course next fall. I should have...

bad behavior at oral argument

Posted on April 28, 2008
From the Legal Writing listserv . . . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A snip from a case (go straight to the footnote) that might be interesting for students to read before their oral args. next year, or assuming the argument is available, it...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Session 4

Posted on April 28, 2008
Here are the presentations being held during the fourth round of sessions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Legal Writing Institute Conference in Indianapolis. These sessions are from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m., so you have to pick just one...

Happy Law Day!

Posted on April 28, 2008
May 1 is celebrated as Law Day in the United States. It was created in 1957 (or thereabouts) to promote citizen awareness and support for the rule of law in the United States. It was also a response to the...

LWI Conference - Did You Register Yet?

Posted on April 27, 2008
Did you register yet for the Legal Writing Conference? The base registration fee is $460.00 until April 30th, and $495.00 after April 30th. You know you're going to go to it, so you might as well register right now and...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Session 3

Posted on April 27, 2008
This post continues the preview of sessions at the Legal Writing Institute Conference in Indianapolis. These are the seven choices for session 3 on Tuesday (1:30 to 2:15 p.m.). T3A: There are two presentations in session T3A. The first is...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Lunch

Posted on April 26, 2008
After a full morning program (with a plenary and then two sessions) it will be time to eat! There will be a roundtable luncheon to discuss issues facing legal writing faculty of color on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the...

LWI Conference Preview - Tuesday Session 2

Posted on April 26, 2008
Session 2 of the upcoming Legal Writing Institute Conference offers seven concurrent programs. Read the descriptions below and pick the one that you'll attend. Each of the following programs will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July...

warning: grading distraction #1

Posted on April 26, 2008
The semester is over or winding down, and you have a huge stack of briefs to grade. When you need a break, come see your friends at the Legal Writing Prof Blog. For the next several days, we will post...

A New Form of Legal Writing? Comic Books on the Justice System

Posted on April 25, 2008
The National Center for State Courts is launching a new series of "illustrated novels" that are designed "to educate the public about how the courts work, how judges make decisions, and how courts are accountable to the law." The first...

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