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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

another tenure vote!

Posted on January 13, 2011
Susan Duncan has received a positive tenure vote from the law faculty at the University of Louisville. Susan may be the only person to have served as President of the Legal Writing Institute and President of the AALS Section on...

Reminder: Deadline for Southeast Regional Writing Conference is January 21

Posted on January 12, 2011
The Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference has issued a call for proposals for its conference on April 15-16, 2011 in Macon, Georgia. The conference theme will be ?Opening the Lens: Re-Visions in Legal Writing Teaching, Theory, & Practice.? The deadline...

Suggestions for Brief Writing

Posted on January 12, 2011
The January 2011 ABA Journal contains some helpful suggestions for brief writing. In a column titled ?Listen to What You Write?, Professor Jim McElhaney urges brief writers to avoid stuffy language. His pointers counsel writers to avoid double negatives, use...

teaching jobs at William and Mary

Posted on January 11, 2011
William and Mary Law School is hiring a Director of Legal Skills and four Legal Writing Instructors. Each ad is set out below. Director of Skills/Professor of Practice William & Mary Law School seeks outstanding, experienced professionals to serve as...

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welcome to our new Contributing Editor!

Posted on January 11, 2011
Veteran legal writing professor, Judy Fischer, who teaches at the University of Louisville, will be joining this blog as a Contributing Editor. She's made quite an impact over the years on the profession of teaching legal writing, through her teaching,...

Global Legal Skills Conference

Posted on January 10, 2011
The sixth Global Legal Skills Conference will take place on May 5-7, 2011 at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Persons interested in making a presentation or organizing a panel for the conference should submit proposals to the Planning...

Latest Issue of the LWI Newsletter (The Second Draft) - Focus on Outcome Measures and Assessments

Posted on January 10, 2011
The Second Draft is the Official Newsletter of the Legal Writing Institute. The new board of editors has just published its first issue, which focuses on the effective use of outcome measures and assessments in teaching legal analysis, writing, and...

Last Chance for that Conference in Las Vegas!

Posted on January 10, 2011
OK, the deadline to submit a proposal is in two days. The Eleventh Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference will be held on March 25-26, 2011 at The University of Nevada Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas, Nevada. The...

Congratulations, Sheila Simon!

Posted on January 10, 2011
A few hours ago Sheila Simon, a legal writing professor at Southern Illinois University, was sworn in as the new Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Sheila is known to many (but maybe not everyone) in the legal writing academy. She has...

Lt. Governor Sheila Simon

Posted on January 09, 2011
Inaugural festivities start today in Springfield, Illinois to celebrate the inauguration of SIU Legal Writing Professor Sheila Simon, who on Monday (January 10, 2011) will be sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. The ceremony is at 11:00 a...

transitioning from law practice to law professor

Posted on January 09, 2011
Most law professors were practicing attorneys once. (The data show just about every legal writing professor was a practicing attorney once.) If you are an attorney who is curious what it would be like to make the transition to academia,...

Qatar University needs a legal writing director

Posted on January 07, 2011
So are you tired of the winter cold? Well, the College of Law at Qatar University is looking for a Legal Writing Center Director. Over 50% of its courses are taught in English. The Director is expected to provide workshops...

law student information literacy

Posted on January 07, 2011
For a carefully thought-out approach to teaching legal research, take a look at Dennis Kim-Prieto's article explaining "How Law Student Information Literacy (LSIL) Standards Address Deficits Identified by the MacCrate Report and the Carnegie Report, and What They Mean for...

Mark Wojcik Elected as New Chair of the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

Posted on January 06, 2011
Congratuations to our own Mark Wojcik! You may have previously known him as a legal writing professor at The John Marshall Law School and a co-editor of this Legal Writing Prof Blog. Now he has been elected as the Chair...

Rocky Mountain Reminder: Proposals Due Next Week

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Eleventh Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference will be held on March 25-26, 2011 at The University of Nevada Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Program Committee invites participants to submit proposals for conference presentations...

when good quotation marks go astray

Posted on January 05, 2011
Busy legal writers can be driven to the brink of sanity by quotation marks that face in the wrong direction. On the legal writing professors' listserve, Jan Levine (at Duquesne University), has shared helpful information on what to do about...

Global Legal Skills Conference VI

Posted on January 04, 2011
Here's a reminder that the sixth Global Legal Skills Conference will take place on May 5-7, 2011 at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Persons interested in making a presentation or organizing a panel for the conference should submit...

Narrative Implications of Evidentiary Rules

Posted on January 04, 2011
Bruce Ching (Valparaiso University Law School) has a new paper on SSRN called "Narrative Implications of Evidentiary Rules." You can download a copy by clicking here. Here's the abstract: Narrative coherence (the context in which statements are made) and narrative...

learn to write well by editing law firm bills

Posted on January 04, 2011
Yes, you read that right. Over on the Above the Law blog, in his Inside Straight column, Mark Herrmann (aka The Curmudgeon), explains how. I've heard veteran legal writing professor Jan Levine tell the story of his son's first word:...

update on Scribes deadlines

Posted on January 04, 2011
We previously posted about the newly designed website for Scribes and mentioned the deadline for submission for its Law Review Award here. Now we've received a correction: that deadline is January 21, 2011. Scribes has also posted information on its....

The Right Writing Sample

Posted on January 03, 2011
Do you need to advise students about the writing samples they use for job interviews? Have them click here for an article on "The Right Writing Sample." I published this article in the April 2009 issue of the ABA Student...

Your AALS Legal Writing Dance Card - EXPANDED and WITH LOCATIONS

Posted on January 03, 2011
There's a number of events of interest to legal writing professors (and their supporters) at the upcoming AALS meeting in San Francisco. Here's an UPDATED "Dance Card" for legal writing events at AALS, including additional events and locations. This is...

AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research - Draft Bylaws

Posted on January 03, 2011
Yes, isn't it exciting? The AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research will approve new section bylaws this week during the annual meeting in San Francisco. Be an informed voter! Click here to see the draft bylaws. Download AALS-LWRR...

AALS Meeting in San Francisco - LRW Profs Speaking on the International Law Program

Posted on January 03, 2011
Many legal writing professors are speaking this year at the AALS Annual Meeting. A large number of them are speaking on the Section of International Law program, the 2010 International Law Year in Review. Click here to download the schedule...

video-recording feedback on legal writing papers

Posted on January 02, 2011
Jessica Slavin at Marquette University has been experimenting with providing feedback on legal writing papers by recording her reader response and editing suggestions via video. You can find her blog post explaining how she does it on the Marquette University...

possible legal writing job opening in Georgia

Posted on January 02, 2011
If you're currently a lawyer who's wondering what it's like to teach legal writing, or you're currently a legal writing professor who's wondering what it's like to teach at another school, you might want to contact Linda Berger at Mercer...

lots of promotion news!

Posted on December 31, 2010
We would be remiss if we allowed the old year to slip away without posting the excellent news of additional promotions of legal writing professors. So, hearty congratulations to: Sue Chesler, at Arizona State, who received a unanimous vote from...

summer research grants for legal writing professors

Posted on December 30, 2010
The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) have announced the 2011 Legal Writing Scholarship Grants for teachers of legal research and writing. Full details are available here. Applications are due by 5 p.m...

65 Speakers at the Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

Posted on December 30, 2010
The Capital Area Legal Writing Conference Planning Committee is planning what seems to be a pretty great conference to be hosted at the George Washington University Law School on February 25 - 26, 2011. The conference will features 65 presenters...

Global Legal Skills Conference VI - Chicago - Call for Proposals

Posted on December 30, 2010
The sixth Global Legal Skills Conference will take place on May 5-7, 2011 at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Persons interested in making a presentation or organizing a panel for the conference should submit proposals to the Planning...

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