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Articles
May 05, 2025 EDT
Behind the Curve: Rethinking Norm-Referenced Grading in First-Year Legal Writing Courses
L. Danielle Tully
It's time to rethink grading practices in first-year legal writing courses.
Articles
May 05, 2025 EDT
Guided Autonomy: A Research-Based Approach to Improving Students’ Wellbeing and Decision-Making in the Development of Problem-Solving Skills
Jonathan E. Moore

When teaching novice legal writers, a guided autonomy approach encourages independence while containing cognitive overload.

Essays
May 05, 2025 EDT
Every Law School Should Have a Poet
Susan Ayres

A work of poetry

To Make Men Free Essays
May 05, 2025 EDT
To Make Men Free
William L. Krayer

A work of poetry

Be Specific Essays
May 05, 2025 EDT
Be Specific
Misti Duvall

A work of poetry

_Elegant Legal Writing_, Ryan McCarl (University of California Press 2024), 199 pages Book Reviews
May 05, 2025 EDT
Elegant Legal Writing, Ryan McCarl (University of California Press 2024), 199 pages
Mark Cooney

A review of Ryan McCarl's Elegant Legal Writing

Book Reviews
May 05, 2025 EDT
Beyond the First Draft, Megan McAlpin (Carolina Academic Press 2d ed. 2024), 161 pages
Anne Mullins

A review of Megan McAlpin's Beyond the First Draft

Book Reviews
May 05, 2025 EDT
Dear 1L: Notes to Nurture a New Legal Writer, Amanda Dealy Haverstick (Writing Law Tutors 2024), 417 pages
Elizabeth E. Rylander

A review of Amanda Dealy Haverstick's Dear 1L: Notes to Nurture a New Legal Writer

JLWI Editorial Board, Volume 29 Mastheads
May 05, 2025 EDT
JLWI Editorial Board, Volume 29
JLWI

The Editorial Board for Volume 29 of JLWI

Editor's Note Introductions
May 05, 2025 EDT
Editor’s Note
Irene Ten Cate

A note from the Editor in Chief of Volume 29

Volume 29 - Full Volume Articles
May 05, 2025 EDT
Volume 29 - Full Volume
Multiple Authors

A compilation of the articles, essays, and book reviews in Volume 29

Teaching Cases: How Legal Writing Textbooks Approach the Rule Support Section Articles
April 21, 2025 EDT
Teaching Cases: How Legal Writing Textbooks Approach the Rule Support Section
Alissa Bauer

Legal writing textbooks take vastly different approaches to the rule support section (a/k/a explanation, case illustrations, rule proof, etc.).