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Vol. 16, 2010March 01, 2010 EDT

Paying Attention or Fatally Distracted? Concentration, Memory, and Multi-Tasking in a Multi-Media World

M. H. Sam Jacobson,
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Articles in Vol. 16, 2010

Vol. 16, 2010
  • Editor's Note
    Kristin B. Gerdy
  • Studying and Teaching “Law as Rhetoric”: A Place to Stand
    Linda L. Berger
  • Using the Elements of Rhythm, Flow, and Tone to Create a More Effective and Persuasive Acoustic Experience in Legal Writing
    Bret Rappaport
  • A Tale of Election Day 2008: Teaching Storytelling through Repeated Experiences
    Stefan H. KriegerSerge A. Martinez
  • When the Truth and the Story Collide: What Legal Writers Can Learn from the Experience of Non-Fiction Writers about the Limits of Legal Storytelling
    Jeanne M. Kaiser
  • Persuading Judges: An Empirical Analysis of Writing Style, Persuasion, and the Use of Plain English
    Sean Flammer
  • Beginning Legal Writers in Their Own Words: Why the First Weeks of Legal Writing Are So Tough and What We Can Do About It
    Miriam E. FelsenburgLaura P. Graham
  • Creating Assessment Plans for Introductory Legal Research and Writing Courses
    Victoria L. VanZandt
  • A Preliminary Exploration of the Elements of Expert Performance in Legal Writing
    Erika AbnerShelley Kierstead
  • “Writing as Conversation”: Using Peer Review to Teach Legal Writing
    Marilyn R. Walter
  • Paying Attention or Fatally Distracted? Concentration, Memory, and Multi-Tasking in a Multi-Media World
    M. H. Sam Jacobson
  • The Signature Pedagogy of Legal Writing
    Carol McCrehan Parker
  • The Legal Writing Institute: Celebrating 25 Years of Teaching & Scholarship—A Symposium of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute and the Mercer Law Review, November 6, 2009, Luncheon Speech Introduction
    Jill Ramsfield
  • Discipline-Building and Disciplinary Values: Thoughts on Legal Writing at Year Twenty-Five of the Legal Writing Institute
    J. Christopher Rideout
  • Presentation of the Mary S. Lawrence Award
    Kristin GerdyPamela Lysaght
  • Tributes to Mary S. Lawrence
    Ralph L. BrillSusan BrodyLinda EdwardsChristina L. KunzMolly Warner LienRichard K. Neumann, Jr.Carol ParkerJill J. RamsfieldChris RideoutMarjorie D. RombauerSuzanne E. RoweNancy SchultzLouis SiricoHelene ShapoRuth VanceChristopher G. Wren
  • The Past, Presence, and Future of Legal Writing Scholarship: Rhetoric, Voice, and Community
    Linda L. BergerLinda H. EdwardsTerrill Pollman
  • From Polaroid Snapshot to 3-D Movie: Updating the Annual Survey of Legal Writing Programs
    Suzanne E. Rowe
  • LRW Program Design: A Manifesto for the Future
    Eric B. Easton
  • The New Accreditation Standards Are Coming to a Law School Near Your—What You Need to Know About Outcomes & Assessments
    Susan Hanley Duncan
  • JLWI Editorial Board, Vol. 16
    JLWI
Legal Writing
M. H. Sam Jacobson, Paying Attention or Fatally Distracted? Concentration, Memory, and Multi-Tasking in a Multi-Media World, 16 Legal Writing 431 (2010).
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