Editor’s Note I am delighted to welcome you to the nineteenth volume of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, the nation’s premier journal about legal writing and communication and the official journal of the Legal Writing Institute. I would like to begin with the following quote: To be a lawyer you have…
DetailsI. First Things First: What is the Teaching of “Legal Writing”? II. The Earliest Years: Colonial America III. The First American Law Schools IV. The Role of Universities V. The Second Law School ERA—Public and Private A. The Prelude: An Early Attempt to Balance Theory and Skills B. The Rise of the University Law School.…
DetailsI. Students’ Growing Preference for Texting over All Other Forms of Communication II. The Impact of Informal language on Students’ Language Acquisition and Usage A. The Impact of Text Speak on Students’ Becoming Expert Writers 1. Many Students Are Developing Two Literacies and the Metalinguistic Awareness to Switch between Them 2. Texting May Be…
DetailsI. Introduction II. Methods III. Results A. Group Descriptions B. Test Results C. Gain Scores D. Demographic Comparisons 1. Aptitude Correlations 2. Aptitude Subgroups 3. Gender E. Final Exam and Writing Assignment IV. Discussion V. Conclusion I. INTRODUCTION By many accounts, legal education changes slowly.1 But the pace of change has accelerated in recent years. Law…
DetailsI. Tbl Overview A. Course Policy Materials to Orient Students to TBL B. Permanent Teams That Have Been Strategically Formed C. Readiness Assurance Process 1. Dividing the Course into Modules or Units 2. Guided Readings 3. iRAQs/gRAQs 4. Wrap-up Lecture 5. Appeals D. Application Exercises E. TBL as a Graded Component of the Course…
DetailsI. Introduction: Through Our Eyes, or Through Theirs? II. Teaching Legal Research In the Data Smog III. The Limitations of Existing Legal Research Paradigms IV. A Few Simple Truths: Legal Research In The Information Age A. It Is More Important to Known What It Is Than to Known How to Find It B. “Run…
DetailsI. Fixed Mindsets Rob Many Law Students of the Ability to Learn from Challenges and Setbacks A. The Crux of the Matter Is Belief—Not Whether Intelligence Is in Fact Fixed B. Specific Characteristics of the Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindsets C. The Role of Law Schools II. The Science of Change III. Harnessing the Science…
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