Editor’s Note
by Lindsey Gustafson
Essays
The Rising Tide in the Legal Writing Community: Lifting All Boats or Changing Climate?
by Suzanne Rowe
From a Gleam to Maturity: The Developmental Stages of a Legal Writing Program
By Nancy Soonpaa
Here’s Tae Us, Wha’s Like Us: Some Thoughts on the Future of Legal Writing in American Law Schools
by Ian Gallacher
Hamilton’s Take on Legal Writing Faculty and Law School Leadership
by Cindy Thomas Archer
Legal Writing Professors, Salary Disparities, and the Impossibility of “Improved Status”
by Amy H. Soled
Voting Like a Duck: Reflecting on a Year of Legal Writing Voting Rights
by Meredith Stange
Professional Fulfillment without Tenure
by Joel Schumm
Improving the Legal Writing Adjunct Experience: Lessons from Lawyer-to-Lawyer Mentoring Literature
by Coleen Garrity Settineri
The Power of a Positive Tweet
by Patricia Grande Montana
Articles
Legal Writing: A History From The End Of The Civil War To 1930
by Jeffrey Jackson and David Cleveland
The History Of American Bar Association Standard 405(D): One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
by Melissa H. Weresh
Transitioning To A Collaborative Legal Writing Program: Management Principles To Apply When “Take Me To Your Leader” Is No Longer Applicable
by Jennifer Sheppard
“Liven Their Life Up Just A Little Bit”: Good Pacing Persuades Judges
by Julie A. Oseid
Call It An E-Convo: When An E-Memo Isn’t Really A Memo At All
by Jennifer Will
Help Wanted: An Empirical Study Of Law Hiring
by Peter Nemerovski
The Committed Legal Writer
by Deborah S. Gordon and Author Kait O’Donnell
Book Reviews
Identity: The Demand For Dignity And The Politics Of Resentment
by Francis Fukayama
Reviewed by Elizabeth Adamo Usman
A Short And Happy Guide To Legal Writing
by Deborah L. Borman (West Academic 2019)
Reviewed by Sarah J. Morath
Assistant Editors
Michael Oeser – Professor, Southern University Law Center
Monica Todd – Assistant Professor of Writing and Research, Western State College of Law
Rachel Wickenheiser, – J.D. LP3 Director & Adjunct Faculty, University of Delaware
Mary Matthews – Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law
Ann B. Ching – Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Sara Ochs – Legal Method and Communication Fellow Elon University School of Law
Mark Kubisch – Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing Pepperdine University School of Law
Cecilia A. Silver – Assistant Professor of Legal Writing Brooklyn Law School
Whitney Werich Heard – Clinical Associate Professor University of Houston Law Center
Christine M. Tamer – UNT Dallas College of Law
Amy Widman – Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Rutgers Law School
Jessica Lefort – Clinical Assistant Professor of Law University of Michigan Law School
Irene Ten Cate – Clinical Assistant Professor Lawyering Skills & Strategies, University of Houston Law Center
Mona Houck – Professor of Practice, Washington & Lee University School of Law
Grace H. Barry – Associate Professor Professional Practice Director, Professional Practice and Legal Writing, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Jessica Hynes – Associate Professor of Legal Studies Co-Director, Academic Integrity Board Quinnipiac University
Anna “Annie” Scardulla, Esq. – Advocacy Fellow LSU Law Advocacy Programs, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center