Vol. 15, 2009

Legal Writing: Journal of the Legal Writing Institute

In teaching novice legal writers, we are not only teaching voice, but in that process we are also constructing a self—the self of a legal writer.

Martin Luther King’s letter is well-worth reading closely when beginning the study of the art of legal persuasion.

Does the accommodation of additional time level the playing field or tilt in favor of the accommodated student?

Using the host country's law enhances the analytic experience for the students who have a familiar context in which to relate these principles to their own writing and analysis.