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A Letter From Appalachia, Deborah A. Schmedemann
A Letter From Appalachia, Deborah A. Schmedemann
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The author describes a sabbatical spent working with the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky and volunteering as an adult literacy tutor. She describes the difficulties that face many people in that area who are in need of legal action and representation, and notes the importance of funding for legal aid for the poor.
Selecting And Designing Effective Legal Writing Problems, Grace C. Tonner, Diana Pratt
Selecting And Designing Effective Legal Writing Problems, Grace C. Tonner, Diana Pratt
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Legal research and writing courses are unlike most substantive first year law school classes in that they teach using the problem method. The success of a legal writing course depends on the quality of the problems. The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance for legal writing professors in designing legal writing problems. The article addresses (1) general considerations in problem design, (2) designing expository problems, (3) designing persuasive problems, and (4) sources of problems. In the first section, we discuss problem design as it relates to the overall goals for teaching the basic forms of legal analysis, …