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Nuts And Bolts Of Teaching--Using A Range Of Teaching Methodologies In The Classroom, Jane Gionfriddo Dec 2010

Nuts And Bolts Of Teaching--Using A Range Of Teaching Methodologies In The Classroom, Jane Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

No abstract provided.


A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum Dec 2008

A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Becoming a successful legal writer is a process that begins in law school and continues intensively during the beginning years of a lawyer's career. Throughout this process, in both contexts, a writer benefits enormously from feedback on his analysis, and how that analysis is conveyed, from those more experienced. Much has been written about how legal educators should respond to student written work, yet little addresses the role that supervising attorneys can play in mentoring the writing of less experienced colleagues. This article therefore proposes a methodology to help supervisor-mentors provide, in an efficient manner, effective feedback on junior lawyers' …


Monograph Series Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo Dec 2007

Monograph Series Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Editor-in-Chief, Monograph Series of the Legal Writing Institute, 2008 to 2010


Thinking Like A Lawyer: The Heuristics Of Case Synthesis, Jane Gionfriddo Dec 2006

Thinking Like A Lawyer: The Heuristics Of Case Synthesis, Jane Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

In a common law system where cases play such an important role in legal problem-solving, lawyers must be able to synthesize ideas from groups of cases to figure out a jurisdiction's law at a particular point in time; in reality, however, many lawyers aren't able to do so well enough for sophisticated law practice. Some lawyers understand and use this skill intuitively, but do not consciously think about the steps they actually take. Those in this group often do not sufficiently value case synthesis because it seems so obvious, with the result that they don't necessarily use this skill to …


[Contributing Author], Jane Gionfriddo Dec 2005

[Contributing Author], Jane Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

The aim of the Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs establishes the parameters and common features that define successful programs for teaching legal writing skills in law school and to help improve the quality of legal writing programs across the country. The Sourcebook is the primary reference source for those designing, directing and teaching in legal writing programs.


The President's Column, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Nov 2001

The President's Column, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

No abstract provided.


The President's Column, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Dec 2000

The President's Column, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

No abstract provided.


President's Opening Remarks On The Status Of Legal Writing, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Dec 2000

President's Opening Remarks On The Status Of Legal Writing, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

"President's Opening Remarks on the Status of Legal Writing." LWI 2000 Conference, Thursday July 20, 2000. Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 7 (2001): [vii]-ix.


Lr&W Should Begin At The Beginning: Reading Legal Authority, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Apr 2000

Lr&W Should Begin At The Beginning: Reading Legal Authority, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

No abstract provided.


Using Fruit To Teach Analogy, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Oct 1997

Using Fruit To Teach Analogy, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

No abstract provided.


Dangerous! Our Focus Should Be Analysis Not Formulas Like Irac, Jane Kent Gionfriddo Oct 1995

Dangerous! Our Focus Should Be Analysis Not Formulas Like Irac, Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

No abstract provided.


The Second Draft: Bulletin Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo, E. Joan Blum Dec 1993

The Second Draft: Bulletin Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo, E. Joan Blum

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

With E. Joan Blum, editors. The Second Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 9-14 (1994-2000).