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Flawless First Draft In Legal Writing: A Fantasy Of The Uninitiated, Patrick Barry Jul 2023

Flawless First Draft In Legal Writing: A Fantasy Of The Uninitiated, Patrick Barry

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I recently received an email from a former student (now a public interest lawyer) who had just finished a major writing project. She wanted to thank me for introducing her to the psychologically liberating concept of “shitty first drafts.” Without it, she said, she probably would have never hit her deadline.


Preface To Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: Jalwd, Margaret C. Hannon, Jessica Wherry Jan 2023

Preface To Legal Comm. & Rhetoric: Jalwd, Margaret C. Hannon, Jessica Wherry

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We celebrate the Twentieth Volume of Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD! This volume reveals and discusses opportunities for growth and new frontiers in the field of legal communication. ChatGPT makes its first impact on the journal with former Editor-in-Chief Ian Gallacher's essay, and we invited ChatGPT to help with the preface. ChatGPT's response to "write a preface for a journal volume with a theme of opportunities for growth and new frontiers in the field of legal communication" was a bit over the top (which could have been tempered with a revised prompt).