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Bluebook No. 18—“Thank God For Competition….”, K.K. Duvivier
Bluebook No. 18—“Thank God For Competition….”, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
The Eighteenth Edition of The Bluebook' is now available, and thanks to competition from the ALWD Citation Manual ("ALWD Manual"), this version is better than ever for practitioners. In the words of Gil Atkinson, '"thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our own work to us."
Two Rules For Better Writing, Amy E. Sloan
Two Rules For Better Writing, Amy E. Sloan
All Faculty Scholarship
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Colorado Citations, K.K. Duvivier
Colorado Citations, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
More than ten years ago, I wrote a column addressing special citation forms used by Colorado courts. Readers have clamored for an update, so here it is. . .
Proofreading Tips, K.K. Duvivier
Proofreading Tips, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Typos get attention--negative attention--like a blemish on the tip of your nose on prom night. But there is a difference between our blemishes and our typos: while our blemishes may seem more prominent to us than to others, our eyes usually slip right past our own typos. This column presents some techniques for detecting and correcting these errors.
Sorting Things Out—Which, That, Then, Than, When, Where, K.K. Duvivier
Sorting Things Out—Which, That, Then, Than, When, Where, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
The May 2005 column addressing "which" and "that" evoked a flurry of comments about additional issues. This column responds to the reader questions that column spawned.
How To Make Your Appellate Brief More Readable, Jonathon S. Byington
How To Make Your Appellate Brief More Readable, Jonathon S. Byington
Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings
This article discusses ways to improve the readability of appellate briefs. It is a synthesis of suggestions from several state appellate judges, numerous articles on appellate practice, and the author's own observations.
Going On A “Which” Hunt, K.K. Duvivier
Going On A “Which” Hunt, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
KK: Here's a question that/which I've wondered about for some time. What is the proper use of the words "that"and "which"? I understand their use in the context of "Which car is yours?"and "It's that red one."However which word is proper in my first sentence and how do I know when to use one or the other?
Legal Writing And Academic Support: Timing Is Everything, Dionne L. Koller
Legal Writing And Academic Support: Timing Is Everything, Dionne L. Koller
All Faculty Scholarship
The conventional wisdom is that legal writing and academic support go hand-in-hand. Most law schools assume that struggling students can be reliably identified for academic support through their first-year legal writing course, and that first-year legal writing instructors can fairly easily and effectively provide this support. Indeed, this is the prevailing view in current academic support and legal writing scholarship. Professor Koller's article challenges the conventional wisdom and instead points out several issues that should be considered if a law school relies on the first-year legal writing course as a component of, or in lieu of, an academic support program. …
All For One: Subject-Verb Agreement For Compounds And Collective Subjects, K.K. Duvivier
All For One: Subject-Verb Agreement For Compounds And Collective Subjects, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
I missed the memo that changed noun-verb agreement on nouns formerly defined as singular i.e. "staff," meaning more than one person, as in "the staff are." When did it change from "the staff is"? Who decided on this change, and why wasn't I notified? I'm making light of this issue, but I'm perplexed. PS. Grammar check didn't get the memo either District Judge Marilyn Leonard.
"In A Case, In A Book, They Will Not Take A Second Look!" Critical Reading In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Curtis, Judith Karp
"In A Case, In A Book, They Will Not Take A Second Look!" Critical Reading In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Curtis, Judith Karp
Faculty Scholarship
This article is based on a presentation that was first assembled for the Southeastern Regional Legal Writing Conference in September 2003. The theme of that conference was "The Basics and Beyond: Building Solid Skills on Flawed Foundations." As legal writing professions with nine years of teaching experience between us, we immediately honed in on "reading" as a core lawyering skill--though it is the one that seemed most flawed in the first-year legal writing class. We determined that case analysis, statute analysis, synthesis, and application were not possible unless students critically read the material with which they were working. Many students …
You've Got Rhythm: Curriculum Planning And Teaching Rhythm At Work In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Curtis
You've Got Rhythm: Curriculum Planning And Teaching Rhythm At Work In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Curtis
Faculty Scholarship
With increased frequency, attention is being given to the methods and style of teaching the law, and to the educational knowledge of law teachers necessary for their development. While teachers in many other areas of higher education are required to take credit hours in education courses, that requirement or focus on pedagogy itself has not yet fully spilled over to legal education professionals. In addition, although law professions, have been encouraged to think and learn about the law, they generally have long since accepted the Socratic method as a primary method of teaching. Recently information about students' learning styles, and …
The Ten Commandments As Secular Historic Artifact Or Sacred Religious Text: Using Modrovich V. Allegheny County To Illustrate How Words Create Reality, Ann N. Sinsheimer
The Ten Commandments As Secular Historic Artifact Or Sacred Religious Text: Using Modrovich V. Allegheny County To Illustrate How Words Create Reality, Ann N. Sinsheimer
Articles
In his essay, The 'Ideograph: A Link Between Rhetoric and Ideology', Michael Calvin McGee proposes that our system of beliefs is shaped through and expressed by words. We are consciously and unconsciously conditioned and controlled by the words we hear and use. Words carry ideology and convey and create meaning. Like Chinese characters, words are 'ideographs that 'signify' and 'contain' a unique ideological commitment', that is frequently unquestioned. McGee also suggests that by understanding that a single word can carry ideology and that ideology can be expressed in a single word, we are better able to expose and evaluate ideology …