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Panel 2: Justice Kennedy's Prose — Style And Substance
Panel 2: Justice Kennedy's Prose — Style And Substance
Georgia State University Law Review
Moderator: Eric Segall
Panelists: Eric Berger, Michael Dorf, and Jamal Greene
Take Inventory Each Year, David Spratt
Take Inventory Each Year, David Spratt
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Exploring Diversity With A "Culture Box" In First-Year Legal Writing, Ann N. Sinsheimer
Exploring Diversity With A "Culture Box" In First-Year Legal Writing, Ann N. Sinsheimer
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Studying law is in many ways like studying another culture. Students often feel as though they are learning a new language with unfamiliar vocabulary and different styles of communication. Throughout their legal education, students are also exposed to a profession comprised of unique traditions and expectations. As a result, learning law takes time and energy. It can be both engaging and frustrating and may even challenge some of students’ values and belief systems. To ease her students’ transition to law school, the author starts her course each year with a “culture box” exercise, which encourages students to examine who they …