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The Moral Of The Story: The Power Of Narrative To Inspire And Sustain Scholarship, Amy Vorenberg
The Moral Of The Story: The Power Of Narrative To Inspire And Sustain Scholarship, Amy Vorenberg
Amy Vorenberg
Abstract The Moral of the Story: The Power of Narrative to Inspire and Sustain Scholarship Professor Amy Vorenberg This essay describes the power of story as a tool to inspire scholarship. We think of stories as a means to bring life to legal cases in a way that grounds them and makes them visceral and comprehensible. We use storytelling to teach our students – showing how the emotive power of a story can persuade. However, stories can also serve a different function. In my search for a way to inspire my own writing, I discovered that a good story could …
Practice Writing: Do Writing Programs Really Teach Practical Skills?, Amy Vorenberg
Practice Writing: Do Writing Programs Really Teach Practical Skills?, Amy Vorenberg
Amy Vorenberg
Abstract Practice Writing: Responding to the Needs of the Bench and Bar in First Year Teaching. This article is the result of several surveys of law schools, lawyers and judges as well as interviews with judges, all aimed at examining whether first year writing programs are preparing students adequately for the real world of practice. Our conclusion is that students are not prepared for the expectations of writing in practice and that first year writing programs should be re-designed to better serve students. While legal writing programs have improved, our research demonstrates that programs should consider reviewing and changing the …