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Writing Essay Exams To Succeed In Law School (Not Just To Survive), John Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

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Stepping Up To The Podium With Confidence: A Primer For Law Students On Preparing And Delivering An Appellate Oral Argument, James D. Dimitri

James D. Dimitri

Virtually all law students are required to learn oral advocacy skills at some point during their legal education. Typically, these skills are cultivated through at least one oral argument assignment, which often consists of an appellate oral argument that is given as part of the students' first-year legal research and writing course or as part of a moot court competition.

While appellate courts do not grant oral argument as often as they used to, oral advocacy remains a critical skill for law students to learn and cultivate, no matter which facet of law practice they enter upon graduation. Unfortunately, the …

When Theory Met Practice: Teaching Tort Law From A Practical Perspective, Prentice L. White

Prentice L White

WHEN THEORY MET PRACTICE: TEACHING TORT LAW FROM A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE ABSTRACT When I initially entered the world of academia, I did so with the intention of not only teaching my students the black letter law, but I also envision an opportunity to share with them my experiences in the practice. My philosophy has always been “How can you teach what you have not learned.” Learning is an on-going process and it is not limited to the classroom—especially in professional school. That’s why it was so important for me to share a practical experience with my students as much as …

Do's, Don'ts, And Maybes: Legal Writing Punctuation—Part I, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Pan-African Strategies For Environmental Preservation: Why Women's Rights Are The Missing Link, Flynn M. Coleman

Flynn M. Coleman

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Do's, Don'ts, And Maybes: Legal Writing Grammar—Part Ii, Gerald Lebovits

Hon. Gerald Lebovits

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Dismantling The "Other": Understanding The Nature And Malleability Of Groups In The Legal Writing Professorate's Quest For Equality, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

This article examines the nature of groupings within law school faculties and analyzes why some groups are inherently considered in-groups whereas others (in particular, legal writing faculties) are considered out-groups. The article first explores the science behind the unconscious mind and why we categorize individuals the way we do. Next, this article demonstrates that members of an undesired out-group can be easily transformed into members of the more desirable in-group by modifying the relationships among individuals. This is particularly important to members of the legal writing professorate because, although groups themselves are nothing more than artificial compositions of the unconscious …

Texts, Lies, And Changed Positions, Judith D. Fischer

Judith D. Fischer

This review of Judge Richard Posner's Little Book of Plagiarism concludes that the book adds to the discussion of plagiarism by noting the topic’s gray areas and proposing criteria for identifying plagiarism. Posner states that plagiarism occurs when a writer who copies another's language or ideas both conceals the copying and induces readers' reliance. By discussing plagiarism in different settings, including novels, court opinions, professors' work, and student work, the book shows why analysis of the offense and its consequences must be nuanced. Professors should be warned that in places Posner seems to minimize the gravity of student copying, especially …

A Practical Guide To Legal Writing And Legal Method, John Dernbach, Richard Singleton, Cathleen Wharton, Joan Ruthenberg, Catherine Wasson

John C. Dernbach

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Avoiding Plagiarism In Legal Documents, Judith Fischer

Judith D. Fischer

Lawyers may believe they know what constitutes plagiarism in student papers, but the rules about plagiarism in the practice of law are less clear. Forms from form books and law firm files are meant to be copied, so there is no issue of copyright violation. Still, the lawyer who uses such a form must tailor it to the needs of the specific case. And lawyers have been disciplined for filing documents containing language they copied from treatises without attribution. This problem was exacerbated in one case where the lawyer asked for fees for preparing material he had not written. Professionalism …

Taking The Road Less Traveled: Why Practical Scholarship Makes Sense For The Legal Writing Professor, Mitchell J. Nathanson

Mitchell J Nathanson

This article examines the issue of scholarship as it pertains to the legal writing professor. While the old adage that you should “write what you know” applies universally – to fiction as well as non-fiction and to scholarship written by the legal writing professor as much as it does to the doctrinal professor, the question this article attempts to answer is this: given that legal writing is a “skills” rather than “substantive” course, just what is it that legal writing professors, at least as compared to their doctrinal counterparts, know? Through the analysis of an original professional background survey of …

A Practical Guide To Writing Law School Essay Exams, John Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

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Foul Is Fair: What Shakespeare Really Thought About Lawyers, Judith Fischer

Judith D. Fischer

This is a discussion of the meaning and background behind some of Shakespeare's references to lawyers. It explains the common misinterpretation of the famous quotation “Let’s kill all the lawyers." The line actually compliments lawyers, indicating that those who want anarchy must first get rid of lawyers. Review of Daniel J. Kornstein’s book, Kill All the Lawyers? Shakespeare’s Legal Appeal (1994).

Legal Drafting: Teacher’S Manual, John Dernbach, Jane Rutherford, Laurel Vietzen, Susan Brody

John C. Dernbach

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A Practical Guide To Legal Writing And Legal Method Teacher's Manual, John Dernbach, Richard Singleton, Cathleen Wharton, Joan Ruhtenbert

John C. Dernbach

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The Wrongs Of Legal Writing, John C. Dernbach

John C. Dernbach

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A Practical Guide To Legal Writing And Legal Method, John Dernbach, Richard Singleton

John C. Dernbach

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