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2009

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Characteristics Of A Mature Legal Writing Program, Elisabeth Keller Dec 2009

Characteristics Of A Mature Legal Writing Program, Elisabeth Keller

Elisabeth Keller

As a legal writing program matures, a culture of collaboration can foster innovation and excellence more effectively than a director-led program.

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Overview Of Key Defenses In A Section 11 Claim Against An Auditor Jul 2009

Overview Of Key Defenses In A Section 11 Claim Against An Auditor

Maureen Van Neste

No abstract provided.

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A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum Dec 2008

A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum

Jane Kent Gionfriddo

Becoming a successful legal writer is a process that begins in law school and continues intensively during the beginning years of a lawyer's career. Throughout this process, in both contexts, a writer benefits enormously from feedback on his analysis, and how that analysis is conveyed, from those more experienced. Much has been written about how legal educators should respond to student written work, yet little addresses the role that supervising attorneys can play in mentoring the writing of less experienced colleagues. This article therefore proposes a methodology to help supervisor-mentors provide, in an efficient manner, effective feedback on junior lawyers' …

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Not Our Mother's Law School?: A Third-Wave Feminist Study Of Women's Experiences In Law School (With Kelly Hradsky, Kristen Jeschke, Lavonne Meyer & Jill Roberts), Felice J. Batlan Dec 2008

Not Our Mother's Law School?: A Third-Wave Feminist Study Of Women's Experiences In Law School (With Kelly Hradsky, Kristen Jeschke, Lavonne Meyer & Jill Roberts), Felice J. Batlan

Felice J Batlan

This Article proceeds as follows: Part II discusses how we attempted to define and use a third-wave feminist methodology in creating our gender survey. Deeply cognizant of the importance of autobiography to third-wave feminism, Part III includes our own stories about our experiences in law school. Part IV presents the results of our study and Part V sets forth a series of recommendations for improving men and women‟s experiences in law school. The Conclusion sums up what we have learned from our study and its broader implications.

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A Survey Of Professional Responsibility Courses At American Law Schools In 2009, Laurel S. Terry, Andrew Perlman, Margaret Raymond Dec 2008

A Survey Of Professional Responsibility Courses At American Law Schools In 2009, Laurel S. Terry, Andrew Perlman, Margaret Raymond

Laurel S. Terry

This short article summarizes the results of a survey about the teaching of legal ethics in U.S. law schools. In Spring 2009, under the leadership of its Chair Laurel Terry and Executive Committee Members Andy Perlman and Margaret Raymond, the AALS [Association of American Law Schools] Section on Professional Responsibility circulated a survey to learn more about how professional responsibility is taught at American law schools. A link to the online survey, which was directed to legal ethics teachers nationwide, was emailed to AALS Professional Responsibility Section members and publicized elsewhere. We received 105 responses from at least 77 different …

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