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Dear Sir/Madam: The Lost Art Of Letter Writing, 19 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 62 (2010), Maureen Collins
Dear Sir/Madam: The Lost Art Of Letter Writing, 19 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 62 (2010), Maureen Collins
Maureen B. Collins
No abstract provided.
Introduction To The Civil Procedure Puzzle, Robert Bloom
Introduction To The Civil Procedure Puzzle, Robert Bloom
Robert Bloom
No abstract provided.
Cat, Cause, And Kant, Richard Peltz-Steele
Cat, Cause, And Kant, Richard Peltz-Steele
Richard J. Peltz-Steele
These are precarious times in which to launch a new law school and a new law review. Yet here we are. The University of Massachusetts is now in its first year of operation with provisional ABA accreditation. This text is a foreword to the first general-interest issue of the University of Massachusetts Law Review. Now marks an appropriate time to take stock of what these institutions mean to accomplish in our unsettled legal world.
Massachusetts Legal Research, E. Joan Blum
Massachusetts Legal Research, E. Joan Blum
E. Joan Blum
Massachusetts Legal Research is a concise guide to researching Massachusetts law and to the general process of legal research. Its intended audience includes law students as well as practitioners and paralegals. Extensive treatment of the research process—with Massachusetts and federal examples—makes this book suitable as a stand-alone text for an introductory legal research course. Chapters discussing how to locate and use specific Massachusetts sources make this book a useful quick reference guide for the Massachusetts lawyer or paralegal.
A Methodology For Mentoring Writing In Law Practice: Using Textual Clues To Provide Effective And Efficient Feedback, Jane Gionfriddo, Daniel Barnett, E. Joan Blum
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' …
Monograph Series Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo
Monograph Series Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo
Jane Kent Gionfriddo
Editor-in-Chief, Monograph Series of the Legal Writing Institute, 2008 to 2010
Thinking Like A Lawyer: The Heuristics Of Case Synthesis, Jane Gionfriddo
Thinking Like A Lawyer: The Heuristics Of Case Synthesis, Jane Gionfriddo
Jane Kent Gionfriddo
In a common law system where cases play such an important role in legal problem-solving, lawyers must be able to synthesize ideas from groups of cases to figure out a jurisdiction's law at a particular point in time; in reality, however, many lawyers aren't able to do so well enough for sophisticated law practice. Some lawyers understand and use this skill intuitively, but do not consciously think about the steps they actually take. Those in this group often do not sufficiently value case synthesis because it seems so obvious, with the result that they don't necessarily use this skill to …
[Contributing Author], Jane Gionfriddo
[Contributing Author], Jane Gionfriddo
Jane Kent Gionfriddo
The aim of the Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs establishes the parameters and common features that define successful programs for teaching legal writing skills in law school and to help improve the quality of legal writing programs across the country. The Sourcebook is the primary reference source for those designing, directing and teaching in legal writing programs.
Clarifying The Law On Post-Employment Covenants, E. Joan Blum
Clarifying The Law On Post-Employment Covenants, E. Joan Blum
E. Joan Blum
No abstract provided.
Introduction To The Civil Procedure Puzzle, Robert Bloom
Introduction To The Civil Procedure Puzzle, Robert Bloom
Robert M. Bloom
No abstract provided.
Co-Editor: The Second Draft: Bulletin Of The Legal Writing Institute (1994-2000), E. Joan Blum, Jane Kent Gionfriddo
Co-Editor: The Second Draft: Bulletin Of The Legal Writing Institute (1994-2000), E. Joan Blum, Jane Kent Gionfriddo
E. Joan Blum
With Jane Kent Gionfriddo, editors. The Second Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 9-14 (1994-2000).
The Second Draft: Bulletin Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo, E. Joan Blum
The Second Draft: Bulletin Of The Legal Writing Institute, Jane Gionfriddo, E. Joan Blum
Jane Kent Gionfriddo
With E. Joan Blum, editors. The Second Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 9-14 (1994-2000).