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2006

UIC School of Law

Legal Writing and Research

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Lawyers And Learning: A Metacognitive Approach To Legal Education, 13 Widener L. Rev. 33 (2006), Anthony Niedwiecki Jan 2006

Lawyers And Learning: A Metacognitive Approach To Legal Education, 13 Widener L. Rev. 33 (2006), Anthony Niedwiecki

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Teaching Legal Research And Writing With Actual Legal Work: Extending Clinical Education Into The First Year, 12 Clinical L. Rev. 441 (2006), Steven D. Schwinn, Michael Millemann Jan 2006

Teaching Legal Research And Writing With Actual Legal Work: Extending Clinical Education Into The First Year, 12 Clinical L. Rev. 441 (2006), Steven D. Schwinn, Michael Millemann

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In this article, the co-authors argue that legal research and writing (LRW) teachers should use actual legal work to generate assignments. They recommend that clinical and LRW teachers work together to design, co-teach, and evaluate such courses.

They describe two experimental courses they developed together and co-taught to support and clarify their arguments. They contend that actual legal work motivates students to learn the basic skills of research, analysis and writing, and thus helps to accomplish the primary goals of LRW courses. It also helps students to explore new dimensions of basic skills, including those related to the development and …


Fundamental Dimensions Of Law And Legal Education: An Historical Framework - A History Of U.S. Legal Education Phase I: From The Founding Of The Republic Until The 1860s, 39 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1041 (2006), Mark L. Jones Jan 2006

Fundamental Dimensions Of Law And Legal Education: An Historical Framework - A History Of U.S. Legal Education Phase I: From The Founding Of The Republic Until The 1860s, 39 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1041 (2006), Mark L. Jones

UIC Law Review

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