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A Proud Maryland Law Review Alumnus Looks Back, Richard D. Bennett Nov 2016

A Proud Maryland Law Review Alumnus Looks Back, Richard D. Bennett

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Multitasking For Professional Development: Legal Writing, Constitutional Law And Scholarship, Regina Ramsey James Mar 2016

Multitasking For Professional Development: Legal Writing, Constitutional Law And Scholarship, Regina Ramsey James

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Using Non-Directive Conference Techniques With International Students, Jennifer Davis Mar 2016

Using Non-Directive Conference Techniques With International Students, Jennifer Davis

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Using Foreign Authority To Teach Foreign-Trained Llms, Andrew Jensen Kerr Mar 2016

Using Foreign Authority To Teach Foreign-Trained Llms, Andrew Jensen Kerr

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Grasp The Subject, The Words Will Follow: Reinforcing Doctrinal Learning And Building Skills And Competencies Through Legal Writing Exercises, Veronica Finkelstein Mar 2016

Grasp The Subject, The Words Will Follow: Reinforcing Doctrinal Learning And Building Skills And Competencies Through Legal Writing Exercises, Veronica Finkelstein

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Using Technology To Teach The Flipped Classroom: A Presentation Of Various Tools, Techniques, And Tips, Duane R. Donahoe, Jessica Wherry, Shakira Pleasant, Kristen Murray Mar 2016

Using Technology To Teach The Flipped Classroom: A Presentation Of Various Tools, Techniques, And Tips, Duane R. Donahoe, Jessica Wherry, Shakira Pleasant, Kristen Murray

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


The Integrated Law School Curriculum, Adam Lamparello Mar 2016

The Integrated Law School Curriculum, Adam Lamparello

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Peer Editing On A Large Scale: Protecting Anonymity, Encouraging Class Participation, And Increasing Awareness Of Learning Objectives, Jennifer Franklin Mar 2016

Peer Editing On A Large Scale: Protecting Anonymity, Encouraging Class Participation, And Increasing Awareness Of Learning Objectives, Jennifer Franklin

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Bridging The Gap Between Required First And Second Year Legal Writing Courses And The Evolving Roles Of Students And Professors, Jessica K. Webb, Heather Baum Mar 2016

Bridging The Gap Between Required First And Second Year Legal Writing Courses And The Evolving Roles Of Students And Professors, Jessica K. Webb, Heather Baum

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


It's Alive! Breathing New Life Into Old Topics, Olympia Duhart, Amanda Foster, Hugh Mundy Mar 2016

It's Alive! Breathing New Life Into Old Topics, Olympia Duhart, Amanda Foster, Hugh Mundy

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Experiments In Pedagogy: The Pro Humanitate Project, Abigail Perdue Mar 2016

Experiments In Pedagogy: The Pro Humanitate Project, Abigail Perdue

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Fairy Tales And The Importance Of Telling A Story, Brian Nese Mar 2016

Fairy Tales And The Importance Of Telling A Story, Brian Nese

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Teaching Electronic Legal Research: Bookless But Not Bootless, Sharon A. Pocock Mar 2016

Teaching Electronic Legal Research: Bookless But Not Bootless, Sharon A. Pocock

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Making It Stick: Using The Science Of Successful Learning In The Legal Writing Classroom, Craig T. Smith Mar 2016

Making It Stick: Using The Science Of Successful Learning In The Legal Writing Classroom, Craig T. Smith

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


A Conversation About Discipline Building, Ruth Anne Robbins, Ellie Margolis, Sherri Keene Mar 2016

A Conversation About Discipline Building, Ruth Anne Robbins, Ellie Margolis, Sherri Keene

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


All The Law's A Stage: Using Vocal Techniques From Theatre To Improve Presentation Skills, Stephen Paskey Mar 2016

All The Law's A Stage: Using Vocal Techniques From Theatre To Improve Presentation Skills, Stephen Paskey

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Add-On Contract Drafting Workshops, Martha M. Ertman Mar 2016

Add-On Contract Drafting Workshops, Martha M. Ertman

The Sixth Annual Capital Area Legal Writing Conference

No abstract provided.


Are We There Yet? Aligning The Expectations And Realities Of Gaining Competency In Legal Writing, Sherri Lee Keene Jan 2015

Are We There Yet? Aligning The Expectations And Realities Of Gaining Competency In Legal Writing, Sherri Lee Keene

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


One Small Step For Legal Writing, One Giant Leap For Legal Education: Making The Case For More Writing Opportunities In The "Practice-Ready" Law School Curriculum, Sherri Lee Keene Jan 2014

One Small Step For Legal Writing, One Giant Leap For Legal Education: Making The Case For More Writing Opportunities In The "Practice-Ready" Law School Curriculum, Sherri Lee Keene

Faculty Scholarship

Legal writing is more than an isolated practical skill or a law school course; it is a valuable tool for broadening and deepening law students’ and new attorneys’ knowledge and understanding of the law. If experienced legal professionals, both professors and practitioners alike, take a hard look back at their careers, many will no doubt remember how their work on significant legal writing projects advanced their own knowledge of the law and enhanced their professional competence. Legal writing practice helps the writer to gain expertise in a number of ways: first, the act of writing itself promotes learning; second, close …


Library Services For The Self-Interested Law School: Enhancing The Visibility Of Faculty Scholarship, Simon Canick Jan 2013

Library Services For The Self-Interested Law School: Enhancing The Visibility Of Faculty Scholarship, Simon Canick

Faculty Scholarship

This article suggests a new set of filters through which to evaluate law library services, in particular those that support faculty scholarship. Factors include profound changes in legal education, and motivators of today’s law professors. Understanding the needs of self-interested deans and professors, libraries can fill new roles that are consistent with our core values. In particular we can focus on dissemination and promotion of faculty work, especially through innovative open access projects.


Teaching Amidst Transformation: Integrating Global Perspectives On The Financial Crisis Into The Classroom, Shruti Rana Jan 2013

Teaching Amidst Transformation: Integrating Global Perspectives On The Financial Crisis Into The Classroom, Shruti Rana

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


Teaching Business Law In The New Economy; Strategies For Success, Kamille Wolff Dean Jan 2013

Teaching Business Law In The New Economy; Strategies For Success, Kamille Wolff Dean

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.


The New Legal Writing: The Importance Of Teaching Law Students How To Use E-Mail Professionally, Kendra Huard Fershee Jan 2012

The New Legal Writing: The Importance Of Teaching Law Students How To Use E-Mail Professionally, Kendra Huard Fershee

Maryland Law Review Online

No abstract provided.


Bridging Gaps And Blurring Lines: Integrating Analysis, Writing, Doctrine, And Theory, Susan J. Hankin Jan 2011

Bridging Gaps And Blurring Lines: Integrating Analysis, Writing, Doctrine, And Theory, Susan J. Hankin

Faculty Scholarship

This article is an outgrowth of the author’s participation in a July 29, 2009 panel presentation, “Change in Legal Education: Practical Skills,” at the Symposium, YES WE CArNegie: Change in Legal Education after the Carnegie Report. The article responds to the Carnegie Report’s call to “bridge the gap between analytical and practical knowledge” by presenting two models for integrating skills with doctrine in the first-year curriculum. The first model, built into the curriculum at the University of Maryland School of Law, involves teaching the first semester Legal Analysis & Writing course by pairing it with another required first-semester course, Torts, …


The Ownership Delusion: When Law Libraries "Buy" Electronic Documents, Are They Getting More, Or Simply Paying More?, Simon Canick Feb 2008

The Ownership Delusion: When Law Libraries "Buy" Electronic Documents, Are They Getting More, Or Simply Paying More?, Simon Canick

Faculty Scholarship

This article explores the issues surrounding electronic document ownership in academic libraries. It discusses the guidelines of AALL with regard to licensing electronic materials, and how it measures up to what vendors are willing to offer. The author takes a critical stance on who benefits from the electronic document ownership agreements.


Teaching Legal Research And Writing With Actual Legal Work: Extending Clinical Education Into The First Year, Michael A. Millemann, Steven D. Schwinn Apr 2006

Teaching Legal Research And Writing With Actual Legal Work: Extending Clinical Education Into The First Year, Michael A. Millemann, Steven D. Schwinn

Faculty Scholarship

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 …


Legal Writing And Academic Support: Timing Is Everything, Dionne L. Koller Oct 2004

Legal Writing And Academic Support: Timing Is Everything, Dionne L. Koller

Faculty Scholarship

The conventional wisdom is that legal writing and academic support go hand-in-hand. Most law schools assume that struggling students can be reliably identified for academic support through their first-year legal writing course, and that first-year legal writing instructors can fairly easily and effectively provide this support. Indeed, this is the prevailing view in current academic support and legal writing scholarship. Professor Koller's article challenges the conventional wisdom and instead points out several issues that should be considered if a law school relies on the first-year legal writing course as a component of, or in lieu of, an academic support program. …