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The Holy Grail? Designing And Teaching An Integrated Doctrine And Drafting Course, Claire C. Robinson May
The Holy Grail? Designing And Teaching An Integrated Doctrine And Drafting Course, Claire C. Robinson May
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I’ve long considered teaching doctrine and skills together in a single course to be the holy grail of legal education. If we could do so successfully, we might make significant strides in providing a legal education that better prepares our students to be practicing lawyers. In spring 2016, my colleague Professor April Cherry and I took the plunge and collaboratively offered a course titled Estates and Trusts: Doctrine and Drafting at our institution, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. This essay describes our experience and lessons learned pursuing the holy grail.
Visual Clarity In Contract Drafting, Karin Mika
Visual Clarity In Contract Drafting, Karin Mika
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A Third Semester Of Lrw: Why Teaching Transactional Skills And Problems Is Now Essential To The Legal Writing Curriculum, Karin Mika
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The article advocates including drafting and transactional courses in Legal Writing programs to better prepare students for practice. The article also advocates teaching various upper level skills courses so that students learn "soft skills," such as dealing with clients and understanding their personal legal needs.