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Lost Laws: What We Can't Find In The U.S. Code, Will Tress
Lost Laws: What We Can't Find In The U.S. Code, Will Tress
Golden Gate University Law Review
This article looks at the development of the U.S. Code as the primary expression of federal statutory law and at those features which detract from its usefulness in that role. To provide background, some defmitions of terms pertaining to codes are provided, followed by a history of the U.S. Code, a description of appropriations riders as a source of uncodified law, and a look at some of the agencies that create and maintain the Code. The Analysis section discusses particular problems with the current Code. Special attention is paid to enacted law relegated to footnotes and appendices of the Code, …
The Renaissance Road: Redesigning The Legal Writing Instructional Model, Johanna K.P. Dennis
The Renaissance Road: Redesigning The Legal Writing Instructional Model, Johanna K.P. Dennis
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The status quo in the required legal writing curriculum of legal education is a two-semester program in the first year of law school. However, this program requires that students simultaneously rethink and develop their legal writing skills while being taught an entirely new language - the language of the law. This program expects mastery from all students without accounting for their necessary rebirths or providing multiple opportunities for depth on various assignments. By contrast, institutions can rethink how they educate future lawyers and transition to a three-semester program, which allows more opportunity for horizontal growth and vertical advancement beyond the …