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Langdell's Auto-Da-Fé, John Henry Schlegel
Competent Legal Writing - A Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, Debra R. Cohen
Competent Legal Writing - A Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, Debra R. Cohen
Journal Articles
The legal profession is constantly evolving to keep pace with our increasingly complex society.' Today, the legal profession "is larger and more diverse than ever before." Despite this transformation, "the law has remained a single profession identified with a perceived common body of learning, skills and values." This common body of learning, skills, and values constitutes the fundamental elements of competent representation. Writing is one of the essential skills of competent representation.
"Law is a profession of words." Lawyers use words, both written and oral, in a wide array of contexts-to advise, to advocate, to elicit information, to establish legal …
"Meet My Mentor": A Collection Of Personal Reminiscences, Frank G. Houdek, Edmund P. Edmonds
"Meet My Mentor": A Collection Of Personal Reminiscences, Frank G. Houdek, Edmund P. Edmonds
Journal Articles
Contributors describe the mentoring they received as law librarians. Individually the pieces offer fascinating glimpses of individuals and relationships. Collectively, they demonstrate how important - and how varied - the process of mentoring has been and continues to be for the growth and evolution of the profession.
Meet My Mentors -- Janet Wallin And Caroline Heriot, Edmund P. Edmonds
Meet My Mentors -- Janet Wallin And Caroline Heriot, Edmund P. Edmonds
Journal Articles
In this article, Dean Ed Edmonds describes his relationship with two people who mentored him in his career as a legal librarian.
Legal Writing In The New Millennium: Lessons From A Special Teacher And A "Special Classroom", Kenneth F. Ripple
Legal Writing In The New Millennium: Lessons From A Special Teacher And A "Special Classroom", Kenneth F. Ripple
Journal Articles
After receiving the invitation to address this conference, I found my thoughts often returning to my own education in legal writing. As I recall, my legal writing experience in law school was not a very intensive—or positive—one. As was quite typical in that era (almost thirty-three years ago), the program at my law school was not very extensive: we wrote a memorandum of law and a brief under the guidance of a graduate law student.
My real legal writing education took place in the study of the Chief Justice of the United States. For the better part of five years, …