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Salt History & Timeline, Joyce Saltalamachia
Salt History & Timeline, Joyce Saltalamachia
Founding of SALT
In 1999, Joyce Saltalamachia sends a memo to the SALT History "Explore" Group. The memo includes a brief history of the founding of SALT and time-lines of significant SALT activities from beginning through 1991.
Ratings, Not Rankings: Why U.S. News & World Report Shouldn't Want To Be Compared To Time And Newsweek - Or The New Yorker, Nancy B. Rapoport
Ratings, Not Rankings: Why U.S. News & World Report Shouldn't Want To Be Compared To Time And Newsweek - Or The New Yorker, Nancy B. Rapoport
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This article discusses the many problems with the U.S. News & World Report rankings of law schools. It argues, among other things, that the rankings magnify insignificant differences among law schools and that the rankings do not provide helpful consumer information.
Pro Bono Service At The William S. Boyd School Of Law, Mary E. Berkheiser, Christine Smith
Pro Bono Service At The William S. Boyd School Of Law, Mary E. Berkheiser, Christine Smith
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The mission of the William S. Boyd School of Law is to serve Nevada, and the legal and academic communities by developing and maintaining an innovative educational program that will train ethical and effective lawyers and leaders for Nevada and for the legal profession. To put the school’s mission in motion, we have begun by stressing community service, professionalism and the roles, responsibilities, skills and values of lawyers, and by involving students and faculty in community service projects in ways that will benefit our state.
Applying New Rhetoric To Legal Discourse: The Ebb And Flow Of Reader And Writer, Text And Context, Linda L. Berger
Applying New Rhetoric To Legal Discourse: The Ebb And Flow Of Reader And Writer, Text And Context, Linda L. Berger
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Applying New Rhetoric to law school pedagogy, this article suggests an ebb and flow of reader and writer, text and context drawn from New Rhetoric theory, research, and teaching practices. Almost all legal writing scholarship now focuses on some aspect of New Rhetoric. Yet it is likely that the product approach still prevails in the places where the papers are graded, in part because it is the more familiar and straightforward way that papers have always been graded. What follows is an initial attempt to more fully apply New Rhetoric theory and research to the teaching of legal reading and …