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Build A Career That Aligns With Your Passions, Ashley A. Ahlbrand Jan 2023

Build A Career That Aligns With Your Passions, Ashley A. Ahlbrand

Articles by Maurer Faculty

When I was wrapping up my final semester of law school, I was fretting about what I would do next. The job market for new attorneys had tanked, less than half of my classmates had job offers lined up, I had no connections of my own that I could work, and worse, I still didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Expressing my anxiety to our school’s Westlaw rep at the time, she asked me to reflect on my favorite parts of law school. That was easy: I loved any class where I could write a …


Plain English Statutes And Readability: Pt. 1 - History, The Problem And The Case For A Statute, Reed Dickerson Jan 1985

Plain English Statutes And Readability: Pt. 1 - History, The Problem And The Case For A Statute, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In 1965 Reed Dickerson, Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School, wrote the classic Fundamentals of Legal Drafting, published by Little Brown and Co., Boston, a book that has become the most referred to of all books on legal drafting. Little Brown and Co. will soon be publishing Professor Dickerson's Second Edition of Fundamentals of Legal Drafting. With the permission of the author and the publishers, the Michigan Bar Journal and the Plain English Committee are pleased to present excerpts from a chapter in the Second Edition regarding plain English statutes and readability.


Plain English Statutes And Readability: Pt. 2 - Readability Formulas And Specifications For A "Plain English" Statute, Reed Dickerson Jan 1985

Plain English Statutes And Readability: Pt. 2 - Readability Formulas And Specifications For A "Plain English" Statute, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In 1965 Reed Dickerson, Professor of Low at the University of Indiana Law School, wrote the classic Fundamentals of Legal Drafting, published by Little Brown and Co., Boston, a book that has become the most referred to of all books on legal drafting. Little Brown and Co. will soon be publishing Professor Dickerson's Second Edition of Fundamentals of Legal Drafting. With the permission of the author and the publishers, the Michigan Bar Journal and the Plain English Committee are pleased to present excerpts from a chapter in the Second Edition regarding plain English statutes and readability. "Part I - History, …


Clear Legal Drafting: What's Holding Us Back?, F. Reed Dickerson Jan 1980

Clear Legal Drafting: What's Holding Us Back?, F. Reed Dickerson

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Professionalizing Legislative Drafting: A Realistic Goal?, Reed Dickerson Jan 1974

Professionalizing Legislative Drafting: A Realistic Goal?, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

The teaching of skills that result in sound legislative drafting is neglected in law schools, and professionalism in legislative drafting is lacking on both the federal and state fronts. With the adoption by the American Bar Association of seven major principles relating to the drafting of federal legislation, perhaps there is more hope now that there will be a move toward professionalism.


General Considerations In Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson Jan 1970

General Considerations In Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson

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Some Jurisprudential Implications Of Electronic Data Processing, Reed Dickerson Jan 1963

Some Jurisprudential Implications Of Electronic Data Processing, Reed Dickerson

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How To Write A Law, Reed Dickerson Jan 1955

How To Write A Law, Reed Dickerson

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Expanding The Tutorial Program: A Bloodless Revolution, Harry Pratter, Burton W. Kanter Jan 1955

Expanding The Tutorial Program: A Bloodless Revolution, Harry Pratter, Burton W. Kanter

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Legislative Drafting: A Challenge To The Legal Profession, Reed Dickerson Jan 1954

Legislative Drafting: A Challenge To The Legal Profession, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Some Basic Questions Regarding Legal Classification For Professional And Scientific Purposes, Jerome Hall Jan 1953

Some Basic Questions Regarding Legal Classification For Professional And Scientific Purposes, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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On Research In Law -- A Challenge And A Proposal, Jerome Hall Jan 1940

On Research In Law -- A Challenge And A Proposal, Jerome Hall

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A Review Of Reviews, Paul L. Sayre Jan 1927

A Review Of Reviews, Paul L. Sayre

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