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A Beginner's Guide to Legal Education Professor James R. Elkins
Urban A. Lavery, The Language of the Law: Defects in the Written Style of Lawyers, Some Illustrations, the Reasons Therefor, and Certain Suggestions as to Improvement, 7 A.B.A.J. 277 (1921) Harry Kalven, Jr., Law School Training in Research and Exposition: The University of Chicago Program, 1 J. Legal Educ. 107 (1948) Jerome J. Shestack, Legal Research and Writing: The Northeastern University Program, 3 J. Legal Educ. 126 (1950) Daniel R. Mandelker, Legal Writing--The Drake Program, 3 J. Legal Educ. 583 (1951) Harold Horowitz, Legal Research and Writing at the University of Southern California: A Three Year Program, 4 J. Legal Educ. 95 (1951) Harry Kalven, The Legal Writing Program in the Law School, 1953 U. Chi. L. Sch. Rec. 8 (vol.2, no.1) Roy Moreland, Legal Writing and Research in the Smaller Law Schools, 7 J. Legal Educ. 49 (1954) William L. Prosser, English As She Is Wrote, 7 J. Legal Educ. 155 (1954) Stanley V. Kinyon, English as She Was Wrotten at Minnesota: A Legal Fairy Tale, 7 J. Legal Educ. 553 (1955) Harold G. Pickering, On Learning to Write: Suggestions for Study and Practice, 41 A.B.A.J. 1121 (1955) William R. Roalfe & William P. Higman, Legal Writing and Research at Northwestern University, 9 J. Legal Educa. 81 (1956) Harry E. Groves, Help For the Semiliterate Law Student, 10 J. Legal Educ. 369 (1958) Stewart Macaulay & Henry G. Manne, A Low-Cost Legal Writing Program: The Wisconsin Experience, 11 J. Legal Educ. 387 (1959) Panel Discussion, The Teaching of Legal Writing and Legal Research: Proceedings of the American Association of Law Libraries, 52 Law Libr. J. 350 (1959) Burton W. Kanter, Effective Legal Writing--Some Thoughts and Reflections on Learning and Teaching, 42 Chi. B. Rec. 113 (1960) Irving Mehler, Language Mastery and Legal Training, 6 Vill. L. Rev. 201 (1960) George J. Alexander, A Research and Writing Program for Small Schools, 14 J. Legal Educ. 377 (1962) ________________, I Take My Pen in Hand--Selected Materials on the Art of Legal Writing, 17 Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York 105 (1962) Hans J. Gottlieb, Teaching English in a Law School, 49 A. B. A. J. 666 ( 1963) Robert N. Covington, The Development of the Vanderbilt Legal Writing Program, 16 J. Legal Educ. 342 (1964) C. B. Bordwell, A Writing Specialist in the Law School, 17 J. Legal Educ. 462 (1965) Glenn Leggett, Judicial Writing: An Observation by a Teacher of Writing, 58 L. Libr. J. 114 (1965) David L. Kirp, The Writer as Lawyer as Writer, 22 J. Legal Educ. 115 (1969) Nancy Eastham Iacobucci, Legal Research and Writing: A Proposed Programme, 19 U. Toronto L. J. 401 (1969) Paul L. Diggs, Communication Skills in Legal Materials: The Howard Law School Program, 2 U. Tol. L. Rev. 763 (1970) Wesley Gilmer, Teaching Legal Research and Writing in American Law Schools, 25 J. Legal Educ. 571 (1973) Kenneth B. Germain, Legal Writing and Moot Court at Almost No Cost: The Kentucky Experience 1971-72, 25 J. Legal Educ. 595 ( 1973 ) Comment, A Student View of the Legal Research and Legal Bibliography Course at Utah and Elsewhere--A Proposed System, 25 J. Legal Educ. 553 (1973) Richard I. Aaron, Legal Writing at Utah--A Reaction to the Student View, 25 J. Legal Educ. 566 (1973) Marjorie Dick Rombauer, First-Year Legal Research and Writing: Then and Now, 25 J. Legal Educ. 538 (1973) Stanley Robinson, Drafting: Its Substance and Teaching, 25 J. Legal Educ. 514 (1973) Boyd Kimball Dyer, Whatever Happened to Legal Writing at Utah?, 26 J. Legal Educ. 338 (1974) Norman Brand, Minority Writing Problems and Law School Writing Programs, 26 J. Legal Educ. 331 (1974) Jack Achtenberg, Legal Writing and Research: The Neglected Orphan of the First Year, 29 U. Miami L. Rev. 218 (1975) George D. Gibson, Elements of Legal Style, 22 Bus. Lawyer 547 (1976) George D. Gopen, A Question of Cash and Credit: Writing Programs at the Law Schools, 3 J. Contemp. L. 191 (1977) David H. Vernon and N. William Hines, Guidelines for Preserving the English Language, 4 Learning and the Law 26 (1977) William J. Bridge, Legal Writing After the First Year of Law School, 5 Ohio N. U. L. Rev. 411 (1978) Donald S. Cohen, Ensuring An Effective Instructor-Taught Legal Writing and Advocacy Program: How to Teach the Teachers, 29 J. Legal Educ. 593 (1978) Reed Dickerson, Legal Drafting: Writing as Thinking, or, Talk-Back from Your Draft and How to Exploit It, 29 J. Legal Educ. 373 (1978) Richard Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers, 66 Calif. L. Rev. 727 (1978) Dwight W. Stevenson, Rhetoric and Law: Designing a Program in Communication for Law Students, 29 College Composition and Communication 30 (1978) Jack Achtenberg, Legal Writing and Research: The Neglected Orphans of the First Year, 29 U. Miami L. Rev. 218 (1978) James C. Raymond, Legal Writing: An Obstruction to Justice, 30 Ala. L. Rev. 1 (1978) Reed Dickerson, Teaching legal Writing in the law Schools (with a Special Nod to Legal Drafting), 16 Idaho L. Rev. 85 (1979) Michael Botein, Rewriting First-Year Legal Writing Programs, 30 J. Legal Educ. 184 (1979) Roger W. Anderson, Stating Objectives for a Legal Writing Course, 30 J. Legal Educ. 358 (1979) Alan M. Siegel, Legal Language: Need Some Help to Write Clearly? Here's a Bibliography for the '80s, 28 Nat. L. J. 23 (January, 1980) Peter W. Gross, California Western Law School's First-Year Course in Legal Skills, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 369 (1980) Margit Livingston, Legal Writing and Research at DePaul University: A Program in Transition, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 344 (1980) Lynn B. Squires, A Writing Specialist in the Legal Research and Writing Curriculum, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 412 (1980) Norman Brand, Legal Writing, Reasoning & Research: An Introduction, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 292 (1980) Mary Ellen Gale, Legal Writing: The Impossible Takes a Little Longer, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 298 (1980) Marjorie Dick Rombauer, Regular Faculty Staffing for an Expanded First-Year Research and Writing Course: A Post Mortem, 44 Alb. L. Rev. 392 (1980) James A. R. Nafziger, Teaching Legal Writing in the United States, 7 Monash L. Rev. 67 (1980) Robert L. Clare, Teaching Clear Legal Writing--The Practitioner's Viewpoint, 52 N.Y. St. B. J. 192 (1980) Flora Johnson, Legal Writing Programs: This Year's Models, 8 Student Law. 11 (January/February, 1980) Domenick L. Gabrielli, The Importance of Research and Legal Writing in the Law School Education, 46 Alb. L. Rev. 1 (1981) Ruth Fleet Thurman, Blueprint for a Legal Research and Writing Course, 31 J. Legal Educ. 134 (1981) Michael Wilkinson & Harry Wainmen, Legal English: A Functional Course, 31 J. Legal Educ. 664 (1981) Anita L. Morse, Research, Writing and Advocacy in the Law School Curriculum, 75 L. Libr. J. 232 (1982) Willard H. Pedrick, et. al., Should Permanent Faculty Teach Legal Writing? A Debate, 32 J. Legal Educ. 413 (1982) Karen Danzinger, You Are What You Write, 17 Docket Call 20 (Spring 1982) Terence Collins and Darryl Hattenhauer, Law and Language: A Selected Annotated Bibliography on Legal Writing, 33 J. Legal Educ. 141 (1983) George H. Hathaway, Bibliography of Plain English for Lawyers, 62 Mich. B. J. 989 (1983) George H. Hathaway, An Overview of the Plain English Movement for Lawyers, 62 Mich. B.J. 945 (1983) Steven Stark, Law Schools Must Teach Writing as a Discrete Skill, Legal Times, September 19, 1983, p. 16. Christopher Rideoout, Applying the Writing Across the Curriculum Model to Professional Writing, Current Issues in Higher Educ., 1983-84, No. 3, at 29-31. Steven Stark, Why Lawyers Can't Write, 97 Harv. L. Rev. 1389 (1984) Pamela Samuelson, Good Legal Writing: Of Orwell and Window Panes, 46 U. Pitts L. Rev. 149 (1984) Allen Boyer, Legal Writing Programs Reviewed: Merits, Flaws, Costs, and Essentials, 62 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 23 (1985) Robert B. Smith, Making Sense: Some Reflections on Legal Writing, 56 Okla. B. J. 56 2563 (1985) Kathleen M. Carrick & Donald J. Dunn, Legal Writing: An Evaluation of the Textbook Literature, 30 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 645 (1985) Edward D. Re, Legal Writing as Good Literature, 59 St. John's L. Rev. 211 (1985) Robert W. Benson, The End of Legalese: The Game is Over, 13 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 519 (1985) Teresa Godwin Phelps, The New Rhetoric, 40 Sw. L. J. 1089 (1986) Richard Hyland, A Defense of Legal Writing, 134 U. Pa. L. Rev. 599 ( 1986) Gerald Torres, Teaching and Writing: Curriculum Reform as an Exercise in Critical Education, 10 Nova L. J. 867 (1986) Stanley A. Weigel, Legal Education and the English Language, 10 Nova L.J. 887 (1986) Helene S. Shapo, The Frontiers of Legal Writing: Challenges for Teaching Research, 78 L. Libr. J. 719 (1986) Philip C. Kolin and Ronald G. Marquardt, Research on Legal Writing: A Bibliography, 78 L. Libr. J. 493 (1986) Stanley A Weigel, Legal Education and the English Language, 10 Nova L. J. 887 (1986) Mark Mathewson, Good Legal Writing Can Be Taught--And the Programs at Three Schools Across the Country Prove It, 16 Student Law. 1 (1987) Kathleen S. Bean, Writing Assignments in Law School Classes, 37 J. Legal Educ. 276 (1987) Philip C. Kissam, Thinking (By Writing) About Legal Writing, 40 Vand. L. Rev. 135 (1987) Helen Leskovac, Legal Writing and Plain English: Does Voice Matter?, 38 Syracuse L. Rev. 1193 (1987) George D. Gopen, The State of Legal Writing: Res Ipsa Loquitur, 86 Mich. L. Rev. 333 (1987) John C. Dernbach, The Wrongs of Legal Writing, 16 (2) Student Lawyer 12 (October, 1987) Helen Leskovac, Legal Writing and Plain English: Does Voice Matter?, 38 Syracuse L. Rev. 1193 (1987) Teresa Godwin Phelps, Writing Strategies for Practicing Attorneys, 23 Gonz. L. Rev. 155 (1987/88) Frank Pommersheim, Voice, Values, and Community: Some Reflections on Legal Writing, 12 Legal Studies Forum 477 (1988) James D. Gordon, An Integrated First-Year Legal Writing Program, 39 J. Legal Educ. 609 (1989) Philip C. Kissam, Seminar Papers, 40 J. Legal Educ. 339 (1990) Cox and Ray, Getting Dorothy Out of Kansas: The Importance of an Advanced Component to Legal Writing Programs, 40 J. Legal Educ. 351 (1990) [Note: In 1991, the first issue of the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute was published.] Neal Feigenson, Legal Writing Texts Today (Review Essay), 41 J. Legal Educ. 503 (1991) Bari R. Burke, Legal Writing (Groups) at the University of Montana: Professional Voice Lessons in a Communal Context, 52 Mont. L. Rev. 373 (1991) Mary Kate Kearney & Mary Beth Beazley, Teaching Students How To Think Like Lawyers: Integrating Socratic Method with the Writing Process, 64 Temp. L. Q. 885 (1991) George D. Gopen and Gary D. Smout, Legal Writing: A Bibliography, 1 Legal Writing 93 (1991) Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing in the Twenty-first Century: The First Images--A Survey of Legal Research and Writing Programs, 1 Legal Writing 123 (1991) James F. Stratman, Teaching Lawyers to Revise for the Real World: A Role for Reader Protocols, 1 J. Legal Writing Inst. 35 (1991) Terri LeClerk, The Premature Deaths of Writing Instructors, 3 Integrated Legal Res. 4 (1991) Neal Feigenson, Legal Writing Texts Today (Review Essay), 41 J. Legal Educ. 503 (1991) Michell S, Simon, Teaching Writing Through Substance: The Integration of Legal Writing With All Deliberate Speed, 42 DePaul L. Rev. 619 (1992) Darlene Ricker, Verbatim: Peter Jan Honigsberg Claims Legal Writing Can be Easier--If You Think About It, 21(l) Student Lawyer 14 (September, 1992) Andrea A. Lunsford and Lisa Ede, Collaborative Authorship and the Teaching of Writing, 1 Cardozo Arts & Ent. J. 681 (1992) Joseph Kimble, Plain English: A Charter for Clear Writing, 9 Cooley L. Rev. 1 (1992) [Note: In 1993, West Publishing Company began publishing Teaching Legal Research and Writing]. Angela J. Campbell, Teaching Advance Legal Writing in a Law School Clinic, 24 Seton Hall L. Rev. 653 (1993) Natalie A. Markmam, Bringing Journalism Pedagogy into the Legal Writing Class, 43 J. Legal Educ. 551 (1993) Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Against the Tyranny of Paraphrase: Talking Back to Texts, 78 Cornell L. Rev. 163 (1993) Philip N. Meyer, "Fingers Pointing at the Moon": New Perspectives on Teaching Legal Writing and Analysis, 25 Conn. L. Rev. 777 ( 1993 ) John D. Feerick, Writing Like a Lawyer, 21 Fordham Urb. L. Rev. 381 (1994) J. Christopher Rideout and Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing: A Revised View, 69 Wash. L. Rev. 35 (1994) Maureen Arrigo-Ward, How To Please Most of the People Most of the Time: Directing (or Teaching In) a First-Year Legal Writing Program, 29 Val. U. L. Rev. 557 (1995) Jan M. Levine, "You Can't Please Everyone, So You'd Better Please Yourself": Directing (Or Teaching In) a First-Year Legal Writing Program, 29 Val. U. L. Rev. 611 (1995) Leigh Hunt Greenhaw, "To Say What the Law Is": Learning the Practice of Legal Rhetoric, 29 Val. U. L. Rev. 861 (1995) Beyond Small Groups: Legal Writing Instruction at Yale, 41(2) Yale Law Rpt. 8 (Spring, 1995) Ted Gest, "Combating Legalese: Law Schools Are Finally Learning That Good English Makes Good Sense," U.S. News & World Rep., March 20, 1995, p. 78. Richard B. Schmitt, Lawyers and Clients: "Law Schools, Firms Sending a Message: Polish Your Prose," Wall Street Journal, August 28, 1995, p. B5, c.l. Lucia Ann Silecchia, Designing and Teaching Advanced Legal Research and Writing Courses, 33 Duq. L. Rev. 203 (1995) Jan M. Levine, Voices in the Wilderness: Tenured and Tenure-Track Directors and Teachers in Legal Research and Writing Programs, 45 J Legal Educ. 530 (1995) James R. Elkins, What Kind of Story is Legal Writing?, 20 Legal Stud. F. 95 (1996) Linda Holderman Edwards, The Convergence of Analogical and Dialectic Imaginations in Legal Discourse, 20 Legal Stud. F. 7 (1996) Philip N. Meyer, "The Exploding Frog": A Legal Writing Teacher's Dream, 20 Legal Stud. F. 137 (1996) Kate O'Neill, Formalism and Syllogisms: A Pragmatic Critique of Writing in Law School, 20 Legal Stud. F. 51 (1996) Teresa Godwin Phelps, Tradition, Discipline & Creativity: Developing "Strong Poets" in Legal Writing, 20 Legal Stud. F. 89 (1996) Mark L. Evans, Tips for Writing Less Like a Lawyer, 7 Scribes J. Legal Writing 147 (1998-2000) Jamie Lee Mignon, How and Why We Write, 50 DePaul L. Rev. 1095 (2001) Return to: Legal Research & Law School Writing
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