Legal Writing Prof Blog
Is devoted to legal writing news, issues, war stories and continuing education opportunities.
Author: Nancy Soonpaa is associate dean for student affairs, professor of law, and director of the Legal Practice Program at Texas Tech University School of Law; Sue Liemer is an assistant professor of law and director of lawyering skills at Southern Illinois University School of Law; Coleen M. Barger is an associate professor of law at UALR Bowen School of Law; and Mark E. Wojcik is a law professor and director of the Global Legal Studies Program John Marshall Law School. Contributing editor James B. Levy is an associate professor at Nova Southeastern University School of Law.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Law Professors • John Marshall Law School • Nova Southeastern University • Southern Illinois University-Carbondale • Texas Tech University • University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Bowen School of Law • Law Professor • Legal Research and Writing
Recent Posts from Legal Writing Prof Blog
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calling all Yankee LRW profs
If you plan to attend, it's time to sign up for the next conference of the New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers. The conference will take place at Western New England College School of…
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preparing for oral argument
In an interview in the Chicago Tribune, a 4th year associate explains how he's preparing for his first oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. It's worth forwarding to law students preparing for 1L oral…
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tenure-track job opening at University of Montana
The University of Montana School of Law anticipates hiring a full-time tenure-track professor beginning in the 2010-2011 academic year to teach in the area of legal writing, research and related courses with additional responsibilities in…
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job opening at CUNY
The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law seeks applicants with a demonstrated commitment to its social justice mission for a full-time teaching position. The Law School Instructor hired in this cycle will…
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quotable
"I like the exact word, and clarity of statement, and here and there a touch of good grammar for picturesqueness." ~ Mark Twain, 1924 (spl)
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writing centers workshop
Law schools with PhD writing specialists on staff in particular may be interested next year's joint conference of the International Writing Centers Association and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring, to be held on November…
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What the research tells us about the path to writing expertise
Here is the second installmentin an occasional column Inside Higher Ed is running on how to become a competent academic writer. We blogged about the first installment here which pertained to the myths about the…
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The Last Lawyer
That intriguing title graces the cover of a new book about North Carolina attorney Ken Rose. The new book chronicles Rose’s decade-long defense of Bo Jones, a North Carolina farmhand convicted of a 1987 murder.…
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job opening in North Carolina
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law is inviting applications for a full-time clinical faculty appointment for a director of its first-year legal research and writing program (Research, Reasoning, Writing, and…
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job opening in Kansas
The University of Kansas School of Law seeks applicants for a faculty position in its first-year Lawyering Skills Program. Lawyering Skills is a full-year program which includes a two-credit course in the fall and a…