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LegalWritingProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comGeorgia Supreme Court to decide if lawn mower is motor vehicletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115710d6d5a970c2009-07-14T04:18:24-04:002009-07-14T19:03:09Z2009-07-14T08:18:24ZAttention all LRW profs - this case has got "good hypo material" written all over it. After all, a lawn mower, like a car, has an engine, four wheels, brakes and a throttle. The question is being raised in the...legalwritingSalary gap widens between law grads headed for BigLaw and everyone elsetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157201aeb0970b2009-07-14T03:25:26-04:002009-07-14T07:25:26Z2009-07-14T07:25:26ZSo reported the online ABA Journal recently. Here are the details: A survey of the class of 2008 shows 23 percent of the graduates made $160,000, the amount the big law firms paid to newly minted associates, according to a...legalwritingProfessor Sarah Ricks interviewed by Politifact.com re: Sotomayor's role in Ricci decisiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011572018ab6970b2009-07-14T03:00:50-04:002009-07-14T07:00:50Z2009-07-14T07:00:50ZRutgers professor Sarah Ricks gave an online interview last Friday to the website Politifact.com offering balance to political pundit Anne Coulter's criticism of Sotomayor's role in the Second Circuit's handling of the Ricci case, recently overturned by SCOTUS. Ms.Coulter claims...legalwritingJustice Ginsburg discusses the importance of a woman's perspective on the Supreme Courttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157107179d970c2009-07-12T22:59:05-04:002009-07-13T22:02:44Z2009-07-13T02:59:05ZIn a Q & A in today's magazine section of the NYT's, Justice Ginsburg talks about the importance of having women on the SCOTUS both in terms of public perception and influence on decision-making. Her remarks were made in the...legalwritingWard Churchill gets "zip" - Judge throws out jury verdicttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571fbc765970b2009-07-12T22:33:28-04:002009-07-13T19:39:10Z2009-07-13T02:33:28ZIn the event you haven't already heard, in a case we've been following for months that arguably tested the limits of academic freedom (at least according to the plaintiff), the Colorado trial judge that presided over the Ward Churchill case...legalwritingAnd you thought you knew Haiku . . . . tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157106f01f970c2009-07-12T22:19:02-04:002009-07-13T19:37:29Z2009-07-13T02:19:02ZBy way of explanation for our loyal blog readers who are not legal writing profs, a couple of times each year - usually around grading season - a few LRW profs post haikus on the Legal Writing Institute listserv. Others...legalwritingAre there too many law schools turning out too many law grads?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571f81cae970b2009-07-12T01:16:31-04:002009-07-12T15:16:38Z2009-07-12T05:16:31ZIt's a question the Legal Writing Prof blog has been asking for months. The New York Times picked up on the story back in March and now the most widely read university-level educational journal, The Chronicle of Higher Ed., is...legalwritingThe blogosphere debate on the adequacy of law school trainingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571f80ce8970b2009-07-12T00:43:17-04:002009-07-12T04:43:17Z2009-07-12T04:43:17ZThe discussion begun by Paul Lippe, founder of the attorney networking site Legal OnRamp, criticizing the adequacy of law school training, which we first reported here, has finally gained traction and is now running hotter than a nitro-methane funny car....legalwritingWhat some law schools are doing to help grads find jobstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571031152970c2009-07-11T23:54:23-04:002009-07-12T04:44:00Z2009-07-12T03:54:23ZThe Minnesota Lawyer is reporting the measures four schools in that state are taking to help current students maintain morale and help recent grads find jobs. Among the strategies: 1. School funded, post-JD fellowships for graduates who haven't found jobs...legalwritingresources for teaching ESL studentstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157102b47c970c2009-07-11T22:05:04-04:002009-07-12T02:05:04Z2009-07-12T02:05:04ZThe Legal Writing Institute’s Global Legal Writing Skills/International Outreach Committee has posted helpful resources for professors teaching legal analysis, legal writing, legal research, and related topics to LL.M. students. At http://lwionline.org/, click on "Member Resources," then click on "Teaching International...legalwritingadvice on contract draftingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571f33525970b2009-07-10T23:50:11-04:002009-07-11T03:50:11Z2009-07-11T03:50:11ZKen Adams has it--advice, that is, and it's good to boot. I liked his response to a law student who opined that contract drafting is neither a creative nor an imaginative process. Her experiences inserting boilerplate into ready-made templates had...legalwritingThe worst and the shortest oral argument?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571f211a2970b2009-07-10T22:08:50-04:002009-07-12T02:25:57Z2009-07-11T02:08:50ZA few days ago in my summer legal writing class as we were practicing oral arguments, a student asked whether she had to use all of her allotted time. The answer is "no" and to illustrate the point, I showed...legalwritingUSNWR ranks law firms. What next? Why not rank everyone?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570fd179c970c2009-07-10T21:46:39-04:002009-07-11T02:20:14Z2009-07-11T01:46:39ZSpeaking for myself, the USNWR law school rankings are an eminently reasonable response to consumer demand for information about how to spend their educational dollars. One may quibble with USNWR's ranking formula and those ranked may argue about the results,...legalwritingScholarship alert: "Teaching transactional lawyering"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570fcbd9f970c2009-07-10T21:03:12-04:002009-07-11T01:03:22Z2009-07-11T01:03:12ZThis article comes from Drexel Professor Karl Okamoto and can be found at 1 Drexel L. Rev. 69 (2009). From the introduction: Over the years I have developed a habit. Whenever I meet a “deal lawyer” of some experience and...legalwritingmore kudos!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011570fc3568970c2009-07-10T20:09:55-04:002009-07-11T00:09:55Z2009-07-11T00:09:55ZContinuing to report on progress and prizes in the legal writing field: At the University of Maine, Angie Arey was appointed Associate Professor of Legal Writing, a nice step up from the "Legal Writing Instructor" title she held for the...legalwriting