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LegalWritingProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comIs It Ethical to Be a "Super Lawyer"?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a774c6b1970b2009-12-23T02:30:11-05:002009-12-23T07:30:11Z2009-12-23T07:30:11ZA new article explores the ethic questions involved when magazines or advertisements promote some lawyers as "super lawyers." Click here to read more. (mew)legalwritingprofessorsMore legal jerks in the news - this time from Texastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876777159970c2009-12-22T23:30:50-05:002009-12-23T04:32:15Z2009-12-23T04:30:50ZAfter blogging a few days ago about a California court that suspended a lawyer for three years because, according to that court, he was a "jerk," comes this story from today's online ABA Journal called "A Judge's Advice to New...legalwritingprofessorsMore on the Washington & Lee classroom to courtroom curriculum change tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128766908f4970c2009-12-22T17:10:00-05:002009-12-22T22:10:00Z2009-12-22T22:10:00ZHow's that for alliteration? To follow up on a story we told you about last week concerning the practicum curriculum change at Washington & Lee that the school claims is responsible for a 33% increase in applicants, both the Washington...legalwritingprofessorswhy can't 1Ls write?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876759dad970c2009-12-22T13:09:32-05:002009-12-22T18:09:32Z2009-12-22T18:09:32ZGiven the prevalence of "essay mills," as reported recently in the Chronicle of Higher Education, surely at least some U.S. students enter law school with undergrad degrees based in part on written work they paid others to do for them....legalwritingprofessorsProfessionalism alert Part II - California court issues 3 year suspension to prominent lawyer for being a jerk tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a765d75b970b2009-12-21T09:01:00-05:002009-12-21T14:01:00Z2009-12-21T14:01:00ZRelated to the story below, figuratively if not literally, a California court has suspended from practice for three years Philip Kay, a very successful and prominent plaintiff's attorney for "outrageous conduct." In a 48 page opinion, Judge Lucy Armendariz found,...legalwritingprofessorsProfessionalism alert: NY court suspends attorney for living lavish lifestyle and not paying taxestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a765abb7970b2009-12-21T09:00:00-05:002009-12-21T14:00:00Z2009-12-21T14:00:00ZAccording to one New York court, even if a lawyer devotes thousands of hours to pro bono work and gives generously to charity, his license to practice can still be pulled if the rest of his financial house is not...legalwritingprofessorsBankruptcy judge orders attorneys to use good legal writing.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a7659565970b2009-12-20T21:01:00-05:002009-12-21T02:01:00Z2009-12-21T02:01:00ZMinnesota bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel has issued a set of mandatory drafting guidelines for all attorneys submitting proposed orders for his signature. Some of the judge's guidelines reflect what is already commonly considered good practice (i.e. avoiding superfluous words) while...legalwritingprofessorslegal writing prof on Millionaire!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128766e8986970c2009-12-20T20:13:50-05:002009-12-21T01:14:23Z2009-12-21T01:13:50ZSee your local broadcast TV listings for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on January 4, 2010. Legal writing professor Lisa McElroy, who teaches at Drexel, will be a contestant. The show was taped in the fall, so obviously Lisa...legalwritingprofessorsfantasy Supreme Courttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128766ae42c970c2009-12-19T15:12:46-05:002009-12-19T20:12:46Z2009-12-19T20:12:46ZIf joining a fantasy football league isn't for you, perhaps you'd prefer the new fantasy Supreme Court game? It lets you predict the outcome of cases pending before the Court. If you've always said you know how a case should...legalwritingprofessorsMinnesota bankruptcy judge, cont'dtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a767beaa970b2009-12-19T15:03:12-05:002009-12-19T20:03:12Z2009-12-19T20:03:12ZI love Kressel's admonition to attorneys to stop capitalizing with abandon. He notes that capitalization should be limited to proper names, and his strict approach to capitalization is even more limiting than the Bluebook's. I also appreciate his plea to...legalwritingprofessorsBalance in Legal Education newslettertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a767b6ac970b2009-12-19T14:49:31-05:002009-12-19T19:49:31Z2009-12-19T19:49:31ZThe newsletter for the AALS Section on Balance in Legal Education is now available. Not only does it mention this blog (thank you!), it also includes: - a message from Section President Bruce Winick - a profile of Professor Calvin...legalwritingprofessorsScholarship alert: "A countervailing elite: the necessity of an effective lawyering skills pedagogy for a sustainable rule of law revival in East Africa"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a75a284a970b2009-12-18T08:40:00-05:002009-12-19T16:52:20Z2009-12-18T13:40:00ZThis one comes to us from Professor Kirsten A. Dauphinais of the University of North Dakota and can be found at 85 N.D. L. Rev. 53 (2009). From the introduction: [T]he lawyer in East Africa has to be much more...legalwritingprofessorsDoes reforming law school curriculum to focus on practice skills lead to increased applicants?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01287663d625970c2009-12-17T18:06:24-05:002009-12-17T23:06:24Z2009-12-17T23:06:24ZThere's an article in today's online ABA Journal discussing the departure after three years of Washington & Lee Dean Rod Smolla for Furman College where he'll serve as president. The article mentions the curriculum reforms that Dean Smolla implemented which...legalwritingprofessorsScholarship alert: "De minimis curat lex: secrets to success for 1st year law students"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128765d1a76970c2009-12-17T13:34:00-05:002009-12-17T22:32:13Z2009-12-17T18:34:00ZMore of the good stuff. This one is by Professor John H. Scheid of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago and can be found at 37 Cap. U. L. Rev. 631 (2009). From the abstract: The following suggestions that...legalwritingprofessorsScholarship alert: "Opinion writing and opinion readers"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128765d0694970c2009-12-17T12:06:00-05:002009-12-17T17:06:00Z2009-12-17T17:06:00ZCo-authored by Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert of the Third Circuit, he was the recipient of of the Legal Writing Institute's Golden Pen Award a few years back. The article can be found at 31 Cardozo L. Rev. 1 (2009). From...legalwritingprofessorsWord of the day - and it's apropos to grading seasontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128765cfe81970c2009-12-16T20:01:40-05:002009-12-17T01:01:40Z2009-12-17T01:01:40ZBecause I've been behind in my blogging, it's actually the word of last week. Technicalities aside, this one comes to us from from wordsmith.org and is particularly relevant during the month of December when most LRW profs are working through...legalwritingprofessorsteaching to different learning stylestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0128765c6d45970c2009-12-16T16:49:46-05:002009-12-16T21:49:46Z2009-12-16T21:49:46ZMuch has been made in the last decade about teaching to different learning styles, and legal writing professors have certainly been at the forefront of that movement. But now some researchers are questioning how much we really know about the...legalwritingprofessorsWrite like a mantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a7597583970b2009-12-16T16:29:25-05:002009-12-16T21:31:13Z2009-12-16T21:29:25ZThat's the title of a Salon article that's got some legal writing professors thinking: For centuries in print and more recently on-line, women who adopted male pseudonyms have fared better than they did writing under their own, female names. So...legalwritingprofessorsever edit a law journal contract?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012876569115970c2009-12-15T09:07:38-05:002009-12-15T14:10:30Z2009-12-15T14:07:38ZMaybe it's just me, but every time I publish an article in a student-edited law journal (for our non-U.S. readers, student-edited law journals are the norm in the U.S.), I find myself editing the publication contract before it even comes...legalwritingprofessorsnew articles on teaching legal researchtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a753909b970b2009-12-15T08:57:34-05:002009-12-19T16:57:50Z2009-12-15T13:57:34ZThanks to LWI and LSN, we have news of two new articles that offer innovative ideas for teaching legal research: "Teaching Legal Research Online" Susan Herrick, University of Maryland - Thurgood Marshall Law Library Sara Kelley Burriesci, Georgetown University Law...legalwritingprofessors