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Teaching Legal Writing :

Teaching Legal Writing :. Context, Curriculum, and Community. Jan Baker Elizabeth Dalzell. Teaching Through Context. Our students need to learn skills in context. True context requires the successful integration of essential research, analytical, and writing skills. Why Teach in Context?.

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Teaching Legal Writing :

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  1. Teaching Legal Writing:

    Context, Curriculum, and Community Jan Baker Elizabeth Dalzell
  2. Teaching Through Context Our students need to learn skills in context. True context requires the successful integration of essential research, analytical, and writing skills.
  3. Why Teach in Context? To help our students develop research strategies based on particular cases. To help our students become comfortable with case/file management in a law firm setting. To help our students develop empathy.
  4. We Want Our Students to Be Job-Ready “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your pilot. I’ve never actually flown a plane, but don’t worry. I’ve read all the manuals, and I have a great flight theory.”
  5. How Do We Incorporate Context? Integrated LRW Simulations Case files, client assignments, time sheets Professionalism
  6. Teaching Through Curriculum We need to move beyond the first year to make legal research and legal writing mainstays throughout each student’s law school experience. Thanks to the ABA and Bar surveys, many law schools are now focusing on advanced skills in the upper level law school curriculum.
  7. Introductory LRW Curriculum -Legal Research -Nature of Legal Authorities -Legal Analysis -Analytical Writing
  8. Upper Level LRW Curriculum Options -Advanced Appellate Advocacy -Legal Drafting -Advanced Persuasive Writing/Rhetoric -Complex Memo Writing -Advanced Legal Research -Scholarly Legal Writing -Legal Correspondence Writing -Judicial Opinion Writing -Legal Drafting -Integrated Courses -Writing Across the Curriculum
  9. Teaching Through Community Students need to understand how LRW skills will benefit them in the legal community. We should prepare them for their roles in front of various audiences: Clients Partners Other Lawyers Paralegals Judges
  10. What does the Legal CommunityExpect from New Law Grads? Portions adapted from Sheila F. Miller, Victoria L. VanZandt & Susan C. Wawrose, University of Dayton School of Law. Legal research and writing skills Be able to find the price of mayonnaise if necessary. Flexibility Adapt to team work and to partner’s preferences.
  11. New Law Grad Skills (cont’d) Professionalism Keep piercings and sleeping habits/habitats to yourself. OMG! (That’s not appropriate.) Issue spotting Critical and evaluative thinking People skills Empathy Don’t be creepy.
  12. Conclusions We need to teach in context. We need creative and innovative curriculum. We need to teach our students the skills they need to be productive and successful members of the legal community.
  13. Questions? Jan Baker bakerjm3@law.sc.ed Elizabeth Dalzell dalzell@law.sc.edu
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