Next comes Terri Enns and Monte Smith's article, entitled, «Take a (Cognitive) Load Off: Creating Space to Allow First - Year Legal Writing Students to Focus on Analytical and Writing Processes,» in which Terri and Monte encourage us to focus the students» attention away from the documents they write — the products — and focus on writing and analysis — the processes.8 Terri and Monte's article provide us with a discussion
of the cognitive blocks that «impede -LSB--RSB- first - year
law students» ability to learn analytical and writing processes at the same time that the students are producing written analysis for a grade,» as well as describing exercises that Terri and Monte have used in class to assist the students in refocusing on the writing and analytical processes, instead
of the products.9 And Terri and Monte's article concludes with a proposal
of devoting a portion
of class to processes, 10 in hopes that «[g] reater understanding and the
adoption of that doctrine [the processes] should improve the students» ability to transfer their new
knowledge to new analysis and writing tasks.»
The
adoption of a broad definition
of «traditional
laws and customs», which includes the observances, practices,
knowledge and beliefs
of an ATSI group, will facilitate the receipt
of more diverse evidence which can be used to prove the existence and content
of particular traditional
laws and customs
of the group.
In Texas, there is no «age
of consent» so Abrazo honors Texas state
laws that allow a parent
of any age to make an
adoption plan for their baby without their parent's
knowledge and / or approval.