Sentences with phrase «legal academic writing»

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Law professors write solely for other academics, but since their underlying religious / ideological / political positions are relatively conventional, they can also reassure their co «ideologues outside of the academy that someone really smart who speaks the language of modern moral / legal theory is on their side.

Here's another, scarcely less oratorical in character, from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: the title of this document (another wonderful example of Vatican bogus academic language when what is needed is a competent journalist used to writing informative headlines) is «Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons» (2003): The Church's teaching on marriage and on the complementarity of the sexes reiterates a truth that is evident to right reason and recognised as such by all the major cultures of the world.

Assistant Professor Natasha Warikoo, who recently wrote an L.A. Times op - ed about affirmative action, points out that although race - based affirmative action is still legal, universities can't rely solely on academic freedom to justify admissions policies.

This program will include a panel of experts to provide writing - lab assistance for the charter application, as well as a panel of experts to provide various final reviews and check - lists for applicants in the areas of legal, finance, academics, and governance to help ready school developer members for the school start - up process once their application is approved.

Law scholars who need an academic paper according to the legal terminologies and instructions, should definitely consult take our constitutional law assignment help to get a professional guidance on drafting a well - written academic paper which meets your university's standards and professor's expectations.

Once you have familiarized yourself with your clients» problems and the latest legal developments, approach a senior partner with the idea of writing an article for publication in either a trade journal or academic journal.

Legal publishing in jurisdictions like Victoria — or Canadian provinces for that matter — relies on legal academics or practising lawyers who work hard to write a book, which their publishers will know have very limited sales potenLegal publishing in jurisdictions like Victoria — or Canadian provinces for that matter — relies on legal academics or practising lawyers who work hard to write a book, which their publishers will know have very limited sales potenlegal academics or practising lawyers who work hard to write a book, which their publishers will know have very limited sales potential.

For example, a candidate with an excellent GRE score may be able to use that, where in another example a masters student could supply a piece of legal writing, or some other academic work.

Are we worrying about a trivial legal issue to gin up material for an academic issue to write about at length?

«[M] ost of what people take the time to write is legal analysis, law current events, opinions about these things, etc.» Again, he is talking about academics, but the point is true of a range of legal blogs.

L. Rev. 887, 924 — 25 (2002)(discussing the need for consistent legal - writing terminology, or «jargon,» to effectively communicate about writing and about the substance of the academic discipline of legal writing).

Additionally, we host legal hackathons and engage in thought leadership through social media and academic legal writing and research.

Pandora's Box, the TC Beirne School of Law's only independent student - run academic journal has been published annually since 1994, and aims to provide students access to a range of high quality, global academic writing on the interaction between a variety of legal and social issues.

We hire intelligent self - starter attorneys with distinguished academic and professional credentials, California Bar membership, superior research and writing skills, and a commitment to providing the highest quality legal services.

With that in mind, I thought it might help a few people out if I set down some thoughts on key differences between writing for academic purposes, and legal writing for commercial purposes.

• Generally speaking, students who write more (reflected by the number of writing assignments completed and the number of pages written during the current academic year) are more likely to report higher gains in legal research skills and the ability to write clearly and effectively.

Writing academic articles on complex legal topics won't necessarily prepare you forthe days when you'll need to draft a factum in a succinct and straightforward manner.

If any judge, lawyer or legal academic has written on the «reliability» of machines controlled by software code, I will be delighted to be made aware of such work.

Over the next few months I propose to write a few entries dealing with the use of electronic technology in the litigation process and with Simon's permission have them appear on Slaw, with the hope that such posts will spark a full discussion between the judiciary, the legal profession, academics and law students on the value and use of electronic technology in the judicial system.

34 And, much can be gained from reaching out to academics in other specialties who do have expertise in empirical work, potentially leading to interdisciplinary work that could reach a broader audience.35 Long sums up the point well: «If we want legal writing as a discipline to be taken seriously, we must be able to show, throughrigorous studies, that we engage in serious legal writing scholarship.»

This is undoubtedly a challenge shared by other peer - edited academic journals, but teaching legal research and writing in particular is notoriously labor intensive to say nothing of everyone's obligations outside the classroom or, for example, time spent stressing over whether one's contract would be renewed.

Sperling and Shapcott's and Rosen's recommendations for fostering a growth mindset in law schools focus primarily on communicating a growth mindset message to law students — be it from professors who have examined their own mindsets and thereby shifted their expectations and language; 188 through orientation programs that include growth - oriented messages from administrators, professors and guest speakers; 189 by framing assignments and evaluation in terms of process; 190 by professors who teach legal writing using their expertise in narrative to tell stories that show that legal writing and analysis skills are learned through effort and persistence; 191 by professors and administrators «communicat [ing] that law school has academic value beyond the first year» and «encourag [ing] students to view rankings and large firm job placements as indicative of mastery that can be obtained through learning and hard work»; 192 or, by providing growth mindset student mentors for incoming students.193

The Volume concludes with a practical piece by Samantha A. Moppett about academic poster presentations, providing practical advice for submitting such posters for legal writing conferences.

Not only does it point out the traps, but it explains how to avoid them, using advice written by practicing lawyers and academics who focus on legal ethics and professional responsibility.

In law school, Julie earned the privilege of becoming an Academic Excellence Honors Fellow where she worked with struggling first year law students as a mentor and coach, teaching them the art of being a law student, including life and time management skills, and legal analysis and writing skills.

The academic started looking at the origins of reserved legal work because of the present concerns over unregulated will - writing.

I write regular newsletters, bulletins and flyers on current legal issues for clients and journal articles for a variety of academic and health professional journals.

However, Law School beckoned Alex back to school, where at the University of Oklahoma College Of Law he earned numerous academic awards and law competitions including: the OU Order of Solicitors, OU American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Techniques and Antitrust I, OCU CALI Academic Award for Legal research and Wriacademic awards and law competitions including: the OU Order of Solicitors, OU American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Techniques and Antitrust I, OCU CALI Academic Award for Legal research and WriAcademic Award for Legal research and Writing II.

Posts about legal writing and litigation strategies, news about legal conferences and the occasional academic job announcement.

Nevertheless, some peer reviewers interpret «critical» as an open invitation to vent their academic frustrations or professional inadequacies, rather than upholding the tenets of legal writing and the free exchange of ideas.

Woolley, an outspoken academic who writes about legal ethics and professionalism, also has a background in administrative law.

It is run and written by Richard Tromans, founder of Tromans Consulting in London, although Tromans tells me he welcomes ions from other authors — particularly lawyers, CTOs, legal tech companies, academics and consultants working in this area.

Some academics are complaining about the quality of the legal writing of others?

In defence of LRW instruction in law schools, at least from the point of view of law librarians, I should point out that we work at universities, and as such we have to make sure our students know how to do academic research and writing, as well as how to do practical legal research and writing — something colleagues in the rest of the university libraries do not have to contend with, unless they also work in professional schools.

The winner of this little contest gets to feed their brain with a copy of professor V's Academic Legal Writing.

«On the most prosaic level, legal academics often need legal materials outside of regular working hours,» he wrote in an e-mail.

Gerhardt analogizes academic legal writing to the work of a playwright.

Among his many academic achievements, Dino served as Managing Editor of the Temple Law Review, published a casenote law review article, was recognized as Dean's Honor Scholar, earned several distinguished performance awards in trial advocacy, and was the recipient of the prestigious Sarah A. Shull Memorial Award which is presented to the Temple Law graduate demonstrating excellence in legal research and writing.

Perhaps if legal academics were more given to writing (and valuing) review essays, this problem would be less serious.

Back in October, I wrote about the impact the U.S. News and World Report rankings continue to have on on the behavior of law schools and how many academics now believe the tail of USNWR rankings is wagging the dog of legal education.

There are some key themes to remember when you transition from writing academic papers to writing legal research memoranda:

Can anyone imagine untenured Canadian legal academics undertaking a study whose question is: why do motion and trial judges write judgments?

Interestingly, though the survey discusses the fact that teachers of legal writing have, in aggregate, much more professional experience than their «doctrinal» tenure - track colleagues, the study does not pick up on the professional - academic schism.

«I checked the amazon.com page for my Academic Legal Writing book, and what should I find near the bottom but:

Moreover, he maintained throughout his academic writing that legal education can, and should, prepare our students for a multitude of careers and that the «goal is not to stigmatise certain career choices, but rather to value all careers and thereby confront every student... with the challenges and responsibilities attendant upon the ethical deployment of legal knowledge in any type of practice.»

C. Wright Mills, an American sociologist writing in the 1950s on «Intellectual Craftsmanship» (an appendix to his book, The Sociological Imagination) captured nicely the tension in academic writing that can equally apply to legal writing.

In administering the program, the Director will participate in the hiring, orientation, training, and evaluation of legal research and writing instructors; participate in the orientation of incoming first - year law students; prepare the syllabi and the common writing problems used by all legal research and writing sections; chair regular meetings of the legal research and writing instructors to discuss course content, teaching methods, and related issues; handle student issues related to the program; oversee the selection of legal research and writing award recipients; coordinate legal research and writing with the broader curriculum in conjunction with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; and perform other related administrative duties as assigned.

Qualified applicants will have a J.D. degree from an ABA - accredited law school, a distinguished academic record, experience in the law school teaching of legal writing, and a serious commitment to students.

Mr. Alarcón earned his J.D. summa cum laude from Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law in 2010, where he served as the Submissions Editor for the Chapman Law Review, and as an academic fellow for law professors in Evidence, Criminal Law, and Legal Research and Writing.

Peter has been selected by his peers for a number of years for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada in three areas: commercial insurance; personal injury litigation; and product liability law, and has written, taught and spoken extensively to the legal, insurance and academic communities on insurance, civil litigation and procedure and construction law throughout the course of his career.