The Litchfield Law School would flourish from 1784 until 1833, providing practical
legal training to students from across the nation, and producing many illustrious graduates.57
Other private law schools cropped up in the 1790s as well.58 They comprised not only the first attempts to systematically teach the law, but also set the mold for
contemporary legal education.59 The moot court model pioneered by these schools would become the preferred way to teach practical skills such as writing and rhetoric.
109 See Hazelwood, supra note 19, at 286 — 89 (listing a number of ethical issues surrounding email that
legal writing courses could raise, including third - party access / interception, metadata, data retention, and inadvertent disclosure); Dragnich, supra note 36 at 15 (discussing how an email assignment could include lessons about confidentiality, attorney - client privilege, and «contemporary issues such as information security and removal of metadata prior to transmitting documents»); Tracy Turner, E-mail Etiquette in the Business World, 18 No. 1 Persps.: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 18, 19 — 20 (2009)(discussing ethical and professional email issues, including when to use email versus other forms of communication, forwards and replies, and CC and BCC use); see also Shapo, supra note 3, at 345 («If you are forwarding a message to another attorney, for example, check that there is nothing in the thread that is not for the eyes of that recip
legal writing courses could raise, including third - party access / interception, metadata, data retention, and inadvertent disclosure); Dragnich, supra note 36 at 15 (discussing how an email assignment could include lessons about confidentiality, attorney - client privilege, and «
contemporary issues such as information security and removal of metadata prior to transmitting documents»); Tracy Turner, E-mail Etiquette in the Business World, 18 No. 1 Persps.: Teaching
Legal Research & Writing 18, 19 — 20 (2009)(discussing ethical and professional email issues, including when to use email versus other forms of communication, forwards and replies, and CC and BCC use); see also Shapo, supra note 3, at 345 («If you are forwarding a message to another attorney, for example, check that there is nothing in the thread that is not for the eyes of that recip
Legal Research & Writing 18, 19 — 20 (2009)(discussing ethical and professional email issues, including when to use email versus
other forms of communication, forwards and replies, and CC and BCC use); see also Shapo, supra note 3, at 345 («If you are forwarding a message to another attorney, for example, check that there is nothing in the thread that is not for the eyes of that recipient.
I will, though, repeat one thing I have said often: Posner was and is easily my favorite
contemporary legal writer, whether in his opinions or in his academic and
other writings, although I have pointed to what I think are notable and increasing problems with those writings in recent years.