The preceding article was written by Andrew Z. Adkins, III, and appeared in his book THE LAWYER»S GUIDE TO PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, published by the American Bar Association in 2009.
A number of well -
written articles chronicle at least some of the history of legal
writing in the law school curriculum.1 However, those
articles were written with a different purpose in mind: the authors sought to employ history to show the pedigree of legal
writing and argue for an equal place in the curriculum with doctrinal courses and an equal position for its teachers with other «case - book» faculty.2 Because of this purpose, they understandably focused a large part of their historical narrative on legal
writing in the «modern law - school,» an entity that has existed only since the late 1800s.3 The
articles paid considerably less attention to the era that
preceded it, beyond brief mentions of the Inns of Court in England, apprenticeship in America, and the private law schools and early attempts at law teaching that
preceded Langdell's introduction of the case method.4
They have
written leading texts and scholarly
articles and have
been involved in the consultation process
preceding each round of amendments to the Competition Act since 1986.