Please review the schedule below before registering. Each presentation can be identified with a program code in parentheses following the title. We ask that you let us know which of the programs you are most likely to attend by noting the program codes on your registration form. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Co-Chairs Ruth Anne Robbins (ruthanne@camden.rutgers.edu) or Mel Weresh (melissaweresh@drake.edu).
Special Critiquing Workshop (Wednesday):
There will be a Critiquing Workshop on Wednesday of the conference that requires additional advance registration (the workshop will last from approximately 8:30am - 2:30pm):Workshop on Critiquing Student Work - Presented by Joan Malmud, University of Oregon. The Workshop on Critiquing Student Work is part of the New Teacher's Track. This workshop, based on Dan Barnett's Triage in the Trenches, 38 U Toledo L. Rev 651 (2007), is especially designed for newer teachers looking for hands-on suggestions from some of the Institute's most experienced teachers. The workshop will include:
The first draft: Critiquing organization and analysis Practice critique and small group discussion The rewrite: Critiquing writing skills This schedule includes a session on providing effective written feedback and small group break-out sessions during which participants will work together on critiquing student samples. Participants will receive materials to prepare for the workshop when they register.
Space is limited and advance registration is required. To register for the workshop, please fill out the registration form at: https://www.law.uoregon.edu/faculty/jmalmud/lwiworkshop.php.
POSTERS: Detailed information on posters can be found on the LWI Biennial Poster Committee Site, located on TWEN. To access the site, log onto TWEN, click on "Add a Course," and scroll down to "National TWEN Courses." Click on "LWI Biennial Poster Committee Site" and check the box to add the site to your TWEN courses.
Monday, July 14, 2008 Printable Schedule (PDF)
| 8:30 am -9:30 pm |
Moot Court Advisors Committee Meeting (Sanibell Conference Room)
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| 9:00 am-5:00 pm |
Registration
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| Daily |
Vendors (Islands Ballroom, Salon A)
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| 9:30 am-10:45 am |
Welcome
Ken Chestek & Alison Julien Conference Co-chairs |
| 9:30 am-10:45 am |
Golden Pen Award
Presented to William Burton |
| 9:30 am-10:45 am |
Opening Plenary Session 2035: A Legal Writing Odyssey
Sophie Sparrow |
| 10:45 am-11:00 am |
Coffee Break (Foyer outside Islands Ballroom, Salons A&E)
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| 11:00 am-11:45 am |
A is for Think-Alouds, B is for (Fill-in) the Blanks of Mindmap, and C is for Clickers
Robin Boyle-Laisure, Michael Hunter Schwartz & Danton Berube [summary] |
| 11:00 am-11:45 am |
A Conversation About What Cognitive Scientists and Composition Theorists Know That We Don't About Using Examples to Improve Learning
Terrill Pollman [summary] |
| 11:00 am-11:45 am |
Writing an Effective Syllabus Is a Thoughtful Pedagogical Act
Nancy Soonpaa [summary] |
| 11:00 am-11:45 am |
Assessment Planning in Legal Research and Writing Courses
Victoria VanZandt [summary] |
| 11:00 am-11:45 am |
Branches and Roots: Exploring New Directions for Strengthening the Field of Legal Research and Writing Education
Judy Rosenbaum & Mary Barnard Ray [summary] |
| 11:00 am-11:45 am |
Social Justice and Legal Writing: Perspectives of Faculty, Students, and Partner Organizations on Collaborative Legal Writing
Mary Bowman, Janet Dickson & Deirdre Bowen [summary] |
| 12:00 pm-12:45 pm |
Creating Writing Assignments
Lisa Mazzie [summary] |
| 12:00 pm-12:45 pm |
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me: Bringing Legal Writing Problems to Life
Deanne Lawrence, Gary Gulliver, Nancy Costello, Jennifer Rosa & Stephanie Crino [summary] |
| 12:00 pm-12:45 pm |
A Better Beginning: Strategies for Minimizing Students' Frustration and Maximizing Their Achievement in the First Weeks of Legal Writing Instruction
Laura P Graham & Miriam E Felsenburg [summary] |
| 12:00 pm-12:45 pm |
Use of Pre- and Post-testing in the Legal Writing Classroom: An Effective Instructional Tool for Teachers and Students
Jeff Minneti [summary] |
| 12:00 pm-12:45 pm |
The Art of Imitation: How We Can Teach Our Students (and Ourselves) to Write Well By Reading the Best Work
Jeanne M Kaiser [summary] |
| 12:00 pm-12:45 pm |
Rethinking the Traditional Legal Memorandum as a Teaching Tool
Richard Neumann, Kristin K Robbins-Tiscione, Doug Godfrey & Mary Rose Strubbe [summary] |
| 12:45 pm-2:15 pm |
Lunch (Islands Ballroom, Salon E)
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| 1:00 pm-2:00 pm |
LWI General Membership Meeting (Islands Ballroom, Salon F)
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| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
Even the Rule of Law is Fair Game: Persuading Students to Be More Persuasive
Shailini J George & Stephanie Roberts Hartung [summary] |
| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
The Punisher, Superhero, or Supervillain? Teaching Persuasive Legal Writing Using A Superhero Metaphor
Jacqueline Kutnik-Bauder [summary] |
| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
Finding the Silver Lining: Techniques for Addressing Negative Authority, Negative Facts, and Counterarguments in Persuasive Writing
Rosa Kim & Geraldine Griffin [summary] |
| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
The ABCs of Teaching and Reaching A, B, and C Students
David L Krech, Hollee Temple, David H Spratt & Heather E Ridenour [summary] |
| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
The Ideal Curriculum Revisited: How 25 Years Has Changed How Legal Writing Programs Are Viewed (or Not)
Karin Mika, Ralph Brill & Laurel Oates [summary] |
| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
Investing in the Future: Creating Effective Teaching Assistants
Megan McAlpin, Suzanne Rowe, Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, Joel Atlas & Andrea Mooney [summary] |
| 2:15 pm-3:30 pm |
Ethos: Establishing Credibility in Persuasive Legal Writing
Michael R Smith [summary] |
| 3:30 pm-3:45 pm |
Refreshment break (Foyer outside Islands Ballroom, Salons A&E)
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| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Committee Fair & Poster Presentations: |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
The Citation of Wikipedia in Judicial Opinions
Lee Peoples [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Refresh, Revitalize, Renew—An Integrated Approach to Research and Writing
Whitney A Curtis & Alyssa Folse [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Experiential Exercises with Flowcharts Facilitates Learning Legal Writing and Analysis
Hillary Burgess [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
The Interactive Research Workshop
Stephanie Thompson [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Got Issues? An Empirical Study about Framing Them
Judith Fischer [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Finding Emo: Deriving and Applying Rules to Visual Images
Jane Wise & Mary Jensen [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Beyond And v Or: Four Logical Distinctions Every Law Student Should Understand
Dov Waisman [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Teaching the Writer to Do the Heavy Lifting: How to Improve Persuasive Writing through Better Use of Authority
Karen McDonald Henning & Michelle Streicher [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
A Modest Proposal: Creating a Truly Student-Centered, Peer-Feedback-Driven Legal Writing Classroom
Kurt W Lenz [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Promoting Reasonable Expectations for the Legal Writing Course: Aligning Student and Professor Goals
Heidi Barcus [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Empowerment Teaching & Persuasive Writing: The Principles and Practices that Give Student Advocates Their Voice
Cara Cunningham [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
The Shotgun Wedding: Legal Writing, Academic Support and the New ABA Standard 301-6 Why Divorce is Not an Option
Monique McLaughlin & E Earl Parson [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
How the 1L Legal Analysis & Writing Course Can Bring the “Real-World” of Law Practice to the Classroom
Nicole Raymond Chong [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Lawyering Skills Bootcamp: Get Them Early and They're Yours Forever
Kendra Huard Fershee & Kirsten Dauphinais [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Integrating a Mediation Component in a First or Second Year Legal Writing/Skills Course
Jennifer A Gibson [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
No Law Student Left Behind: Reaching out to the New Legal Writer
Aïda M Alaka [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Legal Writing Pedagogy Really is the Pedagogy of Bar Exam Success
Twinette L Johnson [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
The Civility of Counter-Analysis, with Robert’s Rules
Kathryn Sampson [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Something Old and Something New: The Syllogism is Back
Gail S Stern [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
May It Please the Court: Are We Doing Enough to Train Our Students to Write for Judges?
Patricia A Legge [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
The Course that Dare Not Speak Its Name
Rosan Larizza & Kim Baker [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Reality Check: Giving Students Real World “E-mail Memo” Assignments to Make Legal Research and Writing More Current and Practical
Stephanie Hartley & Jenny Carey [summary] |
| 3:45 pm-5:00 pm |
Non-traditional Scholarship: Visual Practice Guides
Joanne Gottesman [summary] |
| 5:00 pm-6:00 pm |
Writing Specialists’ Meeting (Islands Ballroom, Salons H&J)
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| 5:00 pm-7:30 pm |
Dinner on your own and New Members Dinners
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| 7:30 pm-8:30 pm |
LWI Diversity Initiative (Quinn's on the Beach restaurant)
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| 8:30 pm-9:45 pm |
Joining Forces with the “Real World”: Bringing Lessons From the Outside In and Lessons from the Inside Out
Mary Garvey Algero, Christine Mooney & Libby White [summary] |
| 8:30 pm-9:45 pm |
Reflect, Reconnect, Reenergize—Retreat!: How a Program Retreat Can Move You Forward
Tamara Herrera, Judy Stinson, Amy Langenfeld & Kirsten Davis [summary] |
| 8:30 pm-9:45 pm |
But When Do I Sleep?: Leveraging Support for Legal Writing Instruction Beyond the LRW Classroom
Clare Keefe Coleman & Terry Jean Seligmann [summary] |
| 8:30 pm-9:45 pm |
Academic Freedom and the Staffing Structure of Legal Writing Programs
Claire C Robinson May [summary] |
| 8:30 pm-9:45 pm |
Beyond Teaching: Developing Your Unique Professional Identity as a Legal Writing Professor
Danielle Shelton, Melissa Weresh & Teri McMurtry-Chubb [summary] |
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Printable Schedule (PDF)
| 7:00 am |
Second Biennial LWI Fun Run/Walk (on the beach)
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| 8:45 am-9:45 am |
Moot Court Advisors' Round-table Discussion (Capri Ballroom, Salon 1) |
| 9:00 am-5:00 pm |
Registration
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| Daily |
Vendors (Islands Ballroom, Salon A)
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Session 1 - 10:00 am-10:45 am
| T1A |
Assessing Collaboration: Misery Loves Company or There is No “I” in Team?
Anna Hemingway, Dionne Anthon, Jennifer Lear, David Raeker-Jordan, Amanda Smith & Starla Williams [summary] |
| T1B |
Teaching Persuasion: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Study of Rhetoric for Law Students
Suzanne Rabe [summary] |
| T1C |
"I Can't Say That!": The Role of Women's Discourse in Faculty Membership and Classroom Teaching
Kathryn Mercer & Maureen Kenny [summary] |
| T1D |
It's Not About the Acronym: The Structural Debate About IRAC
Jennifer Murphy Romig [summary] |
| T1E |
Think About It: Strategies to Help Your Students Seamlessly Incorporate Metacognition into the Writing Process
Anthony Niedwiecki & Olympia Duhart [summary] |
| T1G |
Workshop on Critiquing Student Work
Joan Malmud Rocklin [summary] |
| 10:45 am-11:00am |
Coffee Break (Foyer outside Islands Ballroom, Salons A&E)
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Session 2 - 11:00 am-12:15 pm
| T2A |
A New and Urgent Role for the LRW Professorate: The Impact of Technology on the Law and Legal Education
David Thomson, Ellie Margolis, Ian Gallacher & Kristen Murray [summary] |
| T2B |
Why Law Schools Discriminate Against Legal Writing Faculty: What Can We Do to Right This Wrong?
Anne Enquist [summary] |
| T2C |
From Tedium to Terrific: Practical, Effective, and Entertaining Ways to Teach Citation
Nancy McGinnis, Robert Brain & Selina Farrell [summary] Hitting the Mark: Using the Game of Darts to Teach Selection of Authority Jenny Darlington-Person [summary] What Students Should Know About Good Grammar But Don’t—Jeopardy Style! Grace Hum [summary] |
| T2D |
Enhancing Your Classroom Persona: Everything I need to Know About Being a Dynamic Teacher
Michael Higdon & Rebecca Scharf [summary] |
| T2E |
“I Read Your Article What Am I Supposed to Do with It?” Teaching from the Persuasion Scholarship
Kathy Stanchi, Ruth Anne Robbins, Linda Berger & Ken Chestek [summary] |
| T2F |
Legal Writing and Academic Support: A Partnership in Skills Training
Joanne Harvest Koren, Jennifer Kamita & Sue Lunbeck [summary] |
| T2G |
Workshop on Critiquing Student Work
Joan Malmud Rocklin [summary] |
| 12:15 pm-1:30 pm |
Lunch (Islands Ballroom, Salon E)
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| 12:30 pm-1:15 pm |
A Road Less Traveled: The History of Legal Writing (Islands Ballroom, Salon B) [summary] |
Session 3 - 1:30 pm-2:15 pm
| T3A |
Plug and Play: Developing a Digital Teaching Consortium
John Mollenkamp, Tracy McGaugh & Melody Daily [summary] |
| T3B |
Integrating Legal Writing and Legal Research: Collaborating with Librarians to Improve How Legal Research is Taught
Pamela V Keller, Elizabeth Brand Six, Kathleen Dillon Narko & Jim McMasters [summary] |
| T3C |
Break It Down: Giving Students Frequent Writing Practice and Feedback
Jennifer Cupar & Karla Bell [summary] |
| T3D |
Teaching Comprehensive Analysis with the US Supreme Court’s Argument Playbook
Bradley J Charles [summary] |
| T3E |
Crowd Pleasers: How to Propose, Submit, and Deliver Stellar Presentations
Linda Anderson, Lucille Jewel, Mark Burge, & Brooke Bowman [summary] |
| T3F |
Getting Tenure: Variations, Expectations, and Celebrations
Lisa Eichhorn, Jan Levine & Marilyn Walter [summary] |
| T3G |
Workshop on Critiquing Student Work
Joan Malmud Rocklin [summary] |
Session 4 - 2:30 pm-3:15 pm
| T4A |
Teaching After Dark: Evening Students and the LRW Classroom
Bonny Tavares, Hether Macfarlane & Rebecca Scalio [summary] |
| T4B |
Even the Best Can Do Better: Ways to Improve the Quality of Student Evaluations of Teacher Performance
Joi Gardner Pearson & Janet G Peterson [summary] |
| T4C |
They're Just Not That Into You(r Feedback): Educating, Encouraging, and Inspiring the Millenial Generation
Paula Manning [summary] |
| T4D |
Teaching Legal Drafting in Large Classes: Its Advantages to Teacher and Students
Jamison Wilcox [summary] |
| T4E |
Where Shall I Begin?: Reconsidering Storytelling In the First Year Curriculum
Steve Johansen [summary] |
| T4F |
Workshop on Critiquing Student Work
Joan Malmud Rocklin [summary] |
| T4G |
Obtaining Institutional Review Board Approval for Empirical Research
Lisa Penland [summary] |
| 3:15 pm-3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break (Foyer outside Islands Ballroom, Salons A&E)
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Session 5 - 3:30 pm-4:15 pm
| T5A |
Writing Sentences that Pack More Punch: Expanding Your Stylistic Repertoire (and the Repertoire of Writers You Guide)
Nancy L Jones [summary] |
| T5B |
We’re Here Too—Don’t Count Us Out: Issues Facing Under-Represented Groups in the Legal Writing Classroom
Micah J Yarbrough & Iva Ferrell [summary] |
| T5C |
Engaging in Primary Research: Using Surveys to Refine the Legal Writing Curriculum
Susan C Wawrose & Sheila Miller [summary] |
| T5D |
Empathy and Compassion: Introducing Students to the "Heart" of Lawyering
Kristin Gerdy [summary] |
| T5E |
Snatched from the Jaws of Death: Rescuing Legal Writing Assignments (and Averting Danger in the First Place)
Allison Martin & Shannon Moritz [summary] |
| T5F |
You Make the Call—The Law School Version
Mary Nagel, Juli Campagna & Lurene Contento [summary] |
| T5G |
Directing a Moot Court Program: Improving Both Advocacy Skills and Moot Court Outcomes
Ardath A Hamann & Joanne Hodge [summary] |
| 4:30 pm-5:30 pm |
Second Showing: A Road Less Traveled: The History of Legal Writing (Islands Ballroom, Salon B) [summary] |
| 6:00 pm-9:00 pm |
Gala Beach Party
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Printable Schedule (PDF)
| 8:30 am |
New Directors' Breakfast (Captiva Room)
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| 9:00 pm-12:00 pm |
Registration
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| Daily |
Vendors (Islands Ballroom, Salon A)
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Session 1 - 10:00 am-10:45 am
| W1A |
Don’t Shoot the Messenger! How Professors and Practitioners Can Give Effective Critiques of Written Work That Disarm Yet Empower the Writers
Mary Jean Dolan, Kim D Chanbonpin & Sonia Bychkov Green [summary] |
| W1B |
Hiring for Competence in Legal Writing
Suzanne Ehrenberg & Julie Schrager [summary] |
| W1C |
Bridging the Legal Writing Gap: Teaching Transitions Between Types of Legal Writing
Susan J Hankin & Sherri Lee Keene [summary] |
| W1D |
Encouraging Students to Take Responsibility for Their Own Education
Michelle Cue [summary] |
| W1E |
Changing Approaches to Writing Skills Diagnostic Tests
Jeremy Francis & Daphne O’Regan [summary] |
| W1F |
Surviving and Thriving: The Experiences of Legal Writing Professors of Color Inside and Outside of the Classroom
Lorraine K Bannai, William Chin, Luellen Curry & Charles Calleros [summary] |
| W1G |
Writing to—and for—the Bench: How Legal Practitioners Can Help Judges Write Good Opinions
Rebekah Hanley & Suzianne Painter-Thorne [summary] |
| 10:45 am-11:00 am |
Coffee Break (Foyer outside Islands Ballroom, Salons A&E)
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Session 2 - 11:00 am-11:45 am
| W2A |
Contract Analysis: A Critical Contract Drafting Skill
Tina Stark [summary] |
| W2B |
Sharing What Works: Enhancing Our Teaching Through Technology
Ariana R Levinson & Cassandra Hill [summary] |
| W2C |
Outlining from Scratch: How to Make the Process Meaningful
Ed Telfeyan [summary] |
| W2D |
Advice to Practitioners about Writing Advice
Terri LeClercq [summary] |
| W2E |
Brevity Persuades: Adopt Lincoln's Habits
Julie Oseid [summary] |
| W2F |
Avoiding Culture Shock: Embracing a Multicultural Approach to Teaching all Entering Law Students
Julie Spanbauer & Katerina Lewinbuk [summary] |
| W2G |
Let Me Entertain You
Julie Clement [summary] |
| 11:45 am-1:00 pm |
Lunch (Islands Ballroom, Salon E)
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| 11:45 am-1:00 pm Islands Ballroom Salon F |
Special Report to Membership regarding ABA Accreditation Standards Review
Susan Duncan & Mary Beth Beazley [summary] |
Session 3 - 1:00 pm-2:15 pm
| W3A |
Professionalism Illustrated on Film: A Guide for Law Students and Lawyers
Mary Ann Robinson & Alison Donahue Kehner [summary] No Swedish Bikini Team Screensavers: Teaching Professionalism in the Legal Writing Classroom and Beyond Jean K Sbarge [summary] Professionalism: Critical Lessons to Complement Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills Anahid Gharakhanian [summary] |
| W3B |
Beyond the Boilerplate: Learning Effective Drafting Techniques for Contracts and Wills
Sue Payne, Susan Chesler & Karen Sneddon [summary] |
| W3C |
Samples: Teaching Students (and Ourselves) to Use Them Effectively
Kimberly Boone, Mary Ksobiech & Tracy Turner [summary] |
| W3D |
How Do You Teach Legal Writing? Using Writing Theory to Analyze the Intersection Between Reader Expectations, Teacher Expectations, and Student Performance
Mary Beth Beazley & Carol Wallinger [summary] |
| W3E |
Developing the “Third Story”: Strategies to Enhance Counter-analysis (and Ignite Student Enthusiasm)
Lisa McElroy, Christine Coughlin, Sarah Ricks & Robin Wellford Slocum [summary] |
| W3F |
What Skills Do Employers Expect Today’s Law Students to Have?
Jim Levy, Debra T Koprowski, Adam J Rogers, Kenya Reddy, Stephen Zack & Margaret F Zehren [summary] |
| W3G |
Beyond Text: Non-Verbal Communication Training
Sue Liemer & Rebecca Fishel Bright [summary] |
Session 4 - 2:30 pm-3:15 pm
| W4A |
Integrating Legal Writing in Advanced Doctrinal and Skills Courses
Andrea Funk [summary] |
| W4B |
Talking about Writing: Perspectives on Feedback from the Academy and Practice
Michael Cedrone, Frances DeLaurentis & Rachel Segger [summary] |
| W4C |
The Art of Communicating with Others: Drafting Client Letters, Demand Letters, and E-mail Communications
Deborah B McGregor [summary] |
| W4D |
Techniques for Emphasis and De-Emphasis
Raymond Ward [summary] |
| W4E |
Teaching the Third Sovereign: How and Why to Include Tribal Nations and Courts in Legal Writing Courses
Tonya Kowalski & Samantha Moppett [summary] |
| W4F |
A Recipe for Successful Student Conferences: One Part Time Sheets, One Part Student Conference Preparation Memorandum, and a Dash of Partial Live Editing
Candace Mueller Centeno [summary] |
| W4G |
Training Effective Lawyers: What are We Missing?
Louis Sirico & Theresa Clark [summary] |
| 3:15 pm-3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break (Foyer outside Islands Ballroom, Salons A&E)
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Session 5 - 3:30 pm-4:15 pm
| W5A |
The Science of Better Briefs: Measuring Persuasion Empirically
David Carney [summary] |
| W5B |
The New Horizons of Electronic Legal Research: Should We Start Teaching Casemaker and Fastcase?
Mark Wojcik [summary] |
| W5C |
Teaching the Summary Judgment Standard
Bruce Ching & Peter Blum [summary] |
| W5D |
Being Aware of the Cultural Differences between Nations and Why Legal Practitioners Need to Take Those Differences into Account
Susannah Baring Tait, Ryan Mellske & Jose Antonio Munoz [summary] |
| W5E |
Teaching “Voice” Through Legal Writing Texts
Shelly Kierstead & Erika Abner [summary] |
| W5F |
Incorporating Research Strategy into the Teaching of Legal Research
Mark K Osbeck [summary] |
| 7:00 pm-9:30 pm |
JALWD Editorial Board Retreat (Kurrents Restaurant)
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 Printable Schedule (PDF)
| 8:30 am-1:00 pm |
JALWD Editorial Board Retreat (Capri Ballroom, Salons 9 & 10)
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