Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Session 4, 2:30-3:15pm
Legislative Writing: Why the "New" Legal Writing Frontier Should Be Explored
Meredith L. Schalick
Program Code: W4C
Legislative writing is a form of legal writing that has yet to be meaningfully explored in the legal writing literature or by other law school disciplines. This presentation will review examples of legislative writing and the necessary legal writing skills for each. The discussion will then include why this area of legal writing is important for law students, how to overcome obstacles to inclusion, and ideas for incorporating legislative writing into existing curricula.