An interesting blog post about the core of a law school: Core Faculty on Law School Cafe _____ If you’d like to comment on this or any post, please email me. I’ve had to disable comments because of excessive spam. Sorry.
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The legal-writing program at the University of Texas School of Law has been transformed in the last 20 years–mostly in the last 8. We had a student-faculty ratio of nearly 200 to 1, three pass-fail credits (later cut to two), heavy reliance on TAs for instruction, 1-year contracts, and exceptionally low salaries. We now have [...]
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I’m reading a book about legal writing that advises lawyers to avoid using the IRAC model for a legal memo: Many law schools teach IRAC (Issue, Rule of law, Analysis, and Conclusion) as the format for memoranda. (The acronym is not only wrong, it’s also confusing because some schools teach the C in IRAC as [...]
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I have been teaching legal writing here at the University of Texas School of Law for 20 years, from 1992 to 2012. To commemorate that milestone, I had a photo taken of my 7 colleagues with me. It is now framed and hangs in my office. Back from left: Kamela, Beth, Sean, Wayne Front from [...]
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As a result of a generous gift, the University of Texas School of Law’s legal-writing program is now the David J. Beck Center for Legal Research, Writing, and Appellate Advocacy. (David Beck is a well known lawyer and alumnus.) I will become the Director of the Beck Center. The Center’s primary focus is the required, [...]
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During the last 10 years, we’ve had some positive changes in the legal-writing program here at Texas. We’ve had some problems, too, but let’s not go into that. I may have given the impression that I deserve credit for the changes. I don’t. I was just here when they happened. Let me be specific by [...]
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With the recent changes to our legal-writing program, I’ve had a few queries about the role of teaching assistants in our program, mostly from folks who know we used to place heavy reliance on TAs. Teaching assistants in the legal writing program here at Texas have an unusual name: Teaching Quizmasters or “TQs” as we [...]
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“[L]egal writing courses teach key practical skills, together with analytical skills, that add both relevance and breadth to the law curriculum. As such, legal writing courses ought to enjoy the same significance, curricular importance, and institutional support as their doctrinal counterparts.” David S. Romantz, The Truth about Cats and Dogs: Legal Writing Courses and the [...]
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You can find many of the things I’ve written about legal writing here: http://ssrn.com/author=708198
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All I want is tenure and a massive salary. Is that asking so much?
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