Two months ago, on March 16, the D.C. Circuit issued a notice on “Preferred Typefaces for Briefs,” in which the court explicitly “discourage[d] the use of Garamond” because it “appears smaller” and is ...

Legal Research and Writing (LRW) introduces students to the fundamentals of the legal system, structure of law-making bodies, sources of law; provides hands-on experiences in using legal analysis, ...

Prepare an outline or overview of the document before beginning to draft, laying out all key points and arguments. If analyzing caselaw, consider: preparing a table of cases, summarizing each case’s ...

In our ongoing series on essential soft skills for lawyers, we’ve tackled the basics and presentations, and now, we’re diving into the realm of business writing. While you might be proficient in legal ...

Thirty-some years ago, American law schools reserved the study of in-ternational law for upper-level students, keeping the first year of law school focused on the traditional doctrinal subjects of ...

The Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking journal and recognized Professor Michael R. Smith as a prime architect of its creation.

Professor Terry Jean Seligmann, director of the law school's legal writing program and Emily Zimmerman, legal writing professor and criminal law concentration director, presented at the 2015 ...

Earlier this year, a lawyer using ChatGPT for legal research filed a motion in federal court riddled with fake case citations. The saga ended in sanctions and served as a warning to the legal ...

Over on the legal Skills Prof Blog, legal writing professor and scholar Scott Fruehwald has posted an incisive response to a Newsweek piece by Lewis and Clark’s former dean James Huffman. Huffman ...