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Teaching Legal Writing:

Teaching Legal Writing:. But My Undergraduate Professor Told Me I W as a Great Writer! Helping Students Make the Transition to Legal Writing. Presentation by Eric Fleetham and Wendy Tenzer Assistant Professors of Research, Writing, and Advocacy Ave Maria School of Law Naples, FL.

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Teaching Legal Writing:

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  1. Teaching Legal Writing: But My Undergraduate Professor Told Me I Was a Great Writer! Helping Students Make the Transition to Legal Writing Presentation by Eric Fleetham and Wendy Tenzer Assistant Professors of Research, Writing, and Advocacy Ave Maria School of Law Naples, FL

  2. Everyone remembers Michael Jordan superstar basketball player but … Making the Transition Can Be Difficult

  3. Does anyone remember Michael Jordan, the baseball player?

  4. Prior to Legal Writing class • Attitudes coming into Legal Writing • Students’ perceptions of their own writing vs. the reality • Good legal writing is hard work • Tools and strategies to help students to make the transition WHAT WE’RE GOING TO COVER

  5. Only 25% said they were “not looking forward to it” or “dreading it” 1.Students’ Attitudes About Legal Writing

  6. 7.5% 77% Students’ Perceptions of Their Own Writing Upon Entering Legal Writing

  7. 10% THE REALITY

  8. 2. GOOD LEGAL WRITING IS HARD!

  9. Some reasons why transitioning to legal writing can be difficult

  10. So, we need to meet the students where they are. • Tell them that legal writing is hard. • Legal writing requires a lot of time to become competent. • Those who are open to the process, are much more successful than those who think they have an advantage because they were good writers in undergrad. Making the transition, even for those who are competent writers, isn’t easy:

  11. The thought process for legal writing takes a lot longer and is more challenging than undergraduate writing. • You are not expected to know how to do legal writing. • It’s a skill. • Give yourself over to the process. • Even if you were very good at one thing (undergraduate writing), it doesn’t mean you can easily make the transition to another area. (See, e.g., Michael Jordan, baseball player) 3. So, what to do?

  12. STRATEGIES HANDOUT

  13. Don’t let this be you!

  14. Anne Enquist and Laurel Currie Oates, Just Writing (4th ed. 2013). • Anne Enquist, Talking to Students About the Differences Between Undergraduate Writing and Legal Writing, 2 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing104 (Winter 2005). • Terrill Pollman, Judith M. Stinson, Elizabeth Pollman, Legal Writing: Examples & Explanations (2d ed. 2014). • Carnegie Mellon, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation, Enhancing Education, Solve a Teaching Problem, Students Can’t Write, Explore Strategies: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/solveproblem/strat-cantwrite/cantwrite-03.html Resources

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