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Join Kate O'Neill at NW Legal Writing Conference on August 10, 2012. Learn how to identify debatable legal issues, address statutory ambiguity, tackle judicial confusion, and more to improve your legal practice and education. Publish your answers to benefit as a teacher and gain recognition from Bench and Bar.
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Teaching Research Kate O’Neill NW Legal Writing Conference August 10, 2012
The IL LRW Problem • Questions to ask yourself: • Is there a debatable issue ? • If so, why?
If so, why? • Statutory ambiguity • Judicial confusion • Regulatory/Practitioner Mistake • Insufficient authority • Inattention • Guile and perfidy
Use Your Expertise • Legal Method • Legal Rhetoric • Legal Procedures • And your own practice and education
Publish the Answer (Anywhere) • Identify the problem • Identify the source of the problem • Recommend a solution
Benefits • You’ll be a wiser teacher • The Bench and Bar will use your work • You will impress your non-LRW colleagues with your “substantive” law knowledge and grasp of theory.