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Creating Practice-Ready Assignments and Exercises Legal Writing Conference
New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers
was held on December 16, 2011
at UNH School of Law, Concord, NH
If you have questions about conference registration or area accommodations, please contact Amy Vorenberg.
Location and Accommodations
Concord, New Hampshire, is one hour from Boston, and we have organized the day so that you may travel to and from our corner of New England in one day. If you'd like to combine work with pleasure and make it a long weekend, we’ve set up preferential rates at several area hotels and inns.
Schedule
print friendly version (updated Dec. 15, 2011)
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9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Registration and Welcome from Dean John T. Broderick |
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9:30a.m.– |
Room 282 Introducing Simulations to the Writing Curriculum |
Room 274 It’s More Than Just Icing on the Cake: Methods of Teaching Students Organizational & Analytical Editing |
Room 201 Litigation Drafting: Motions |
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10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Break - Sponsored by Carolina Press and Wolters-Kluwer |
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Room 282 Short Legal Analysis via The Mini E-Mail Memo TeachingThe Building Blocks of Legal Writing |
Room 274 Teaching Practice-Ready Writing Letter-Writing Skills Still Useful After All These Years: The Role of the Client-Advice Letter in Producing Practice-Ready Lawyers Two Practice-Prep Exercises |
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12 noon – |
Lunch/Lexis Presentation in Board Room Lunch is Generously Sponsored by Lexis-Nexis |
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1:00 p.m.– |
Room 282 From the Classroom to the War Room: Building Practice-Ready Skills for the Workplace Who Are You and What Did You Do With My Real Attorney? Building Real Life Ethical Issues and Client Management Skills into the Client Interview |
Room 274 May it Please the Court: Fresh Approaches to Oral Advocacy “…Only the Shadow[ing Student] Knows: Benefits of Having Students Shadow Practicing Attorneys |
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2:00 p.m.– |
BREAK - Sponsored by Westlaw |
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2:15 p.m.– |
Room 282 Using Summary Judgment Motions to Teach Persuasion in a Practice-Ready Legal Writing Curriculum Speed Dating in the Classroom – Everyone Gets Engaged "Engaging with the Facts: Incorporating Multimedia into Memo Assignments." |
Room 274 Looking at Legal Writing from Both Sides Now: Using Upper Level Classes to Make Students Practice-Ready Course Design for Practice-Ready Assignments: The Development of Environmental Law and Practice Teaching Students How to Cite as They Will Practice |
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Contact Us
Thank you on behalf of the UNH Law Legal Writing faculty.
For more information, please contact:
Amy Vorenberg, Professor of Law and Director of JD Legal Writing
amy.vorenberg@law.unh.edu
(603) 513-5224
Jennifer Davis, Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Legal Writing
Risa Evans, Professor of Law
Jessica Durkis-Stokes, Professor of Law