Doodling in the Courtroom
Your penchant for drawing little stick figures or smiley faces along the edges of your notes just might help you present your case better in the courtroom. This is the premise of a recent article in the fall issue of …
Category: Legal Writing and Citation
Writing under Pressure
Completing law school writing assignments is tough, but at least you usually have about two weeks to get them done. In practice, those two weeks may suddenly become twelve hours. What do you do when facing such a tight writing …
Bluebooking Internet Sources
Last night, we held our Research Certificate Seminar on Bluebooking and had a great turnout. One topic we discussed was how to cite to sources you find on the Internet. In the update to the nineteenth edition of the Bluebook, …
Paper and Note Topic Ideas from Bloomberg Law
Find paper and note topic ideas on Bloomberg Law by: 1. Looking at Legal News. Once on the Legal News page, you can click on the links for each practice group (on the right) to see news for Health Law, …
Using Videos as Fact Patterns
In preparing for the new semester, legal research and writing teachers should consider using a video instead of a written fact pattern. C|M|LAW professor Karin Mika uses videos as fact patterns in her 1L class, for example the video of …
