Here is a short article by Bryan Garner as posted on the ABA Journal website. While the article is aimed at practicing attorneys, it is also helpful for law students who are researching and writing the law. Be sure you understand the client’s problem. Don’t rely exclusively on computer research. Never turn…
How to Write a Law Review Note Worthy of Publication
Having been a law review editor through most of my law degree, I was interested to see this post on The Girl’s Guide to Law School. The author, Jonathan Burns, urges a focus on first impressions, organization, and research. He closes the article with final comments: forget Bluebook and the Chicago…
Books that Attorneys and Law Students Should Read
Thirty attorneys were commissioned by the American Bar Association; each was asked to name one book they thought all attorneys and law students should read. Here is the list (minus duplicates). My Life in Court by Louis Nizer Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael Hiltzik 1861:…
Topic Survey: Crime Control and Due Process models
This is a brief survey I did as an orientation to the subject for a project I am working on. The “Crime Control” and “Due Process” models of criminal justice were first articulated by the American scholar Herbert Packer, in an article entitled “Two Models of the Criminal Process.”[1] Packer did not…
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing (book review)
I have found this book quite helpful in translating my scholarly research and writing skills into legal research and writing skills. Though intended as a textbook for courses, I have also found it a nice resource in my part-time job as a law clerk at a firm. The authors have…