Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2023
Abstract
This article concerns the value of teaching employed law students about the potency of “impactful legal writing” – legal writing that can have a substantial impact on someone other than the student writer. Much of the employer’s most instructive teaching about impactful legal writing occurs at the beginning of an assignment, rather than solely during review after the student has completed the assignment. This article identifies four ways an employed law student’s impactful writing when fulfilling assignments differs from the effect of students’ academic writing in law school. Each of the four ways enables the employer to deliver practical lessons about impactful legal writing – lessons that can serve present clients and enhance the student’s legal career.
Recommended Citation
Douglas E. Abrams,
What Lawyers can Teach Their Employed Law Students about 'Impactful Legal Writing', 79 Journal of the Missouri Bar 122
(2023).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/facpubs/1080