Chicago-Kent College of Law's Legal Research and Writing Program: Advancing the Art of Analysis and Advocacy
Chicago, IL
Joined July 2015
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Gooooood morning, #BarExam takers! It's Day 2 of one of the hardest tests on Earth - but don't stress, you're halfway home!
Time to finish strong, leave it all behind you and then hit the parking lot like ... 💃🕺🙌
C-K’s LW prof Kari Johnson has an article, “Scaffolding on Steroids,” in the most recent LW Institute publication “The Second Draft”: lwionline.org/sites/default/… #legalwriitng
Welcome, Jean! xitter.cf/ChicagoKentLaw/status/…
Today we are glad to welcome our new @CKLawLibrary Director, Jean Wenger, to campus! Learn more about her leadership in the local and national law library community in this profile: bit.ly/2MIj3vE
Chicago-Kent legal writing prof @AnthonyMKreis on today’s events xitter.cf/AnthonyMKreis/status/1…
“Without a doubt, the Court will shift to the right,” @ChicagoKentLaw Professor Anthony Michael Kreis told Law & Crime. A few thoughts from @stone_geoffrey, @tribelaw, and myself on what might come next are featured in this article. lawandcrime.com/high-profile… via @lawcrimenews
Fantastic list of Microsoft Word shortcuts of help to legal writers: lawprofessors.typepad.com/ap…
Use Oxford commas! Avoid acronyms! And maybe contractions too. xitter.cf/legalwritingpro/status…
Judges Speak Out: The formatting they want. And the words and phrases they don’t! legalwritingpro.com/blog/jud…
Common among novice legal writers: xitter.cf/ProfJoeKimble/status/9…
Clear and precise explanation of a statute. xitter.cf/OrinKerr/status/100618…
Wise brief-writing advice; it can take a whole lot of expertise, though, to achieve this standard. xitter.cf/Judge_Leben/status/100…
Great advice—use planned breaks strategically in bar prep, use them to let your brain rejuvenate and prepare for the next set of study sessions. xitter.cf/mdwilson_utk/status/10…
@UTKLaw bar prep peeps-get some rest this weekend. Then back to it. As @executrixie told me today, "no such thing as too much preparation."
Prof. Streseman, head of our appellate advocacy program, on the learning rewards of oral advocacy. We finish our first year legal research and writing sequence with oral arguments, intending to achieve just these effects: xitter.cf/CKMoot/status/10045296…
Chicago-Kent legal writing prof Anthony Kreis is having a busy week, helping us all understand the Masterpiece Cake decision’s implications. xitter.cf/ChicagoKentLaw/status/…
Prof. @AnthonyMKreis tells @jackmjenkins of @RNS that the #SCOTUS decision in #MasterpieceCakeshop "is a mixed bag and both sides of the issue will likely try to claim a victory." bit.ly/2sSiyqD
Sensational #legalwriting by some of our fine students! xitter.cf/CKMoot/status/97470019…
Even in retirement, these fantastic CKMoot members cannot stop winning brief-writing awards. Chicago-Kent takes 3rd place in 2018 Scribes Brief-Writing Competition. Wonderful work by Erika, Chris, and Anthony. goo.gl/ATB39e
Could be useful for #legalwriting nytimes.com/2018/03/16/techn…
If you don’t, you’re wasting precious time you could be using on an argument that judge might be interested in. xitter.cf/OrinKerr/status/974415…
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Read my thoughts on United States v. Microsoft on the ISCOTUS blog! xitter.cf/ISCOTUS/status/9742961…
Digital Forensics and the Shrinking Importance of United States v. Microsoft Corp. blogs.kentlaw.iit.edu/iscotu…
Way to go, Jun! xitter.cf/ChicagoKentLaw/status/…
#PROUD: Congratulations to Chicago-Kent Honors Scholar Jun Qiu '18, who has been named one of @NationalJurist's 20 "Law Students of the Year"! #VeryBusy3L @JunQishere bit.ly/2ohIPx3
So proud if these advocates and their hard work! Have a great time in Minnesota. xitter.cf/ChicagoKentLaw/status/…
Good luck to Jack Amaro, Keisha McClellan, Mahira Musani, Tamara Sonenshein, Pauline Panayi and Betul Serbest at the 2018 William E. McGee National Civil Rights #MootCourt Competition in St. Paul, Minnesota! bit.ly/2eo2OW4
