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Updated February 12, 2008

Visit and learn from legal writing sites around the country.

Note: At the beginning of semesters, some law school sites are new or in process of being uploaded. In some instances, there are links for both the law school and for individual professors and course pages. If a link does not work, try again a few days later. If the link continues to fail, please notify Coleen Barger. If your web page or your school's web page is not listed here--and you would like it to be--also contact me.

Blogs

	AdamsDrafting is a good resource for the transactional legal writer
	Legal Writing Prof Blog provides a daily dose of professional news, announcements (e.g., job openings), and miscellany
	Legal Writing Programs is Anthony Niedwicki's compilation of legal writing program descriptions
	Wayne Schiess's legal-writing blog--honored as one of the ABA's Top 100 Blawgs
	The Illinois Trial Practice Weblog often covers legal writing topics
	Visit the (new) legal writer for Raymond Ward's appellate lawyer's perspective on writing and briefing
	The Party of the First Part spots (and shoots down) writers of legalese
	Set in Style features Mister Thorne's advice for better editing of legal prose

Law Schools and Legal Writing Professors

	American University, Washington College of Law
	The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law

Maggie Barton, Persuasive Communication

	Arizona State University College of Law
	University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law

Coleen Barger

University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center

Kathryn Sampson

	University of Baltimore School of Law
	Boston University School of Law
	Case School of Law Peter Friedman
	Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
	Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
	Creighton University School of Law
	University of Denver College of Law

David I.C. Thomson

	DePaul University College of Law
	Drexel University School of Law
	Duke University School of Law
	Duquesne University School of Law

Georgetown University Law Center

U.S. Legal Writing Program for International Lawyers

	Hamline University School of Law (link to legal writing page forthcoming)
	Harvard Law School
	University of Houston Law Center
	Howard University School of Law
	University of Illinois College of Law
	Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington
	Indiana University School of Law--Indianapolis
	Thomas Jefferson School of Law
	Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
	University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

            Kathleen Bean
           Susan Duncan
            Judith Fischer
            Ariana Levinson

	University of Maine School of Law
	Marquette University School of Law
	The John Marshall Law School

David Sorkin
Writing Resource Center

	Mercer University School of Law
	University of Minnesota
	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
	University of Montana School of Law
	New York University School of Law
	University of Notre Dame Law School

	University of Oregon School of Law
	University of Pennsylvania School of Law
	Quinnipiac University School of Law

Susan R. Daily

	Rutgers School of Law-- Camden
	St. Thomas University School of Law
	Seattle University School of Law
	University of South Carolina School of Law

	Southwestern Law School
	Stanford University School of Law
	Suffolk University School of Law Podcasts on legal writing topics (free on iTunes)

	Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
	University of Texas School of Law

Wayne Schiess

	Texas Tech University School of Law
	Thomas M. Cooley Law School
	Touro Law Center Tracy McGaugh
	Vanderbilt University Law School
	University of Vermont Law School
	The George Washington University Law School
	Whittier Law School
	Willamette University College of Law

University of Wisconsin Law School

Other resources for legal education in legal writing:

Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)

   ALWD Directory by School
    ALWD Directory by Person

Legal Writing Institute (LWI)
    LWI Directory

JURIST--the Legal Education Network: Subject Guide for Legal Research & Writing

Is your law school legal writing program on the web but not listed here? Have you updated or moved your site? E-mail the new information and your Internet address.