Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop

LWI One-Day Workshop, hosted by Marquette University Law School -- “Preparing Practice-Ready Students”

SCHEDULE

9:00-9:30 — Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30-9:40 — Welcome

9:45-10:35 — Preparing Practice-Ready Students in the Classroom: Using Contract Drafting Concepts from Day 1 (Judy Rosenbaum, Northwestern University School of Law)
Legislative Drafting and Precision (Rebecca Blemberg, Marquette University Law School)

10:35-10:45 — Break

10:45-11:35 — What Does “Practice-Ready” Mean, Anyway?: Working Together to Give a Catchphrase Some Content (Michelle Falkoff, Northwestern University School of Law)

11:35-11:45 — Break

11:45-12:35 — Preparing Practice-Ready Students in the Classroom: Creating Interactive Course Materials to Prepare Practice-Ready Students (Kim Peterson, University of Wisconsin School of Law) PowerPoint
The Shift to Persuasion: Advertisements as Tools of Persuasion (Melissa Greipp, Marquette University Law School) Handout

12:35-2:00 — Lunch (provided by Marquette University Law School)

2:00-2:50 — Life is Stranger Than Fiction: Partnering with Public Defenders to Bring Authentic Legal Writing Assignments into the Classroom (Chris Evers, Qatar University) PowerPoint

2:50-3:00 — Break

3:00-3:50 — Connecting Students with Lawyers: Three Ways to Connect Students to Practicing Attorneys to Get Students “Practice-Ready” (Jacob Carpenter, Marquette University Law School; Ben Carpenter, University of St. Thomas School of Law; and Todd Haugh, Chicago-Kent College of Law) PowerPoint, Handout 1, Handout 2

3:50-4:00 — Break

4:00-4:50 — Connecting Students with Lawyers: Working with Today’s Senior Attorneys (Sharon Burke, DePaul University College of Law) PowerPoint
Only the Shadow[ing] Student Knows: The Benefits of Having First-Year Students “Shadow” Practicing Attorneys (Mary Nagel, The John Marshall Law School (Chicago)) PowerPoint

QUESTIONS

Please contact Professor Jacob Carpenter ((414)288-7486 / Jacob.Carpenter@Marquette.edu) or Professor Lisa Mazzie ((414)288-5367 / Lisa.Mazzie@Marquette.edu), if you have any questions.