From Students To Colleagues: The Legal Writing Classroom Can Create Conscientious & Empathetic Practitioners

Authors

Rachel H. Smith, St. John's University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The Second Draft

Publication Date

2015

Volume

28(1)

First Page

10

Abstract

(Excerpt)

As we teach legal writing to new law students, we want them to learn to be good writers, good researchers, and good counselors and advocates. But I also want each of my students to learn about being a good colleague—to develop a professional identity that depends on being conscientious, empathetic, and collegial. The legal writing course has a special role in exposing students to the significance of these qualities, which makes it the most important course in the first year of law school.

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Available at: https://www.lwionline.org/sites/default/files/2020-07/Volume%2028%2C%20No.%201.pdf

This article was first printed in The Second Draft and is reprinted with its permission.