St. Thomas Law Review
First Page
711
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Sociological jurisprudence has been a major factor in legal interpretive schemes for over a century, but this has not been reflected in most legal writing programs. These programs must produce legal writers who not only are competent writers, but are also competent legal theorists who know the difference between classical rule-based reasoning and modem interpretive methods. Concomitantly, legal writing professors must produce scholarship that reflects the diversity of these more complex schemes, rather than just writing about writing. This article will first describe the current condition of legal writing programs, and then suggest changes that more thoroughly introduce students to the classical logic paradigm. Finally, this article will examine the shift to the modem logic paradigm and explain how legal writing programs and scholarship can become relevant to these constantly changing and evolving interpretive methods.
Recommended Citation
James M. Boland,
Legal Writing Programs and Professionalism: Legal Writing Professors Can Join the Academic Club,
18
St. Thomas L. Rev.
711
(2006).
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https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol18/iss3/3