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11 Second Draft 1 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/secnd11 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 11, No. 1 Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute From the editors.... With this issue, The Second Draft begins its second decade as the newsletter of the Legal Writing Institute. Our colleague, Francine Sherman, is no longer co-editing The Second Draft because she is on academic leave to develop a juvenile justice advocacy clinic. This issue includes reports from the Chair of the Board of Directors and the committees of the Institute, in addition to two feature articles and other items of interest to the Institute's membership. The issue does not include summaries of presentations at last July's Conference, as was originally planned, because a forthcoming issue of Legal Writing, the Institute's journal, will set forth conference proceedings. The Spring 1997 issue of The Second Draft will present your views on the question: Around what goals should we construct a legal research and writing curriculum for first-year students? We invite you to submit essays of no more than 750 words on what you see as the central goals of the ideal first-year legal writing curriculum. Some possibilities: Do you see development of proficiency in analytical writing as a goal that transcends all others? Or, do you see development of related practice skills as equally important? Do you see introducing students to a wide range of legal writing forms as an important goal? Where does improving students' basic writing skills fit in? And what do you see as important goals for teaching legal research? How do your goals for teaching legal research relate to your goals for teaching legal writing? Please submit your essays in hard copy and on 3.5 diskette to either of us by February 15, 1997 (see address on the back of this newslet- ter). We will publish as many essays as the newsletter's budget permits. If you have an item you would like us to include in the News, Letters to the Editors, Achievements, or Publications section, please also submit it by February 15. Joan Blum & Jane Kent Gionfriddo, Boston College Law School Reports from The Legal Writing Institute Report of the Chair Steve Jamar This has been an eventful year for the Legal Writing Institute. Perhaps the most important change has been in the leadership of the Institute. Although the founders of the organization who have led the Institute for the past 16 years have decided to pass the baton of leadership to the rest of us, I'm sure they will continue to contribute to the Institute and to our profession generally. And so I begin my first report as Chair of the Board of Directors with a note of thanks and appreciation for our colleagues who have done so much to contribute to our professional development.