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4 Second Draft [i] (1988)

handle is hein.journals/secnd4 and id is 1 raw text is: SECOND DRAFT Newsletter Of The Legal Writing Institute 0 Volume 4, No. 1 May, 1988 REGISTER NOW FOR LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE SUMMER CONFERENCE Do you teach legal writing? Do you administer a legal writing program? If you do either, register now for this summer's Legal Writing Conference, to be held August 4, 5, and 6 at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. This summer's conference is the third conference sponsored by the Legal Writing Institute. The first conference, held in 1984, attracted more than eighty participants from fifty law schools; the second conference, held in 1986, attracted more than one hundred participants from sixty law schools. The Program During the first half of the conference, the focus will be on the teaching of legal writing. Participants will learn how to design effective writing assignments, how to evaluate student papers, and how to teach more effectively. Those interested in legal drafting will also learn how to set up a legal drafting program and how to teach drafting to students. During the second half of the conference, participants will be able to select from a variety of sessions and workshops. Some of the topics that will be covered include the following: composition theory; effective use of technology; the politics of teaching legal writing, teaching legal analysis, training legal writing instructors, and getting changes made. A copy of the conference schedule and a list of presenters is set out on the next page, The conference has also been designed to give participants the opportunity to meet informally with each other. On Thursday evening,