Legal Writing Instructors
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
During the last 50 years, legal writing courses have become a core component of the first-year curriculum at law schools in the United States. These courses play a vital role in developing practice-ready lawyers, yet the professionals hired to teach legal writing often make much less money and have far less job security than other members of the faculty. In law schools outside the United States, legal writing courses are nowhere near as prevalent, although in some common law countries, they are included as part of the required curriculum. Law schools in civil law countries generally do not require students to take legal writing courses, although that is beginning to change.
Recommended Citation
Ann L. Nowak, Legal Writing Instructors, in ELGAR CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LEGAL EDUCATION 232, (Fiona Cownie, Anthony Bradney & Emma Jones eds., 2025).
Source Publication
Edward Elgar Publishing