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Vol. 61, No. 3 (2010) Lead Articles Edition

A Special Focus on Legal Writing

The Legal Writing Institute: Celebrating 25 years of Teaching & Scholarship

Front Matter

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Table of Contents

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Legal Writing: The View From Within
J. Christopher Rideout and Jill J. Ramsfield

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Reflections, Remembrances, and Mimesis: One Person's View of the Significance of the 25th Anniversary of the Founding of the Legal Writing Institute
David T. Ritchie

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Introduction to The Legal Writing Institute: Celebrating 25 Years of Teaching & Scholarship
Kristin B. Gerdy

Address

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Jill J. Ramsfield, Introduction: J. Christopher Rideout, Luncheon Speaker; And Kristin B. Gerdy & Pamela Lysaght, Presentation of Mary S. Lawrence Award

Articles

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A Writing Life
Linda H. Edwards

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The Curse of Tradition in the Law School Classroom: What Casebook Professors Can Learn from Those Professors Who Teach Legal Writing
M.H. Sam Jacobson

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Legal Writing Scholarship, Making Strange, and the Aesthetics of Legal Rhetoric
Jack L. Sammons

Transcripts

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Plenary I: The Historical Perspective Featuring Laurel Currie Oates, Jill J. Ramsfield & Mary Beth Beazley With Mary Garvey Algero as Moderator, And Plenary II: Teaching Marilyn R. Walter, M.H. Sam Jacobson & Carol McCrehan Parker With Robin Boyle as Moderator

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Plenary III: Scholarship Featuring Linda Berger, Linda H. Edwards & Terrill Pollman With Kirsten Davis as Moderator; And Plenary IV: Program Design Featuring Suzanne R. Rowe, Susan Hanley Duncan, & Eric B. Easton With Brooke Bowman as Moderator

Comment

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Stem Cell Research and Cloning for Human Reproduction: An Analysis of the Laws, the Direction in Which They May be Heading in Light of Recent Developments, and Potential Constitutional Issues
Catherine D. Payne

Casenotes

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Ashcroft in a Defendant's Wonderland: Redefined Pleading Standards in Ashcroft v. Iqbal
Cassidy M. Flake

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Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.: A Simple Interpretation of Text and Precedent Results in Simplified Claims Under the ADEA
Robert Fuller

Table of Cases

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Table of Cases

Board of Editors

Ryan M. Ingram - Editor-in-Chief
Nicholas J. Pavlov - Senior Managing Editor
Tiffany D. Gardner - Managing Editor
Joseph D. Stephens - Managing Editor
Michael A. Coots, Jr. - Georgia Survey Editor
Brittany J. Flowe - Lead Articles Editor
Valentin Leppert - Articles Editor
Jaime K. Richards -11th Circuit Survey Editor
Sarah E. Smith - Student Writing Editor
Erica L. Hickey - Administrative Editor

A Symposium of the Mercer Law Review

November 6, 2009