The Monograph Series of the Legal Writing Institute
Volume One:
The Art of Critiquing Written Work
Articles
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Teacher Critique, Written and Oral
Daniel L. Barnett, “Form Ever Follows Function”: Using Technology to Improve
Feedback on Student Writing in Law School, 42 Val. U. L. Rev. 755
(2008).
Daniel L. Barnett, Triage in the Trenches of the Legal Writing Course: The Theory and
Methodology of Analytical Critique, 38 U. Tol. L. Rev. 651
(2007).
Linda L. Berger, A Reflective Rhetorical Model: The Legal Writing Teacher as Reader
and Writer, 6 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 57 (2000).
Kirsten K. Davis,
Building Credibility in the Margins: An Ethos-Based Perspective
for Commenting on Student Papers, 12 Legal Writing: J. Legal
Writing Inst. 73 (2006).
Anne Enquist,
Critiquing and Evaluating Law Students’ Writing: Advice from
Thirty-Five Experts, 22 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1119 (1999).
Anne Enquist,
Critiquing Law Students’ Writing: What the Students Say Is
Effective, 2 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 145 (1996).
Jane Kent Gionfriddo,
The “Reasonable Zone of Right Answers”: Analytical Feedback on
Student Writing, 40 Gonz. L. Rev. 427 (2004/05).
Jane Kent Gionfriddo,
Daniel L. Barnett & E. Joan Blum,
A Methodology for Mentoring Writing in Law Practice: Using Textual
Clues to Provide Effective and Efficient Feedback, 27 Quinnipiac
L. Rev. 171 (2009).
Jessie C. Grearson,
From Editor to
Mentor: Considering the Effect of Your Commenting Style, 8 Legal
Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 147 (2002).
Mary Kate Kearney & Mary Beth Beazley,
Teaching Students How to “Think Like Lawyers”: Integrating
Socratic Method with the Writing Process, 64 Temp. L. Rev. 885
(1991).
Richard K. Neumann, Jr.,
A Preliminary Inquiry into the Art of Critique, 40 Hastings
L.J. 725 (1989).
Robin S.
Wellford-Slocum,
The Law School Student-Faculty Conference: Towards a
Transformative Learning Experience, 45 S. Tex. L. Rev. 255
(2004).
Peer Review Critique
Linda L. Berger,
Applying New Rhetoric to Legal Discourse: The Ebb and Flow of
Reader and Writer, Text and Context, 49 J. Legal Educ. 155
(1999).
Kirsten K. Davis,
Designing and Using Peer Review in a First-Year Legal Research and
Writing Course, 9 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 1
(2003).
Author Self-Critique
Mary Beth Beazley,
The Self-Graded Draft: Teaching Students to Revise Using Guided
Self-Critique, 3 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 175
(1997).
