| The listed individuals have volunteered to be available
to speak in their designated areas of expertise relating to teaching
and to legal research, analysis, and writing. Entries include contact
information and the URL of the law school faculty webpage that contains
biographical information about the speaker. The information is indexed
by topic and by speaker name.
For additions and corrections, please contact Ursula Weigold at
uhw2@cornell.edu.
Topic Outline
Index by Topic
Index by Name of Speaker
A. Fundamentals
1. Legal Research – General Skills and Strategy
2. Book v. Electronic Research
3. Legal Analysis and Reasoning
4. Objective Legal Writing
5. Persuasive Legal Writing
6. Plagiarism
7. Legal Citation Form
8. Oral Presentation Skills/Advocacy
B. Scholarship
1. Topic Selection and Organization for Scholarly Articles
2. How to Solicit Reviewers/Comments on Article Drafts
3. Tips on Publishing – Where and How to Send Manuscripts
C. LRW Programs and Professionals
1. Adjunct-Based LRW Programs
2. Director v. Non-Director LRW Programs
3. Hybrid Staffing in LRW Programs
4. Tenure-Track LRW Programs
5. Building, Evaluating, and Improving LRW Programs
6. Recruiting, Hiring, and Training LRW Professors
7. Evaluating LRW Professors
8. Professional Development Strategies for LRW Professors
9. Teaching Assistants
D. Upper-Level Electives
1. Contract Drafting
2. Other Drafting Courses
3. Advanced Appellate Advocacy
4. Advanced Legal Writing
5. Designing Upper-Level Courses
E. Other Teaching Topics
1. Curricular Design
2. Disabilities
3. Incorporating Regulations into LRW
4. Integrating Technology into Teaching
5. International Lawyering Skills
6. Learning Styles
7. Linking Law School to Practice
8. LRW and Ethics
9. Professionalism
10. Rhetoric and Persuasion
11. Teaching Scholarly Writing
12. Teaching Strategies - General
13. Teaching Transactional Skills
F. Related Topics
1. Changes in Legal Education
2. Skills in the Legal Profession
3. Moot Court Programs
4. Empirical Studies - How to Conduct
5. Legal Writing Consulting
6. Serving on an ABA Site Team
7. Women and the Legal Profession
For Faculty Colloquia
A. Courses Requiring Researching Papers
B. Including Skills and Active Learning in the Curriculum |
