<p><span><span>In Summer 2023, I was scheduled to teach Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing I (LARW I) asynchronously online for the summer start students. One week before summer semester started, I was told I would have a visually impaired student in my class.

<p><span><span>The legal writing class is the heart and soul of the first-year experience.&nbsp; This is largely so because much of the vital work legal writing professors do is outside of the actual curriculum. In addition to teaching substantive legal writing skills, legal writing faculty also teach process-based skills—how to manage time, how to study effectively, how to maintain mental well-being, and how to begin to develop a professional identity.

<h2><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span>Integrating an Oral Presentation Assignment into a Course on Drafting Contracts</span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></h2>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Patricia Montana</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><strong>Lessons from a Retiring Legal Writing Professor</strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><strong>Mary Ann Robinson</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><em>Professor Emeritus</em></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><strong>Pondering Parentheticals:&nbsp; Problems and Possibilities<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><strong><span><span><span>[1]</span></span></span></strong></a></strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><strong>Peggy Kline Kirkpatrick</strong></span></span></span></p>

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<p><strong><span><span><span>Before the Final Draft: Oral Argument as a Student-Centered Feedback Tool &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong></p>

<p><span><span><span><strong>Stephanie Juliano</strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span>Developing writing assignments can be one of the most challenging aspects of teaching first-year legal writing. Collaborating with other professors, using research assistants, and reworking old problems<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><span lang="EN"><span>[1]</span></span></a> can all make it easier.

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<p><span><span><span><span><span>One of the best ways to prepare students to practice in a modern and diverse world is to expose them to as many different types and styles of writing as possible. But, how do you do this in an upper-level writing class when limited both by time and by topic? Enter: The Best Upper-Level Legal Writing Assignment. Period. This an assignment that you can give in any upper-level legal class—no matter the topic—that will expose students to many styles and types of writing in a short period of time.

<p><span><span><span><span>Are you “feedback literate”? Are your students? Do you design and deliver your legal writing course to hone your students’ feedback literacy and maximize the power of your feedback?</span></span></span></span></p>