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Lessons from a Retiring Legal Writing Professor
Mary Ann Robinson
Professor Emeritus
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Published: November 2023
Being a teacher of legal writing can be overwhelming and intimidating. A legal writing teacher has so much work to do prior to getting in the classroom, and then once in the classroom, a legal writing teacher must manage what happens during class. Moreover, a legal writing teacher must divide time between tasks that occur after class, such as grading students’ work and conferencing with them.