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What's the Matter with Kids Today?

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Diane Murley

Teaching Nonlegal Research to Law Students: A Discipline-Neutral Approach

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Douglas W. Lind

Evaluating the Financial Impact of Legal Research Materials: A Legal Research Classroom Exercise

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Kathryn Hensiak

Legal Briefs: Helpful but Also Hazardous

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Brian Craig

Brutal Choices in Curricular Design ...

The Case Against Collaborative Learning in the First-Year Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis Course

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John S. Elson

Writers' Toolbox ...

Defeating the Writer's Archenemy

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Anne Enquist

Teachable Moments for Teachers ...

Coming Face-to-Face with a Legal Research and Writing Client

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Nancy Oliver

Teachable Moments for Students ...

Using "Walking Tours" to Teach Research

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Debora Person

Book Review ...

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

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James Speta

Writing Tips ...

To Get to the "Point," You Must First Understand It

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Stephen V. Armstrong and Timothy P. Terrell

Legal Research and Writing Resources:

Recent Publications

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Donald J. Dunn

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